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Modern Hawaiian virtuosity has contributed greatly to the renewed popularity of the ukulele in the early 2000s. With the aforementioned viral video of „While my guitar gently weeps“ (The original video got more than 8.7 million clicks on YouTube (Tranquada, 2012, p. 162)), the fast strumming and virtuoso picking style of Jake Shimabukuro gained worldwide exposure and has since inspired a new generation of Hawaiian ukulele players to prioritize virtuosity over traditional techniques, that generally focus on musical content rather than impressive show-effects (Tolentino, 2024 and Paiva, 2024).
The Compendium features Aldrine Guerrero as an example of modern virtuosity. Defining features of this trait of technique include the extensive use of the thumb and its long nail. Fixed or loose T tremolo as demonstrated in PS1uAG0-sDT1.sUT1 or PS1gAG0-sDT1.sUT1 are techniques can be cross-referenced to video material of Jake Shimabukuro and Taimane Gardner, who could be considered the leading and most famous representatives of this playing style today.