"Market Music has published a wide variety of ukulele instructional books (distributed by the Hal Leonard Corporation) and DVDs as well as CDs of recorded ukulele music. To date over 600,000 books have been sold. The company's products are sold through retail and on line. Beloff and his wife, Liz, perform and give workshops at festivals and other musical events to promote ukuleles and the Flea Market Music products. In 2014 they were guests on a WNPR radio show with ukulelist Jake Shimabukuro, discussing ukuleles and ukulele music. Flea Market Music Flea Market Music is an American company which publishes"
"Spanish Flea ""Spanish Flea"" is a popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter. The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a B-side to the single ""What Now My Love"" and on their 1965 album ""Going Places"". The album was a No. 1 hit in the U.S. and the single peaked at #27 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and gained a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental. ""Spanish Flea"" featured Alpert's trumpet over a Latin rhythm backing. In the United States, the song"
"died at his home in California of lung cancer, a day after his song ""Spanish Flea"" was used in the ""Simpsons"" episode ""Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"". Julius Wechter Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song ""Spanish Flea"" for Herb Alpert and was leader of The Baja Marimba Band. Born in Chicago, Wechter played vibes and percussion for the Martin Denny group in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he moved on to movie soundtracks and television, as"
"in Hawaiian culture, and a majority of Hawaiian songs involve the ukulele. In Hawaiian, ukulele literally means ""flea (uku) jumping (lele)."" It was named as such because when plucked, the high pitch of the strings brings to mind the image of a jumping flea. There are currently four sizes of ukulele; soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. Queen Liliuokalani, the last Hawaiian Queen, believed that the name for the ukulele means ""The gift that came here"". She believed this because of the Hawaiian words ""uku"" which means ""gift or reward"" and ""lele"" which means ""to come."" The ukulele can be played"
"Portuguese immigrant community and became an expert player of the machete (otherwise known as the cavaquinho). Thus, it is popularly believed that the Hawaiian musical instrument, the ukulele (an adaption of these Portuguese instruments), was named for Purvis, as the term can be translated as ""jumping flea""a nickname of the small, excitable, and quick-fingered Purvis. Modern scholarship has cast doubt on this popular legend, though. According to historians John King and Jim Tranquada, ""it is unlikely that the nickname of a man who sought to undermine the king in the months prior to the imposition of the Bayonet Constitution of"
"Ben ""The Machine"" Agombar, Mike Orr and Roberto Rojas. It was mashed up with American rapper Snoop Dogg's ""Drop It Like It's Hot"" on YouTube. Spanish Flea ""Spanish Flea"" is a popular song written by Julius Wechter in the 1960s with lyrics by Cissy Wechter. The song is best known from an instrumental version by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, released as a B-side to the single ""What Now My Love"" and on their 1965 album ""Going Places"". The album was a No. 1 hit in the U.S. and the single peaked at #27 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100"
"Julius Wechter Julius Wechter (May 10, 1935 – February 1, 1999) was an American musician and composer who played the marimba and vibraphone. He also played various percussion instruments. He composed the song ""Spanish Flea"" for Herb Alpert and was leader of The Baja Marimba Band. Born in Chicago, Wechter played vibes and percussion for the Martin Denny group in the 1950s. In the early 1960s, he moved on to movie soundtracks and television, as well as session work for the likes of the Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher and various Phil Spector productions. His vibraphone solo work is featured"
"artist name was. An example of a contemporary hummel player is Erik Hector, who played the hummel on many of Sågskära's productions and Henrik ""Hummel"" Schön. Hummel (instrument) The hummel (also hommel or humle) is an old Northern European stringed instrument similar to an older type of zither and is related to the Norwegian langeleik. The name is thought to come from the German word ""hummel"", meaning ""bumblebee"", referring to the droning sound created by the accompaniment strings. The hummel is probably from the Middle Ages, when it was found all over Europe in slightly differing variants. The instrument was"
