HONOLULU — In the beginning there was the guitar ... a C chord you could play with one index finger and you tuned it by singing a ditty on open strings: “My Dog Has Fleas.” The ukulele ...

This can mean for some that a guitar is actually a better choice. As the fretboard is small, anyone with larger hands might find it difficult to play chords on a ukulele and would be better suited ...

especially if it differs from the root-3rd-5th of a standard major chord. In guitar circles, describing a chord as ‘G’ ...