While celebrated ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro entertains tourists in Japan, his 29-year-old younger brother, Bruce, has found a new calling teaching them to strum a few notes during their ...

To create our list of the easiest Hawaiian ukulele songs for beginners I referred to Live Ukulele, a site where you can find many things about playing ukulele, and Take Lessons.

Lakewood Ranch club Aloha Ukulele is made up of approximately 50 active members who gather and bond through music.

The ukulele is an extremely popular instrument for beginners to learn. Ukuleles can be bought for very low prices, allowing musicians to learn to play without having to empty their pockets.

The very musical Hawaiian royal family loved the ukulele and made it popular throughout the islands. The craze spread across the U.S. after musical performances at the 1915 Panama Pacific ...

He added: "The ukulele offers more sustained entertainment than just boozing your money away; it is very communal because you can play together and sing along; and it is easy to learn.

Ugliarolo agreed that the ukulele is "very, very, very" popular right now. Rutherford Music Exchange gives lessons six days a week. "It's a great little instrument," he said of the ukulele.

If the humble ukulele needs an updated image, students at Upper Arlington's Windermere Elementary School just might be up to the job.