Eli the Pianist

Eli has shown interest in learning to play the piano recently, so we decided that instead of paying to put him in lessons, John could teach him. So far, it's going really well. Eli seems to be more interested in playing the songs rather than learning proper hand placement, posture, the notes and how to read the music, but he'll get there. He's getting the idea of it all already though. I found a couple of piano books for beginners, which are great for kids his age, and he does pretty well reading how to play some of the songs in there just from looking at the notes and the pictures of hand placement. So far he can play "Mary Had a Little Lamb", "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", and "Ode to Joy", plus some of the other little songs in his piano books. This all started about two weeks ago, so it's pretty amazing how much he's learned in such little time! I hope the piano playing continues for Eli. It's fun to watch John teach Eli and see Eli blossom as a musician!