Wendy Edwards Beardall-Norton

My Uke and Me

The ukulele is such a fun, upbeat instrument to listen to and to play that I wished I’d been introduced to it much earlier! Did you know that it was originally a Portuguese instrument, highly popularized in Hawaii, and given the name Uku, which means flea? And when one is playing the Ukulele, (which is the anglicized version of Uku), that’s exactly how ones hands flit about the strings – just like a busily hopping flea!

I hope you’ll enjoy these pieces, written especially for the beginner player! I certainly enjoyed writing them for you!

Wendy Edwards Beardall-Norton
Stratford, Ontario, Canada