We have seen all kinds of hobbies, except the ones using musical instruments!
For U, let’s learn more about playing a Ukelele!
Have you seen the highly popular Hawaii dolls, which are the ‘go-to’ toys for the car dashboard? The instrument they hold in their hand is the good old Ukelele!
Ukelele is the musical instrument originating from Portugal, but has been popularized by the Hawaiians. It comes under the Lute musical instrument family, which means, instruments with strings with a thin neck and a body, like Guitar, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Sitar, Tanbura, Veena, Banjo and Lute.
Ukelele vs Guitar – Difference in sizes
Ukelele is a smaller version of the guitar and produces softer tones than the former. The guitar strings are made of steel, but the strings of Ukelele are made of nylon thread! Apparently, the ukelele is almost half the size of guitar. So that is an added advantage for people who like carrying light weight instruments.
Playing a ukelele is lot more easier than guitar, since, playing the steel strings take time getting used to, where as nylon strings are easy to handle and require little effort.
So, if you want to get your kids to learn a musical instrument, get them hooked to ukelele first. Some day they may progress to guitar too! Who knows, they may even fall in love with the ukelele and never leave it too!
P.S:
- The other hobbies starting with U are Uni cycling, Underwater photography and Umpiring!
- You can even start learning to play ukelele by going through the basics from the following book
Get started, friends!
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