Ukulele
Ukelele
- Date
- déc. 1880 · confidence medium
- Place
- Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
- Credited to
- Manuel Nunes, José do Espírito Santo and Augusto Dias (Madeiran immigrants)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Three Portuguese cabinetmakers from Madeira, who arrived in Hawaii in 1879, adapted traditional stringed instruments such as the machete and cavaquinho to create the ukulele, now an emblem of Hawaiian music.
What it led to
- Popularisation of Hawaiian music on the American mainland (1910s-1920s)
- Adoption of the ukulele in 20th-century jazz and pop