I usually sit with Christopher at the piano a few times a week. I usually play chords or something simple for him (basic II, IV, V, I Progressions and what not...sometimes Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and the like...whatever). This time, however, he wasn't feeling just sitting and listening to Daddy play. This time he wanted to be part of the action...so away we flew.
"You want me to play what? Hmmm....let me take a look. Ok......ok...."
"I think I can handle this. I know I've heard it somewhere. Maybe inutero or somewhere. You guys were always playing something or singing something. I think I know this though..."
DA-DA-DA-DAAAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!
DA-DA-DA-DAAAAAAAAAAMMMM!!!!
da-da-da-dam, da-da-da-dam, da-da-da-dam...
da-da-da-dam, da-da-da-dam, da-da-da-dam...
DA-DA-DA-DAM!
DA-DA-DA-DAM!
DA-DA-DA-DAM!....DAM!...DAM!
"I knew I'd heard this before!"
All jokes aside, it was a fantastic moment for me. It was a lot of fun to see him start banging on the keys of the piano for the first time...and without reservation. I'll train him on touch as we go. As for now, this was an amazing time for me with Christopher.
I got so excited I tried him out on the Doumbek (smaller variation of the family of tuned drums such as the Djembe). That took him some time, but he started to get it a bit after a few minutes. That's my boy.
please note: For those of you who will enlarge the pictures to look at them, I'm very aware that the sheet music is not, in reality, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The music is actually from Franz Schubert's song-cyle "Die Schoner Mullerin." Just play along...Beethoven's 5th is a much more recognizable and type-easy
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