Yesterday we were in the car and the Beatles song "Dear Prudence" came on. Just a few seconds into the song, Griffin says from the backseat, "It's G and D!" I was confused, but Avery immediately realized he was referring the notes the guitar was playing. I asked Avery if he was right (since I'm completely musically impaired), and she said quietly, "Well, yes, but it's not just those notes because it's chords." A few seconds later, Griffin said, "Oh, yeah, and A and E!"
When Bill got home, he looked up the music to "Dear Prudence" and Griffin was right! Later, Bill quizzed him by playing chords on the guitar with Griffin's eyes closed, and he got almost all of them right. He also identified notes on Avery's violin and the keyboard! The only notes he seems to have trouble with are D and E. Sometimes he mixes those two up. We realized later that we think he's learned by playing the keyboard in Avery's room. The lowest octave on the keyboard is labeled with the notes (A-G), and he must have memorized the sound of the notes. Pretty impressive!
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I didn't even know that he would understand the concept behind notes > making chords > making progressions/songs.
It was very impressive to see him name the piano keys that weren't labeled, much less identifying strummed chords from a guitar or notes played via the violin.
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