Although occasionally used to accompany chants, 'ukeke were typically employed for personal entertainment and particularly by lovers when serenading each other.
The ʻūkēkē is a musical bow made of koa wood, 16 to 24 inches long and about 11⁄2 inches wide with two or three strings fastened through and around either ...
The ʻūkēkē is the only indigenous stringed instrument of Hawaiʻi, and is used to accompany hula and mele, and for romance and courtship ...
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2020/12/14 -Before the Portuguese braguinha was transformed into the ukulele in the 1870s by immigrant sugar workers, the ʻūkēkē, or Hawaiian musical bow, ...
2014/6/25 -k?k?, Hawai'i's only indigenous stringed instrument, with multi-media artisan Mahi La Pierre. Consisting of a thin, bent piece of wood and one ...
The 'ukeke is a musical bow; it is the only indigenous Hawaiian stringed instrument. The prototype for the 'ukulele, which is associated ...
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2024/2/27 -The ukeke is an Indigenous Hawaiian string instrument that is a type of musical bow. It has two or three strings strung along the length of a ...
Ukeke (strikers) are used with other instruments, in particular gongs but also some drums. They are carved from tree branches and are most likely produced ...
2017/5/14 -“The 'ūkēkē, the one Hawaiian instrument of its class, is a mere strip of wood bent into the shape of a bow that its elastic force may keep ...
2017/1/30 -The ukeke, on the other hand, is a very small bow- shaped instrument made out of wood with three strings attached to and around either end ...