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The ukulele is a small four-string guitar derived in Hawaii in the 1870s from the Portuguese machête taken there by sailors. Being small, lightweight, relatively cheap, and easy to learn, it became very popular in the USA and Europe, especially in the first half of the 20th century, for the strummed accompaniment of singing.  Currently enjoying a renaissance here in the USA, we invite you to explore the musical variety of the ukulele.

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Amanda Palmer
Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead
On Her Magical Ukulele

Streaming Audio Songs Featuring Ukulele:

*These streaming audio sites are available "on demand" both on and off the Berklee campus to enrolled Berklee students, as well as Berklee faculty and staff.

Songs of the Open Road  by The Kennedys	Sweet Island Music by Glen Medeiros	It's All Good News  performed by Ed's Redeeming Qualities
Glory on the Big String produced by Rafe Stefanini	A Truckload Of Blues by Bob Brozman	Kid Ory & His Creole Jazz Band 1922 - 1947

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The Blues is Life by Victoria Spivey	Play Your Instruments and Make a Pretty Sound by Ella Jenkins
Music of Indonesia, Vol. 20:  Indonesian Guitars	Musics of Hawai'i:  Anthology of Hawaiian Music

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Amérique Latine Air Mail Music	Tahiti-Turai 1973 performed by Fetia	Early Hawaiian Classics 1927-1932 by The Kalama Quartet
Calypsos: Afro-Limonese Music of Costa Rica	The Dø: A Mouthful	Songs of the Volcano performed by the Papua New Guinea String Band with Bob Brozman

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Gagga by Anders Krakan Agren	Regn by Urban Forsgren and Bengt Soderhall	The Very Best of  Ian Whitcomb
Red Trees by Lisa Papineau	Safety in Numbers by American Blood

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CDs on display:

69 love songs by The Magnetic Fields CD 19379-81	Rough Guide to the Music of Hawaii CD 26129	The Secret of Life by The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain CD 32828
Save me, San Francisco by Train CD 31415	The Beatles Uke by Greg Hawkes CD 32812	Dragon by Jake Shimabukuro CD 28299
I've Never Seen a Straight Banana by Tiny Tim CD 32810	A Night of Ukulele Jazz: Live at McCabe's CD 32811	Gulag Orkestar by Beirut CD 32825
A Flying Leap by James Hill CD 32827	BiRd-BrAiNs by the tUnE-yArDs

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DVDs on display:

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: the man and his music DVD 1182	Learn to Play Ukulele LVD 448
Blue Uke: blues, rags, and jazzy dance tunes LVD 449	Ukulele tunes & techniques: Hawaiian & American styles LVD 450

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Books and Scores on display:

Jackson Browne: eight songs from his first two L. P.'s for voice, piano, uke, guitar, etc. MP1630 .B7696 J3	Criterion's Hawaiian  song book for voice, piano, uke, guitar, etc. MP1844 .H3 C75 1965	The cat's meow :  ukulele favorites from the roaring twenties compiled, written, and produced by Ian Whitcomb MP142 .U5 W5
Ukulele : the world's friendliest instrument by Daniel Dixon with Dixie Dixon and Jayne McKay ML1015 .U5 D59 2011	Ukulele heaven: songs from the golden age of the ukulele by Ian Whitcomb MT645 U5 1999	How to play the ukulele: a beginner's guide to the soprano ukulele by Larry McCabe MT645.8 M33 2004