"Flies, Alan Randall, Andy Eastwood, comedian Frank Skinner,Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, and ""Steven Universe"" creator Rebecca Sugar. The instrument can be heard in the theme song to the television show ""Arrested Development"". In the 1959 hotrod-monster movie ""The Giant Gila Monster"", hero Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) plays the banjolele and sings, first to his handicapped little sister, and later in front of a bunch of kids at a dance, just before the monster attacks the hall. Historical manufacturers Current manufacturers Banjo uke The banjolele (brand name; sometimes banjo ukulele or banjo uke) is a four-stringed musical instrument with a"
"this instrument was a precursor to the `ukulele. Steel-string guitars also arrived with the Portuguese in the 1860s and slack-key had spread across the chain by the late 1880s. A ship called the ""Ravenscrag"" arrived in Honolulu on August 23, 1879, bringing Portuguese field workers from Madeira. Legend has it that one of the men, João Fernandes, later a popular musician, tried to impress the Hawaiians by playing folk music with a friend's braguinha; it is also said that the Hawaiians called the instrument ""`ukulele"" (""jumping flea"") in reference to the man's swift fingers. Others have claimed the word means"
"slide whistle and duck calls. The slide whistle is also used in many of the works of P. D. Q. Bach. Slide whistle A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee or swannee whistle, lotos flute piston flute, or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it. Thus it has an air reed like some woodwinds, but varies the pitch with a slide. The construction is rather like a bicycle pump. Because the air column is cylindrical and open at one end and closed at the other,"
"Geomungo The geomungo (also spelled komungo or kŏmun'go) or hyeongeum (literally ""black zither"", also spelled hyongum or hyŏn'gŭm) is a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither family of instruments with both bridges and frets. Scholars believe that the name refers to Goguryeo and translates to ""Goguryeo zither"" or that it refers to the colour and translates to ""black crane zither"" (""hyeonhakgeum"", 현학금 / 玄鶴琴). The geomungo's place in Korean culture is traditionally that of a scholars instrument for self-cultivation, much like ancient Chinese had done with the guqin in China. The instrument originated circa the 4th century (see"
"Hummel (instrument) The hummel (also hommel or humle) is an old Northern European stringed instrument similar to an older type of zither and is related to the Norwegian langeleik. The name is thought to come from the German word ""hummel"", meaning ""bumblebee"", referring to the droning sound created by the accompaniment strings. The hummel is probably from the Middle Ages, when it was found all over Europe in slightly differing variants. The instrument was common in the Netherlands, Flanders, Northern Germany and Denmark during the 18th century. The earliest evidence of the instrument in Swedish folk culture is from the"
"Divje Babe Flute The Divje Babe Flute is a cave bear femur pierced by spaced holes that was found in 1995 at the Divje Babe archeological park located near Cerkno in northwestern Slovenia. It has been suggested that it was made by Neanderthals as a form of musical instrument, its hole spacing and alignment leading to its being labeled a ""Neanderthal flute"". Slovenian archeologist Mitja Brodar, however, argues that it was made by Cro-Magnons as an element of Central European Aurignacian culture. A form of flute, it is possibly the world's oldest known musical instrument. Despite alternative hypotheses suggesting it"
"Going Places (Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass album) !!Going Places!! is the fifth album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and, along with their prior album, ""Whipped Cream and Other Delights"", is one of their most popular releases. It was released by A&M Records on all formats: LP, 8-track, cassette, open reel and eventually CD, and was reissued in 2005 by the Shout!Factory label as part of the Herb Alpert Signature Series. The song ""Spanish Flea"", composed by Alpert's friend and fellow mariachi band leader Julius Wechter, was one of several Brass tunes that saw regular use on"
"acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box—a large mbira in the shape of a box that can be sat on while played. The rhumba box carries the bass part of the music. Lord Flea and Count Lasher are two of the more successful mento artists. Well-known mento songs include Day-O, Jamaica Farewell and Linstead Market. Mento is often confused with calypso, a musical form from Trinidad and Tobago. As in many Anglo-Caribbean Caribbean islands, the calypso music of Trinidad & Tobago has become part of the culture of Jamaica. Jamaica's own local music mento"
"presidential band of the republic. Despite its mounted status, it can also perform with the regiment in dismounted formation. Mounted band A Mounted band (German: Kavalleriemusik/Kavallerieorchester, French: Fanfare de cavallerie, Dutch: Fanfarekavalleriekorps, Spanish: Banda Montada/Fanfarria militar) is a military or civilian musical ensemble composed of musician playing their instruments while being mounted on an animal. The instrumentation of these bands are limited, with the musician having to play his/her instrument, as well as steer the animal to the designated location. Most mounted bands therefore use instruments that can easily be held, such as bugles, horns, and Fanfare trumpets. Timpani and"
