The Ukulele
Subtitle: A Visual History
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Backbeat Books
Published: September 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780879307585
Subjects: String instruments; Ukulele; Musical Instruments; Music/Songbooks; Music; Musical Instruments - Strings; Music / Musical Instruments / Guitar; Music / Reference; History & Criticism - General; Pictorial works
First sentence: The ukulele is actually the descendant of a four-stringed musical instrument known as the machete or, less accurately, the braguinha from the Portuguese island of Madeira.