Ukulele Essays

The Jumping Flea Nowadays, you see ukuleles everywhere. On the streets, on the internet, maybe even some kids in your class bring them to school. They are super popular here in the U.S. but they are especially popular in Hawaii. Most times when people think of ukuleles, they think of Hawaii, and Hawaiian songs, like “Over the Rainbow”, and “What a Wonderful World”. “Ukulele” is a traditional Hawaiian name that was first given to a small instrument called the Machete. The “Machete” was

One of my favorite things in this whole world is to play the ukulele. I was first introduced to the ukulele because my brother wanted one, since it was the “thing” at the time. At first my sister was the one who taught me, but eventually I started to learn on my own by searching up chords on the internet, and through youtube tutorials. The very first song I learned was the tab for the Harry Potter Theme Song. But my sister started to get annoyed because I would always forget which part came next

I love the ukulele. Ukulele stands for “ jumping flea cats,” because you have to jump all over the neck of the ukulele. Playing the ukulele is my favorite thing to do. It’s educational and fun. One time when I was in Mt. Airy NC, I played the ukulele with my best friend, Isabella. We played Riptide, by Vance Joy, and Radioactive, by Imagine Dragons in this castle place near the gazebo. The three major parts to learn how to play the ukulele are, groups to join, and facts about it. The five types of

get good at it is worth the hard work. I attempted to learn ukulele as a new project. I had a goal of reaching ten hours of practice and kept a log to ensure I met this goal. I chose the ukulele for a number of reasons. The first is that I am very into music. I already play piano and guitar, and love to learn another instrument. Something like flute or violin would need a lot more than ten hours to get even remotely good at it. Ukulele is a fairly easy instrument to learn, especially with my background

On the night of October 13th, I had the pleasure of attending a seven-person ukulele band performance at the Eisenhower Auditorium at State College. The ukulele is basically just a smaller version of a guitar, but capable of an impressive range on four stings. It was the first time that I got an opportunity to watch such a divine performance by artists from across the Atlantic. The group showcased a unique talent by finding the hidden beauty between old tunes and new songs, which were harmoniously

The purpose of my speech was to inform the audience about the four basic chords on the ukulele: the C, Am, F, and the G chords. In my speech, I taught the correct finger placement as well as good tips to getting the best sound out of the instrument. Altogether, I presented the main material as the most important pieces in the speech. The introduction to my speech began with a question. With this rhetorical question, I immediately interacted with the audience. On the other hand within this question

playing ukulele becomes an important hobby in my spare time. From learning to play ukulele, I can now appreciate more the beauty of music. I made a lot of effort to get where I am right now. Practicing ukulele is a tiring process because I have to fully focus on every note. Whether I have paid attention to the practice makes a huge difference on the results. But even though the process is difficult, the result is rewarding. Although I am not a professional ukulele player, now I can play ukulele than

String Instruments There are many stringed instruments but only a few are used in a high school orchestra. These instruments include the violin, viola, cello, and bass. The word 'violin' comes from the Middle Latin word 'vitula' which means stringed instrument. Violins are typically comprised of spruce or maple wood. Violins come in many different sizes. Typically, students will start learning violin at a young age with a 1/32 or 1/16 size violin. As the student ages they will graduate up to a full

Empathy is how we feel when we experience others emotions. It is being able to put oneself in others shoes and understand their thoughts, emotions, and actions. Having empathy towards someone can build an emotional connection. It’s extremely important for a pharmacist to have empathy because when the pharmacist can put themselves in the patient's position, it builds a stronger relationship between the patient and the Pharmacist. Recently, my grandmother moved into an assisted living facility; I

Electrons scored their first touchdown. Due to this, the cheerleaders invited her to be an actual cheerleader, and when she accepted, her popularity skyrocketed. Because of that, people started conforming to her,“We honored her by imitation.A chorus of ukuleles strummed the lunchroom...The pet shop at the Mica Mall ran out of rats.” Because Stargirl did not conform to the students they conformed to be more like