"Mounted band A Mounted band (German: Kavalleriemusik/Kavallerieorchester, French: Fanfare de cavallerie, Dutch: Fanfarekavalleriekorps, Spanish: Banda Montada/Fanfarria militar) is a military or civilian musical ensemble composed of musician playing their instruments while being mounted on an animal. The instrumentation of these bands are limited, with the musician having to play his/her instrument, as well as steer the animal to the designated location. Most mounted bands therefore use instruments that can easily be held, such as bugles, horns, and Fanfare trumpets. Timpani and glockenspiels are also a common feature of mounted bands, usually being at the head of a band. Although a"
"Bladder fiddle The bladder fiddle (also known as bumbass or poispil) is a folk instrument used throughout Europe. The instrument was a simple large monochord made with a long stick, a thick gut string, and a pig's bladder. It is bowed with either a notched stick or a horsehair bow. It is known under different names; in Germany it was called the bumbass, in France the ""basse de Flandre"", and in England a drone, ""drone and string"" or bladder fiddle. In Germany sometimes a bell or cymbal was added to the top for decoration or additional sound. In England it"
"(jumping-goat). In this, player attaches a small goat figure to a string and ties the string to his right hand. He moves the puppet skillfully while he plays the instrument temir komuz. Temir komuz The ""temir komuz"" (sometimes temir qomuz meaning iron komuz/qomuz, agiz komuzu meaning mouth komuz, or gubuz) is a Kyrgyz jaw harp, while the komuz is a 3-stringed fretless lute. As an instrument temir komuz is unrelated to the komuz in terms of style and structure however, it takes its name from this other popular Turkic instrument. The stringed komuz is used by Turkic people living in"
"(曲笛), xindi (新笛), and dadi (大笛). The bamboo flute played vertically is called the xiao (簫), which is a different category of wind instrument in China. The Japanese flute, called the fue, , encompasses a large number of musical flutes from Japan, include the end-blown shakuhachi and hotchiku, as well as the transverse gakubue, komabue, ryūteki, nōkan, shinobue, kagurabue and minteki. The sodina is an end-blown flute found throughout the island state of Madagascar, located in the Indian Ocean off southeastern Africa. One of the oldest instruments on the island, it bears close resemblance to end-blown flutes found in Southeast"
"Mbira The mbira (pronounced ""UM-beer-ra"" , IPA ""(ə)mˈbɪərə"") is an African musical instrument consisting of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs. The mbira is usually classified as part of the lamellaphone family and part of the idiophone family of musical instruments. Members of this broad family of instruments are known by a wide variety of names. The mbira is also known as ""marímbula"" and ""kalimba"" in the Caribbean Islands. Both Joseph H. Howard, owner of the largest collection"
"Shinobue The shinobue (kanji: 篠笛; also called takebue (kanji: 竹笛)) in the context of Japanese traditional arts) is a Japanese transverse flute or fue that has a high-pitched sound. It is found in hayashi and nagauta ensembles, and plays important roles in noh and kabuki theatre music. It is heard in Shinto music such as ""kagura-den"" and in traditional Japanese folk songs. There are two styles: ""uta"" (song) and ""hayashi"" (festival). The uta is properly tuned to the Western scale, and can be played in ensembles or as a solo instrument. The hayashi is not in the correct pitch, because"
"Frula The frula (, ), also known as svirala (свирала) or jedinka, is a musical instrument which resembles a medium sized flute, traditionally played in Serbia. It is typically made of wood and has six holes. It is an end-blown aerophone. The frula is a traditional instrument of shepherds, who would play while tending their flocks. For a list of similar instruments, see the section below. In Croatia it is commonly known as ""jedinka"". Other local names in Croatia include ""žveglica"", ""šaltva"", ""kavela"", ""ćurlik"". It has also been simply called ""Serbian flute"". The frula is a small wooden flute with"
"purported roots in Persia—to Cuba, where it is known as the trompeta china and is used in carnival festivities (see Trompeta china); to Spain, where it is known as the ""dulzaina""; to Kenya, where it is the ""bung’o"" or ""nzumari""; to Croatia, where it is the ""sopila"", and so on. The instrument's loud, wailing cry lends itself to outdoor, public occasions, and it tends to be accompanied—in Korea and elsewhere—by drums and other percussion instruments. In North Korea, a new ""jang-saenap"" with oboe-like keys, a mellower sound, and an extended range has been developed. There is at least one CD"
