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Local Ukulele Lessons

Marianne Brogan

Email: pua@teleport.com

phone: 503-679-0391

Is there a music lover inside of you yearning for expression? Consider the ukulele, instrument of liberation! Learn the joys of ukulele playing with the founder of Portland’s Ukulele Association, Marianne Brogan. Marianne has been teaching for 6 years and specializes in beginners of all ages, private & group instruction. Marianne also travels with loaner ukuleles and teaches at music camps, senior centers and group events.

Past workshops include: Be in Band - Ukulele Ensemble, Back to Basics - level 1, level 2 beginners, and intermediate classes on chord inversions on the ukulele. Gift certificates available. For more information email: pua or call 503-679-0391.

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Jim D'Ville

Email: dville@teleport.com
Web: www.caravangogh.com
Telephone: 503-200-9584

Upcoming workshop - Play Ukulele by Ear

Saturday April 5 & 19 Time 10 am to Noon (4 hours total)

Cost $30.00 See the What's Happening Page for more details.


Private Lessons

Tuesday and Wednesday at Artichoke Music at 31st &

SE Hawthorne 6:30 p.m and 7:30 p.m. Times available.

30-minute lesson (includes written materials).  $30

Private Lesson Description:

Level: Beginning to Advanced Ages 10 and up. All styles and levels. From strumming simple and fun songs to advanced finger picking arrangements. Co-author, with acoustic master Bill Keith, of The Natural Way To Music, An Organic Approach To Understanding & Playing Music, a short course to understanding basic music theory. My approach to the ukulele incorporates ear training, a basic understanding of the major scale, chords and their progressions, learning different strumming and picking techniques, and, of course, playing songs right away! Music genres include children's songs, folk, early jazz and jug band, blues and some Hawaiian.

Please call or email me with any questions.

Maintained by Marianne Brogan: Last updated: March 3, 2008.
Animated Ukers with the exception of Tiny Tim used by permission from http://rockthatuke.com
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Prepared by Jim Abbott. Background music played by Charlie Hartness.