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Reviewed on March 1, 2019 | Elementary
Gr 2–5—If your child regularly took apart machines in your home or trimmed down a tread on your stairs to make it sound better, how would you react? Fortunately for musicians and music lovers, Les Paul's mother encouraged, even praised, his efforts. From a young age, Les was curious about sound as it relates to music. His initial attempts to learn to play the piano ended with the teacher declaring, "Lester will never learn music…" but a mail-order guitar and a wooden harmonica proved to be just the ticket to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More