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"Ukulele Lesson" 78 rpm disc label. Breen is credited with convincing publishers to include ukulele chords on their sheet music. The Tin Pan Alley publishers hired her to arrange the chords and her name is on hundreds of examples of music from the 1920s on. [6] Her name appears as a music arranger on more pieces than any other individual. [7]
English: A chord chart for beginner ukulele players that demonstrates the correct fingerings to play the 36 basic chords. Whereas most chord charts display the fretboard vertically to save space, here the fretboard is intentionally horizontal (as how a ukulele is held) to make it easier for beginners (the target audience of this chart) to use.
[2] [3] It has been described by Bengt Danielsson, author of From Raft to Raft: An Incredible Voyage from Tahiti to Chile and Back as a melancholy Tahitian song in praise of the island. [4] Possibly the earliest recorded version of the song was by Eddie Lund and his orchestra featuring female lead singer Irma Emma Samila Spitz, professionally ...
One unique quality of Polynesian music (it has become almost a cliché) is the use of the sustained 6th chord in vocal music, though typically the 6th chord is not used in religious music. Traditional songs and hymns are referred to as imene metua (lit. hymn of the parent/ancestor). Traditional dance is the most prominent art form of the Cook ...
Live Ukulele: A collection of contemporary and traditional hawaiian songs and tabs. Hapa Haole Songs, Island songs written in English; Territorial Airwaves - Your Source For The History of Hawaiian Music; Hawaii Music Awards The "People's Choice" awards. Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame; Huapala, Hawaiian Music and Hula Archives
Like guitar, basic ukulele skills can be learned fairly easily, and this highly portable, relatively inexpensive instrument was popular with amateur players throughout the 1920s, as evidenced by the introduction of uke chord tablature into the published sheet music for popular songs of the time [25] (a role that was supplanted by the guitar in ...
The music of the Cayman Islands, a Caribbean island chain, includes a wide selection of international pop music as well as unique folk styles. The Cayman National Cultural Foundation, established in 1984, helps to preserve and promote Cayman folk music, including the organisation of festivals such as Cayman Islands International Storytelling Festival, the Cayman JazzFest, Seafarers Festival ...
The music of Antigua and Barbuda is largely African in character, and has only felt a limited influence from European styles due to the population of Antigua and Barbuda descending mostly from West Africans who were made slaves by Europeans. [1] Antigua and Barbuda is a Caribbean nation in the Lesser Antilles island chain.