"names could help them acquire the skill to play the instrument. Hegelung The hegelung is a wooden two-stringed lute played by the Tboli, an animist ethnolinguistic group of southern Mindanao in the Philippines. The instrument is tall and slender, with nine frets. One string is used as a drone, and the other for melodic ornamentation. The performer playing the hegelung usually plays while dancing or with body movements and sometimes accompanies the instrument with singing. Tboli believed that they could learn to play the hegelung if they rubbed their fingers with an insect called a meglung and the leaves of"
"on their 2009 album Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga. The jouhikko is a member of a family of bowed lyre type instruments that stretches from Russia in the east, through Scandinavia, to Britain and Ireland. Most of these regions have only very sketchy evidence about their extinct bowed lyre traditions. The four-stringed Estonian talharpa and hiiu kannel have a wider hand hole and can play a wider range and shifting drones. The Welsh crwth is the most developed of this family to survive, with six strings, a fingerboard, and a complex playing style. Extinct or obscure variants include the Shetland"
"Hujia Hujia (Chinese: 胡笳; Mongolian: 冒顿朝尔, or simply 朝尔) is a traditional Mongolian double reed instrument for Khoomei. The Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute was adapted from Hujia song in Han dynasty. The Hujia originated from an ancient nomadic people. It is now an important part of Chamber art among the Mongols together with Morin huur, Xinagan Chuur, Sihu, etc. The Hujia specifically originated from the peoples of north and west China. The instrument was not originally included in the eight-sounds classification system, however it gained popularity in China. According to Chinese traditions, Zhang Qian brought the instrument into"
"Emperor William I presented a Turkish crescent to King David Kalākaua on the occasion of the King's visit to Berlin during his trip around the world bearing the inscription ""no ka hoomanao ana ia Berlin"" (to commemorate Berlin), which was then used by the Royal Hawaiian Band. In the mid-19th century this instrument was replaced in most bands by the glockenspiel, which was carried similarly but could be played musically. Turkish crescent A Turkish crescent, (also cevgen (Tr.), Turkish jingle, Jingling Johnny, (Ger.), or pavillon chinois (Fr.), chaghana) is a percussion instrument traditionally used by military bands. In some contexts"
"Ploy (musical instrument) The ploy (Khmer: ព្លយ​​ខ្មែរ) is a Cambodian wind instrument. It is constructed of a gourd body with 5 to 7 bamboo tubes protruding from the body, and a bamboo pipe set at a right angle to the gourd. Musicians blow air in through the bamboo tube, which fills the gourd ""wind chest"" and exits through the other bamboo tubes. Each of the bamboo sound-tubes has a metal rod inside, that vibrate in the air passing through the tube. As well as blowing air out of the instrument, the musician can also suck air in, producing a different"
"Life, Happiness, & Prosperity"". Dizi (instrument) The dizi (, pronounced ), is a Chinese transverse flute. It is also sometimes known as the ""di"" () or ""héngdi"" (), and has varieties including the ""qǔdi"" () and ""bāngdi"" (). These names are likely to have multiple spellings, too, depending on the transliteration used to convert from Chinese names. Nonetheless, ""dizi"" seems to be the most common name (and written form) used in the West. The ""dizi"" is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera, and the modern"
"Wobble board The wobble board is a musical instrument invented and popularized by the Australian musician and artist Rolf Harris, and is featured in his best-known song ""Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"". A wobble board, like some other musical instruments, can be ornately decorated because its large surface area can act as a canvas without detracting from its musical capability. The instrument is played by holding the board lengthwise with the hands holding the edges and flicking the board outward, thereby making a characteristic ""whoop-whoop"" noise. The angle at which the board is held, and the way the board is"
"the Frank Loesser song ""Jingle Jangle Jingle"". Jingle (percussion) In percussion, a jingle is one of a cluster of small bells, shaken or tapped on the palm of the player's hand. The small metal discs arranged around the frame of a tambourine are also called ""jingles"". In the Hornbostel–Sachs instrument-classification system, they are described as ""shaken idiophones"". Jingles were often found in ancient times as harness ornaments suspended from the trappings of horses, mules, and camels . That term is referenced in Bob Dylan's hit song, ""Mr. Tambourine Man"". It is an onomatopoeic term, often used together with ""jangle"". An"