The Piano Man

Bode has been taking piano lessons for over two months.  We are amazed at the progress.  He's always shown an affinity for memorizing things.  He has flashcards with all the notes on the scale from bass clef up through the treble clef.  He can site-read all notes from low C (two lines below the bass clef) up through high-high C (two lines above the treble clef).  He's probably not at "Mozart proficiency" when it comes to site-reading, but the fact he knows all the notes and can identify them on the piano really impresses me.  He usually practices in the afternoons with Miss Jeanice, so it can sometimes be more than a week between times we hear him play.  We had lunch at the Waffle House today (it's become a tradition), and when we got home, Bode wanted to play for us.  I took the following two videos.  The first is Bode playing one of the Daily Dozen warm-up exercises.

Next are some of the songs he plays from his lesson book.  Yes, there are errors, but if you'd seen him when he first learned what middle C was and compared that with today, you'd be duly impressed :-)

Nothing too exciting going on here...well, that's not really true.  A lot going on, but we'll still wait a few weeks before we unveil the big news!  Happy Saturday to all.