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    Beginning Ukulele
    Beginning Ukulele
    Beginning Ukulele
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    Beginning Ukulele

    By Mark Mayer

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    This book contains 6 hands-on ukulele lessons that will teach you how to play the ukulele while learning how to read and understand music. From the absolute beginner with no previous music experience to the self-taught musician wanting to understand theory, this book is for you. The 14 concise pages will have you excited for each new lesson and your progress will be obvious. A practice checklist is provided to check your progress as you advance so you can assess your own skill level.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateOct 30, 2015
    ISBN9781329639898
    Beginning Ukulele
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    Mark Mayer

    Mark Mayer's stories have appeared in American Short Fiction, Kenyon Review, Guernica, Colorado Review, Mid-American Review, and The Best American Mystery Stories. Mayer has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD from the University of Denver. He spent two years at Cornell College's Center for the Literary Arts as the Robert P. Dana Emerging Writer-in-Residence. He lives in Maine and teaches at Colby College. Aerialists is his first collection.

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