What is Ukulele?
{{Infobox instrument |background = string |name=Ukulele |names= |image=Ukulele1.png |classification=[[String instrument]] ([[Pizzicato|plucked]], nylon stringed instrument usually played with the bare thumb and/or fingertips, or a felt [[Guitar pick|pick]].) |range= |related=*[[Bowed string instrument|Bowed]] and [[Plucked string instrument|plucked]] string instruments, namely the [[cavaquinho]] |articles= }} The '''ukulele''' ({{pronEng|ˌjʉːkəˈlɛɪli}} from the Hawaiian ʻukulele, pronounced [[:en:Help:IPA_for_English#Key|/ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/]]) is a [[musical instrument]] with four strings. It is also called the ''uke'' for short. Ukuleles are part of the [[guitar]] family of instruments. The strings are usually tuned G, C, E, A or A, D, F<sub>#</sub>, B. Ukuleles normally have [[nylon]] strings or gut strings. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. Sopranino and bass ukuleles also exist. Sopraninos are tuned to standard tuning, however, baritone ukuleles are tuned to '''D, G, B, E''' (the top four strings of a [[guitar]]). Bass ukuleles are tuned '''E, A, D, G''' ([[bass guitar]] and [[double bass]] tuning). The ukulele was invented in the [[19th century|19th Century AD]] in [[Hawaii]], where people got the idea from small guitar-like instruments known as [[cavaquinho]]s brought to the [[island]] by [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[Sailor|sailors]]. {{Commonscat}} {{music-stub}} [[Category:Plucked string instruments]]