HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Contrary to popular belief, the ukulele did not originate in Hawaii. You can actually trace the ...

Compact stringed instruments are often seen as beginner-friendly, thanks to their smaller necks, fewer strings, and simpler ...

The first ukuleles made in Hawaii were hybrids based on two Portuguese Madeiran guitar-like instruments. The machete (or braguinha), a small four-stringed instrument that was strummed or plucked, and ...

Each string and chord group is numbered ... Other names sometimes encountered include Banjolin and Hawaiian Art Violin. Ukelin-type instruments were usually sold by door-to-door commission salesmen, ...

Here, according to Tranquada, is how that came to be. Guitar-like stringed instruments were already popular in Hawaii about 130 years ago when plantation owners imported workers from Portugal.