The Hawaiians gave the instrument the name ukulele, which translates to ‘jumping flea.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Aloha Quilt] Reference
Here in Hawaii the ukulele is still a large part of our culture. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The party is harty…] Reference
The ukulele is a cultural icon that is seen virtually everywhere here. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The party is harty…] Reference
Upton calls the ukulele's tone bright and beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
As Ms. Palmer sees it, the ukulele is the zeitgeist instrument for the D.I.Y. age. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Global Home] Reference
"Schools have had budget cuts and they're looking to cut costs, the ukulele is a perfect instrument for that.". From Wordnik.com. [Brooklynites Crazy For Ukuleles] Reference
The ukulele is a great leveller; I'd love to see George Osborne and his team at the Treasury giving it some welly to Teenage Kicks. From Wordnik.com. [A working life: Ukulele teacher] Reference
See: ukulele is tough. From Wordnik.com. [hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » Doing Time with the Uke] Reference
The ukulele is a perfect metaphor for these times. ". From Wordnik.com. [Culture Making] Reference
Softer songs, such as ukulele solo "The Soldier," where Harvey sings in the higher octave that dominated. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Banjoleles are the coolest kind of ukulele, as evidenced in this magnificent video by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
The ukulele is a special instrument. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories]
It closes us in, and pushes you into me, your ukulele ringing. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
In some mean American eyes, ukulele and Canada are a redundancy. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
Mr. HILL: When I got to grade four, they just handed me a ukulele. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
In Hawaii, the instrument changed a bit and got a new name: ukulele. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
A ukulele, the official instrument of leisure, plays in the background. From Wordnik.com. [Luxury hotels are offering eReaders as perks to their elite guests] Reference
Outside, the chickens and cicadas, the sound of your enchanted ukulele. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
And normally people move to another instrument, like, from the ukulele. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy] Reference
And I'm sort of asking because you're playing a ukulele, that's one thing. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy] Reference
We do five part vocal harmonies with standup bass, guitar, ukulele and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Sings The (Country) Blues] Reference
STAMBERG: The ukulele has charmed people, off and on, for more than a century. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
(Soundbite of ukulele music) MONTAGNE: It's kind of viewed as a toy instrument. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy] Reference
She was strumming a damned ukulele as they came up the front steps to the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 10] Reference
And, oh, when he sang and played his ukulele, they came from upstairs and down. From Wordnik.com. [Only a Memory Away] Reference
And I, by the way, am saying ukulele because that's the way a lot of people say it. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy] Reference
But when Jamie Lachman heads there this fall, he'll be packing a ukulele and a horn. From Wordnik.com. [CLOWNS: THE BEST MEDICINE?] Reference
I follow the sounds of your ukulele wherever you go, helplessly dancing to its tune. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
He stretched out his right arm, a dark canvas ukulele case hanging from his left shoulder. From Wordnik.com. ['A Free Life'] Reference
SUSAN STAMBERG: When I grew up in the 1950s, there was a ukulele craze, and had to get one. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
Today, the ukulele is allowing us to rediscover this simple joy of music self-play - together. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
MONTAGNE: When you were growing up in Hawaii, what kinds of music did you hear on the ukulele?. From Wordnik.com. [In the Hands Of A Master, The Ukulele Is No Toy] Reference
Our feet clatter to the scream of the samba; my ears ringing so I can hardly hear your ukulele. From Wordnik.com. [Orpheus Revisited] Reference
STAMBERG: There's a ukulele revolution going on these days; group performances, concerts, classes. From Wordnik.com. ['The Mighty Uke': A Musical Underdog Makes A Comeback] Reference
Ms. RAY: ... but Emily plays banjo and mando and dulcimer and ukulele and guitar and piano and. From Wordnik.com. [Two Decades Later, Indigo Girls' Voices Still Strong] Reference
I liked hearing her bray burlesque jokes that were old when she first picked up a ukulele in junior high school. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Night Music With Bette] Reference
Iam at the London headquarters of Comic Relief, where staff have just been given a lesson on how to play a ukulele. From Wordnik.com. [A working life: Ukulele teacher] Reference
This Cotton-Club-meets-calypso warning of eternal damnation has a ukulele intro, archaic squiggly sax and honor-comic lyrics. From Wordnik.com. [Squirrel Hut Zippers: Raising 'Hell'] Reference
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