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    Tuning

    By Andrew Embree June 16, 2010 - 12:55am
    I've always hated tuning.  First, there is the painstaking process of getting the instrument to sound just write.  And with more individual pieces, the greater the likelihood exists that your instrument will not be in tune.  I grew up...
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    What's Missing?

    By Andrew Embree June 16, 2010 - 12:15am
    I recognize immediately what this online instructive school is missing: it's lack of feedback.  I knew this before entering the program, but the more I think about it and the more I actually participate in some of the lesson, the more I am...
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    Holding the Ukelele

    By Andrew Embree June 15, 2010 - 1:13am
    I'd like to blame the lack of intuitive nativagation, but I think I was just so eager to get started that I missed the starting place.  So, with what should have been placed initially, I present my learning on how to hold the ukulele...
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    Promises!

    By Andrew Embree June 15, 2010 - 12:12am Comments (1)
    I love easy-to-learn programs!  Why wouldn't I want to learn something quickly and easily and without any effort?  The irony, of course, is that these words now make me turn in the opposite direction.  If they promise quick and easy,...
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    Benchmark

    By Andrew Embree June 14, 2010 - 1:02am
    I'm thinking it might be nice to establish some sort of benchmark to know if this online instruction (CAI) is accomplishing any sort of progress.  Furthermore, my learning up to this point--and it was designed as such--has been entirely...
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    Pineapple Pete's Uke School

    By Andrew Embree June 11, 2010 - 1:04am
    After a fair of searching, I decided to virtually enroll in Pineapple Pete's Uke School.  While it is difficult to know if Pineapple Pete will be able to give thorough and reputable instruction, the initial layout of the site did look...
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    Outside of AU

    By Andrew Embree June 8, 2010 - 12:09am
    I think it's great to use all these provided by AU though I wonder why we need to use in-house applications when there are so many great ones out there.  And when my time at AU is finished, will I also lose access to all these tools? ...
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    Introduction

    By Andrew Embree June 7, 2010 - 11:29pm
    I've been blogging for sometime now though it goes in waves.  I irregularly publish my personal blog at http://aembree.blogspot.com though maintain a few school blogs for my grade 6 students (http://grade6scs.blogspot.com) and have kept other...
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