Ukulele - Music

Whats the difference between ukulele and guitar ?


 - A standard guitar has 6 strings  and ukulele has 4 strings.

 - A ukulele is much smaller then a guitar.

 - The fret-board on the ukulele is way thinner and shorter than the guitar and therefore it makes it way easier to manage for people with smaller hands. 

What country uses the ukulele most ?

 - The top three countries that use the ukulele are Australia, Canada and Hawaii.

Purpose of life taha wairua - Health

In health today we watched a video about Ed Sheerans speech at the 2015 American stuttering institute gala.We watched this to see how it contributes to our taha wairua so our spiritual well being. 

What message did we take away from this video.

 - The message that I thought we got through this video was that embrace all of your flaws so if people say your weird just take it as a complement and don't take it to heart.

 - When he was in school he got called a lot of not nice names.Because he had a stuttering problem when he was younger and a few other special things wrong with him, and look at him now he became very successful even though he did not have the best support around him at school when he was younger.

 - So in my words he wants us to take away from the video. That our flaws are special and you shouldn't be ashamed of them in anyway. So if someone says something that will hurt your feelings just take it as a compliment.  

Music - Keyboard

What is the difference between a keyboard and piano ?

 - The difference is that a piano is a acoustic instrument.

 - But a keyboard is an electric instrument.

 - Also a keyboard has lighter keys then a piano.

What is the difference between the white and black keys ?

 - The white keys represent the musical tones 

 - The black keys represent the half step intervals between those musical tones. 

What does your right and left hand do on a keyboard ?

 - In music we don't normally use our left hand to play anything.

 - But we use our right hand for everything on the keyboard.



Facts about Peter Bence and Sergei

Peter Bence
 - He holds the Guinness world record for fastest piano player.
 - He started playing piano at 2 years old.
 - At 7 he wrote his first composition



Sergei Rachmaninov
 - He had the largest hands in classical music.
 - He was originally born in Russia not america.
 - Since his time there hasn't been a better pianist since him.