Three immigrants in particular, Madeiran cabinet makers Manuel Nunes, José do Espírito Santo, and Augusto Dias, are generally credited as the first ukulele makers. ĭeveloped in the 1880s, the ukulele is based on several small, guitar-like instruments of Portuguese origin, the machete, cavaquinho, timple, and rajão, introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants from Madeira, the Azores and Cape Verde. The catalog describes two ukuleles from Hawaii - one that is similar in size to a modern soprano ukulele, and one that is similar to a tenor (see § Types and sizes). One of the earliest appearances of the word ukulele in print (in the sense of a stringed instrument) is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Catalogue of the Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments of All Nations published in 1907.
Legend attributes it to the nickname of Englishman Edward William Purvis, one of King Kalākaua's officers, because of his small size, fidgety manner, and playing expertise. 'Explosive' Irish dance and music stage show coming to the MAC in SeptemberĬarl Frampton reflects on appearance on TV quiz show this weekĪpplications now open for this year's Late Late Toy Showĭetective drama filmed in NI gets renewed for third seriesįor all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage here.The ukulele is commonly associated with music from Hawaii, where its name roughly translates as "jumping flea", perhaps because of the movement of the player's fingers. You can find out more about Belfast Ukulele Festival via their Facebook page HERE. And it was just a complete coincidence that The Undertones were playing in Belfast at the weekend too so that was nice," she added. "Teenage Kicks is such an iconic song and it is one of our favourites, it always goes down a storm, we know the song inside out, back to front and upside down so it's always a favourite and always gets people's attention so it was an obvious choice as well.
It was just by chance Colin got in contact, just pure fluke that they happened to be filming in St George's so it was a wonderful coincidence."įrancis said it was an easy choice when it came to what song they were going to perform in the well-known Belfast venue. "It has been a whirlwind since it happened so it's been brilliant to see the buzz on social media following it. "As well as that, the ukulele is such a wonderful instrument and it always brings a smile to people's faces so we just wanted to spread the joy of the ukelele to a receptive audience of locals and visitors from abroad too."Ĭlips of the performance of Teenage Kicks have been spreading across the internet as well as being caught on camera by a BBC film crew who were in the market filming with hosts Colin Murray and Edith Bowman.
She said: "The festival ran across the weekend and the flashmob was just one part of it and really the intention was to link up with the market because it's an iconic Belfast thing, it's always thriving so we really wanted to showcase Belfast. Read more: Co Down actor joins cast of Netflix's Sex Education series 4 Speaking to Belfast Live, ukulele player and festival volunteer Frances Mulvenna said they wanted to do something to showcase the best of Belfast as well as spread the 'joy of the ukulele'. St George's Market in the heart of Belfast is always a hive of activity at the weekend, but on Sunday the popular market came alive with the sound of Ukulele's as a flash mob took over.Īs part of Belfast's first ever Ukulele Festival, more than 60 people formed from Ukulele jams across Northern Ireland and a few visitors from across the UK, brought the venue to a standstill and had everyone singing and dancing along.
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