Tom Goux treated an audience at the Mattapoisett Library to music and musical history on Sunday afternoon.

In a program titled Strings That Zing, Goux shared his enthusiasm for the ukulele and other members of the string family tree, from the1700s to the 2000s.

He started by strumming a ukulele and encouraging the audience to join him in a few ditties, including "It ain't gonna rain no more no more. How in the heck am I gonna wash my neck if it ain't gonna rain no more?"

Goux introduced the audience to a 1700s European guitar, a parlor guitar played, well, in parlors, and the steel-stringed American guitar, which was the loudest by far.

"It was a front porch and back porch guitar," Goux joked.

He also spoke about how music and instruments were shared and spread by sailors, including those on local whaling ships.

But throughout the program, Goux kept coming back to his ukuleles.

"When it comes out people smile," he said. "It sets up a happy time to sing."