"playing, or are modified versions of conventional ukuleles, and the only difference may be the action height. Round-necked resonator ukuleles set up for steel playing fall into this category. Ukuleles which are made exclusively for slide playing may have a ""square"" profile neck. Lap steel ukuleles generally have four strings, in keeping with their ukulele heritage. The lap steel ukulele is typically placed on the player's lap, or on a surface in front of the seated player. The strings are not pressed to a fret when sounding a note, rather, the player holds a metal slide called a ""steel"" in"
"the need for vaudeville performers to have an instrument that could be played with the ease of the ukulele, but with more volume. In terms of overall construction, banjoleles parallel banjos, though on a smaller scale. They are always fretted. Most are built of wood with metal accoutrements, although the mid-century ""Dixie"" brand featured banjoleles made from solid metal. The banjolele neck typically has sixteen frets, and is the same scale length as a soprano or, less commonly, concert or tenor-sized ukulele. Banjo ukuleles may be open-backed, or may incorporate a resonator. Banjo ukulele heads were traditionally made of calf"
"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"
"easiest way to tune it as there are only two strings that need to be re-tuned. Ukulele varieties include hybrid instruments such as the guitalele (also called guitarlele), banjo ukulele (also called banjolele), harp ukulele, lap steel ukulele, and the ukelin. It is very common to find Ukulele's mixed with other stringed instruments because of the amount of strings and the easy playing ability. There is an electrically amplified version, the electric ukulele. The resonator ukulele produces sound by one or more spun aluminum cones (resonators) instead of the wooden soundboard, giving it a distinct and louder tone. The Tahitian"
"a warmer, less bright sound. The bridge floats on the head and is held in place by the tension of the strings. Like standard ukuleles, banjo ukuleles were originally outfitted with gut strings. Nylon strings are now typically used, sometimes with a wound third string. The banjolele is commonly tuned G–C–E–A (""C Tuning"") or A–D–F♯–B (""D Tuning""), with a re-entrant 4th string. The A–D–F♯–B tuning often produces a more strident tone, and is used for this reason. Both of these tunings are known as ""my dog has fleas"" tunings (fifth, tonic, major third, major sixth). The banjolele was the instrument"
"Yamaha Corporation's GL-1 Guitalele, Cordoba's Guilele and Mini, Koaloha's D-VI 6-string tenor ukulele, Mele's Guitarlele, Kanilea's GL6 Guitarlele and Islander GL6, Luna's 6-string baritone ukulele, the Lichty Kīkū, the Kinnard Kīkū, and the Gretsch guitar-ukulele. Some manufacturers' (e.g., Luna) use of the term ""6-string ukulele"" (or the like) in describing their six-string, six-course guitaleles can lead to confusion with the common six-string, four-course ukuleles that are typically referred to by the same name. These four-course ""6-string ukuleles"" are usually strung with a single G string, a closely spaced course of two (often octave-tuned) C strings, a single E string and"
"Guitalele A guitalele (sometimes spelled guitarlele or guilele), also called a kīkū, is a guitar-ukulele hybrid, that is, ""a 1/4 size"" guitar, a cross between a classical guitar and a tenor or baritone ukulele. The guitalele combines the portability of a ukulele, due to its small size, with the six single strings and resultant chord possibilities of a classical guitar. It may include a built-in microphone that permits playing the guitalele either as an acoustic guitar or connected to an amplifier. The guitalele is variously marketed (and used) as a travel guitar or children's guitar. It is essentially a modern"
"introduced by Alvin Keech, who is the person credited with having introduced ukulele-banjos. Split stroke The split stroke is a style of playing the ukulele which is peculiar to the George Formby style of playing. It is a syncopated rhythm where the player will strike all of the strings, and then on the return, catch the first string, and then before starting again hit the last string: 3..3 0 0 0..-..0 This stroke is often used alongside the finger-tap where the player will either remove their finger from the fret on the first string: 3..0 0 0 0..-..0 or, with"
"has four strings and a shape similar to the cavaquinho, although tuned differently – usually G C E A. The ukulele is an iconic element of Hawaiian popular music, which spread to the continental United States in the early 20th century. It was developed from the braguinha and rajão, brought to Hawaii in the late 19th century by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira Island. The ""machete"" was introduced into Hawaii by Augusto Dias, Manuel Nunes, and João Fernandes in 1879, which further influenced the development of the ukulele. The ""cuatro"" is a family of larger 4-stringed instruments derived from the cavaquinho"
