Geography of Music

Hey everyone!! Today instead of looking at a specific instrument I am going to be sharing some random music facts with you lovely people! 1. The Curiosity rover played 'Happy Birthday' to itself on its one year anniversary of landing on Mars making 'Happy Birthday the first song to ever be played on a foreign planet. 2. In 2008, a man called Andrew Vactor was sentenced to listening to classical music for 20 hours instead of paying a $150 fine as a punishment for playing rap music too loudly. He left after 15  minutes and had to pay the $150 as a result. 3. Hans Zimmer, who has composed music for many famous movies like all the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the Lion King and Interstellar, only received 2 weeks of music education when he was a child. 4. There is a song called 'As Slow as Possible' and it is 639 years long. It can take years for a single note to be played. 5. When Beethoven went deaf, he cut the legs off his piano and sat of the floor to

What is up famalam?! Today we're going to be looking at the geography and history of the ukulele! It is assumed by many that the ukulele originate from Hawaii, however, that is not true. Ukuleles actually originate from an island called Madeira in between Portugal and North Africa. It is thought that three immigrants in particular, Madeiran cabinet makers Manuel Nunes, José do Espírito Santo, and Augusto Dias, are the first ukulele makers. Ukuleles then appeared in Hawaii in the 19th century as an adaptation of the Portuguese machete, brought by the Portuguese immigrants. The name 'ukulele' roughly translates to 'jumping flee' and it is thought this is because of the quick movement of the players fingers. In the 1960s, the ukulele was introduced into school systems in Canada as an inexpensive and easy way to teach music in class. In Japan today, the country is considered a second home for Hawaiian musicians and the ukulele. This is because in 1929,  Hawai