The episode starts at the Krusty Krab, where Squidward is listening to Kelpy G's smooth jazz on the radio. The radio announces that there is a concert tonight, but the tickets are sold out. Squidward notices that he has tickets, so he could go to the concert, but Patrick swallows them. They use the phones for a chance to win more tickets, but they keep on losing. SpongeBob finally figures it out and they both can go backstage to meet Kelpy G. SpongeBob and Squidward go on a bus to go to Kelpy G's

sitting in the stands watching the game. She was on the field doing whatever she wanted to do. She represents her name Stargirl because every star is different. “The girl was picking up her ukulele. And now she was strumming it.”(5) She wasn’t just sitting down and eating her lunch. She was playing her ukulele in front of the whole lunch room. I would never do that in front of my classmates.

Mica High. The other students thought she was weird. Although the students thought Stargirl was weird, she did not change to fit in with other students. She liked spreading good cheer. Stargirl enjoyed playing the ukulele. After eating her lunch Stargirl would get up and play her ukulele and started to sing to whomever had a birthday that day. She left gifts on desks in her homeroom. Stargirl’s behavior was very unusual for the other students and they were not friendly and nice to her, but this did

that would engage a broad audience. The commercial Features a chalkboard background, the colors of the restaurant, yellow, red, and white, pictures of food, and team members. I decided to let the pictures and few words do the selling while upbeat ukulele music set the tone for the restaurant and commercial. Creating a entire commercial was based off majority

Musicians and artists in Samoa have added electronic instruments and rhythms to their compositions, which was introduced to them through western cultures. However, a guitar or a ukulele still serve as the main instruments in most pieces of Samoan music, while the introduction of a song is often played by a Pate. A Pate is a hollowed out log that is beaten with two wooden sticks that resemble wooden pestles (A picture of the Pate

The first reason is that she has a pet rat named cinnamon, and she cheers for the other team during high school games. Second reason that Stargirl is unique is because she doesn’t wear makeup at school. The last reason is that Stargirl plays the Ukulele because she sings happy birthday to anyone who has a birthday on that similar day. How does Stargirl conform in the public school. The first is

structures and improvised melodies. Jazz can be played with big bands or just on a single piano. A jazz bands may have up to 12 musicians who may be playing; saxophones, trumpets, trombones, clarinets, tubas, pianos, guitars, double basses, banjos, ukuleles, mandolins, harmonicas, violins, jews harps, and of course drums. These jazz bands started to get popular in the big cities across America. Each city developed its own individual style of of playing and jazz started to become a very diverse genre

I woke up early and put on the clothes that I had laid out from the night before. I went to the kitchen grabbed a Poptart and headed out the door to find the bus coming up my street. Walking onto the bus gave me a whiff of Expo Markers and and an overload of Axe cologne that I’m guessing an awkward teenage boy showered in. I sat on the hard, poorly cushioned seat next to a small girl with pigtails and a Doc Mcstuffins backpack. Man, this is my first day of being in the Middle School; first day of

I 'm Joanna but most people call me Jo; the "anna" got dropped when I realized I wouldn 't stay in the comfort zone any longer! I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and moved to the USA at five years old, where I adopted the "Coming to America" story. My single independent mother worked her butt off to give all three of her kids the opportunity to do and be whatever they wanted. That meant several weekends cleaning houses, painting with her, and overall just working to build character. Two decades

surprised because I have never seen her upset. I didn’t talk to her though because the whole school has been shunning her and I didn’t want to stand out. Yesterday, I saw her and she was wearing normal clothes like everyone else. She didn’t have her ukulele or her sunflower canvas bag she always carried around. I could believe my eyes as I watch her walk through the hallways. I thought maybe all this shunning was really getting to her and she was trying to be normal. I talked to Dori about it and she