"technique are vastly different. It is tuned in a similar fashion to the ukulele's traditional D tuning, but the B is an octave lower. Consequently, the same fingering can be used to shape the chords, but it produces a different inversion of each chord. There are variations on this instrument, having 5 strings or 6 strings. Other Venezuelan cuatro variants include: ""cinco cuatro"" (5 strings in 4 courses); ""seis cinco"" (6 strings in 5 courses); ""cinco y medio"" (5 strings and a short extra string from the top of the body); ""cuatro y medio"" (4 strings plus a short extra"
"These instruments also have ten keys, a range of two octaves, and are played with a wooden mallet, but are exactly one octave lower than kantilan. Players often sit on the floor to play this instrument. There is often only one ""ugal"" in the kebyar ensemble, and it is usually female. It is played by one of the leaders of the ensemble. A second, male ugal is sometimes used. The ugal is taller than the other gangsa, and the player sits on a short stool, so as to allow the player to cue the ensemble visually with ease. The instrument"
"strings while the charango has 10 strings which are typically nylon; and the chillador has a flat back with laminated wood sides like a guitar, while the charango usually has a one-piece carved wood back or uses an armadillo shell. The chillador is an essential instrument of Kajelo music. The chillador charango is tuned like a standard charango with 10 nylon strings in 5 courses, but it is built differently, with bent sides and a flat back like a guitar or ukulele. It is often deeper than a ukulele, in order to get a similar sound as the standard carved"
"Because of this, some people argue that it would be more correct to consider the guitalele a kind of Requinto Guitalele A guitalele (sometimes spelled guitarlele or guilele), also called a kīkū, is a guitar-ukulele hybrid, that is, ""a 1/4 size"" guitar, a cross between a classical guitar and a tenor or baritone ukulele. The guitalele combines the portability of a ukulele, due to its small size, with the six single strings and resultant chord possibilities of a classical guitar. It may include a built-in microphone that permits playing the guitalele either as an acoustic guitar or connected to an"
"keys, but also only five strings the short fifth string going up a hole at the 5th fret up a channel under the fingerboard, an through a hole in the headstock to a tuning roller. Banjo guitar Banjo guitar or Banjitar is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4) from lowest to highest strings.. The six-string banjo was introduced in the late 19th century. Less widespread than four- and five-string banjos, it was reintroduced in the latter part of the twentieth century with the modern guitar-like tuning. The six-string ""banjo guitar"" should not be"
"The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone. The ukulele is commonly associated with music from Hawaii where the name roughly translates as ""jumping flea"", perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. Legend attributes it to the nickname of the Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise. One of the earliest appearances of the word ""ukulele"" in print (in the sense of a stringed instrument) is in the Metropolitan Museum of"
"steel. Traditionally, there were 6–9 strings which later increased to 10 and more. The technique of kokles playing differs from most other plucked string instruments, including that of zither, harp and guitar. There are also some playing differences between the regional types of Latgale and Kurzeme instruments. In Kurzeme kokles was generally played while sitting on a stool, bench or chair without armrests and placing it horizontally in the lap with legs slightly parted. It could be played while laid down on the table as well. For Latgale kokles the size and form of the instrument also allowed for it"
"also come in the diatonic and minor scales used to perform various Spanish-influenced folk music in addition to native songs in pentatonic. At least one Sundanese ""angklung buncis"" ensemble exists in the United States. Angklung Buncis Sukahejo is an ensemble at The Evergreen State College, and includes eighteen double rattles (nine tuned pairs) and four ""dog-dog"" drums. On July 9 2011, 5,182 people from many nations played angklung together in Washington DC and are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest angklung ensemble. Angklung The angklung is a musical instrument from Indonesia made of a varying number"
