I agree about the 4-string instruments, too...here in Hawaii, we call them ukuleles! But I'll tell you, as often as I hear everybody say, "Hey, if you can play guitar, the uke is easy, because it's tuned just like the top 4 strings on the guitar"--it doesn't help me one bit. I can't just tell my fingers to pretend the other two strings are there: I have to learn a whole new set of finger positions. So I'm a somewhat competent guitar player, and a rank beginner on the uke. But it's fun!

By the way, Merritt, I don't know that song you mentioned. But considering that our local Borders has two huge racks devoted just to Hawaiian music, that's not surprising.

Aloha,
Mark