Ernest Ka'ai (1881-1961) was an ukulele virtuoso responsible for making the ukulele an indispensable instrument in the typical Hawaiian ensemble. In 1916 he published "The Ukulele; A Hawai'ian Guitar", the first serious text on the ukulele, its techniques, and its music. 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... Ukulele The ukulele (pronounced , or the Anglicised ), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ... Hawai is a town in Tottori, Japan. ...
ErnestKaai was the first Hawaiian-born virtuoso ukulele player and was a formidable figure in the Hawaiian music world in the first quarter of this century.
Besides being adept at the ukulele, Kaai was also a superb violin, guitar and steel guitar player.
In 1940, Kaai retired to Miami, Florida, where he opened a music store and performed off and on.
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