"Banjo guitar Banjo guitar or Banjitar is a six-string banjo tuned in the standard tuning of a six-string guitar (E2-A2-D3-G3-B3-E4) from lowest to highest strings.. The six-string banjo was introduced in the late 19th century. Less widespread than four- and five-string banjos, it was reintroduced in the latter part of the twentieth century with the modern guitar-like tuning. The six-string ""banjo guitar"" should not be confused with the five-string Bluegrass banjo (played by [Pete Seeger ,Earl scruggs and others), which retains re-entrant banjo tuning with a high-pitched short drone string going halfway up the neck.The zither banjo had six tuning"
"Wales Edward Windsor and even taught him to play the ukulele. In 1916, San Francisco resident John A. Bolander patented the first banjolele. The banjolele was a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and also had a fretted ukulele neck. In 1922 after Alvin joined Keech in Paris, the brothers distributed, made and sold several variations of what would become known as Keech Banjoleles. The instrument was very popular in Europe, specifically France, Italy and England, and even were sold in parts of Hawaii and Dallas. The Keech brothers along with their studios ceased manufacturing the banjoleles in"
"Çifteli The çifteli (çiftelia, erroneously qifteli, ) is a plucked string instrument, with only two strings, played mainly by the Gheg people of northern and central Albania, Southern Montenegro, and Kosovo. The çifteli is frequently used by Albanians in weddings and at concerts, as well as by many musicians, such as Nikollë Nikprelaj. It is also used to accompany Albanian epics and ballads. Çifteli vary in size, but are most often tuned to B and E (comparable to the top two strings of a guitar, which is classically tuned as ""E A D G B E""). Usually the lower string"
"prototype was created by Roger Rossmeisl who had been employed at Fender since 1962. Although its name suggests a combination of banjo and mandolin, it is technically considered to be a type of plectrum guitar, a variant of the electric guitar, resembling the banjo and mandolin only in terms of its four course stringing. The Banjoline has six strings arranged in four courses and it has a scale length similar to that of a plectrum banjo. The two lowest courses consist of pairs of two strings and the two highest courses consist of two single strings. The Banjoline was intended"
"stringed instrument with low pitch, and a macina, a 4 nylon stringed instrument with high pitch. One ukulele, called the ""cak"" (pronounced ""chak""), may be steel-stringed. The instrumentalist strums chords with up to 8 strums per beat in 4/4 rhythm. The off-beat strums are often accentuated. The other ukulele, called the ""cuk"" (pronounced ""chook""), is larger and has 3 gut or nylon strings. The instrumentalist may pluck arpeggios and tremoloes using a plectrum, and the on-beat is emphasised. As a set, the cak and cuk form an interlocking pair that mostly gives Kroncong its characteristic kron and chong. The cello"
"a four course, twelve string lute-like instrument with a jazz harp sound that creates tight close-chord harmony. Later versions by the inventor maintained the four course format, but with fewer than three per course, thus bringing the strummed sound closer to that of a traditional rhythm guitar. Latest version uses a tenor guitar with two added strings/pegs. Tuning of the six strings in four courses: d fF abAb b. Update, 2011: The first Banjo-Strumbola is created from a six-string Tyler Mountain banjo. The two lower octave strings (F & Ab) made the banjo resonance sound a bit too muddy, so"
"metallophones is used instead, generally with about 20 musicians. While the instrumentation of gamelan angklung is similar to gamelan gong kebyar, there are several critical differences. The instruments in angklung are tuned to a 5-tone slendro scale, although most ensembles use a four-tone mode of the five-tone scale played on instruments with four keys. An exception is the five-tone angklung from the north of Bali, which may have as many as seven keys. In four-tone angklung groups, the flute players will occasionally use an implied fifth tone. Additionally, whereas many of the instruments in gong kebyar span multiple octaves of"
"ukulele, another variant, is usually carved from a single piece of wood, and does not have a hollow soundbox. Close cousins of the ukulele include the Portuguese forerunners, the ""cavaquinho"" (also commonly known as ""machete"" or ""braguinha"") and the slightly larger ""rajão"". Other relatives include, the Venezuelan cuatro, the Colombian ""tiple"", the ""timple"" of the Canary Islands, the Spanish ""vihuela"", the Mexican requinto jarocho, and the Andean ""charango"" traditionally made of an armadillo shell. In Indonesia, a similar Portuguese-inspired instrument is the kroncong. Ukulele The ukulele ( ; from ""OO-koo-LEH-leh""; variant: ukelele) is a member of the lute family of"
"George S. Sandstrom During the early 1900s George S. Sandstrom, of Oakland, California, made what is called a Banjo ukulele, or banjolele. A combination of a ukulele and a banjo, which at the time sold for about $2.00. On December 12, 1917 George Sandstrom of Oakland California filed patent application number 206746. He was awarded patent number 1354268, titled ""Banjo,"" on September 28, 1920. The patent specifications describe George Sandstrom's invention, in part, as ""...a tightening device for banjo heads and other musical instruments having an open circular rim, a flexible head interposed within the opening of the said rim,"
"now synonymous with Samoan music, the selo and the ukulele. The selo is a stringed instrument made from a broomstick, or similar object, attached to a large box, bucket or other object that acts as a sounding board. A single length of string joins the top of the stick to the box, which is plucked to produce a sound similar to that of a bass. The ukele is a small guitar-like instrument but with only four strings. It can be found in two forms, one which is like a miniaturised guitar, the other where the body is made from half"
"of instruments playing on or off beat. This background rhythm runs faster than the often slow vocals or melody, and is created, typically, by two ukuleles, a cello, a guitar and a bass. These instruments, especially the pair of ukuleles, interlock as do the instruments in a gamelan orchestra, and it is clear that the musical traditions of Indonesia have been applied to an orchestra of European instruments. Previously, they also used the Portuguese musical instrument called cavaquinho, a four steel stringed musical instrument that looks like a guitar; however, cavaquinho was then modified into a prounga, a 3 nylon"
"nickname of the ""taro-patch fiddle."" The rajão can be known as the ""mother of the ukulele."" The instrument is about 70 centimeters (about 2 feet and 3 inches) in length and can be compared to a guitar with regards to structure and playing technique. On a modern rajão the strings are made of metal. The rajão is tuned to D-G-C-E-A, a reentrant tuning with the third string the lowest pitch. When it has 6 strings, the tuning becomes D-G-C-E-A-A. The rajão also comes with all five courses doubled, though these are less common. Rajão The rajão () is a 5-stringed"
"from the F). The practice of ""not"" tuning the strings in order, from low to high, is known as ""reentrant tuning"". Reentrant tuning helps to achieve similar sounds between the downstroke and the upstroke on strummed instruments. The ukulele and 5-string banjo also use reentrant tunings, although with the first and last strings the higher pitched ones, unlike the low A and B of the cuatro. In fact, early ukuleles were tuned to a D f b, with the D the lowest note. (Currently ukuleles are usually tuned one note lower, g C e a, and some use a non-reentrant"
"threads. There are two varieties of bansuri: transverse and fipple. The fipple flute is usually played in folk music and is held at the lips like a tin whistle. Because the transverse variety enables superior control, variations and embellishments, it is preferred in Indian classical music. Six holes are sufficient to produce the seven basic ""swaras"": ""sa"", ""re"", ""ga"", ""ma"", ""pa"", ""dha"", and ""ni"". When all holes are closed, it produces the bass scale that is the root note of the ""bansuri"" (""pa""). With one hole farthest from the closed end of the ""bansuri"" open, the instrument plays the ""dha""."
"Kantele A kantele () is a traditional Finnish and Karelian plucked string instrument (chordophone) belonging to the south east Baltic box zither family known as the Baltic psaltery along with Estonian kannel, Latvian kokles, Lithuanian kanklės and Russian gusli. Modern instruments with 15 or fewer strings are generally more closely modeled on traditional shapes, and form a category of instrument known as small kantele, in contrast to the modern concert kantele. The oldest forms of kantele have 5 or 6 horsehair strings and a wooden body carved from one piece; more modern instruments have metal strings and often a body"
"of the Kabaka, the king of Buganda. The kadongo, on the other hand, was more recently introduced to Baganda music, dating to the early 20th century. For this reason, budongo music is not part of the traditional court music. Baganda music is based on an approximately equidistant pentatonic scale. Therefore, the octave (mwànjo, plural myanjo) is divided into five intervals of approximately 240 cents (2.4 semitones). There is some variation in the interval length between instruments, and it even might vary in one (tunable) instrument during a performance. This means that in an emic description, the scale can be called"