Carlos Santana in Training

Luke had his first "real" guitar lesson on Wednesday with a real music teacher. And he proceeded to master "Brother John" (Are You Sleeping) in one night. He's loving it. His guitar teacher is also his school music teacher--"Mr. V." Luke thinks that's way COOL! He's finally old enough to have the hand & finger coordination needed to attempt lessons, although still on the young side. To say he was excited would be an understatement. Mr. V gave him some homework that was suppose to take a week to finish but Luke finished it in 2 days time. Amazing how he can focus when it's of interest to him. Since he's been playing guitar for a while, (ok, since he was 3.5!) he'd already figured out a few of the basics. And not to mention he's got that crazy confidence typical of the younger set that allows him to say things like "I'm the best guitar player in 2nd grade--probably my whole school." Kids are so fortunate that way! They have an inherent belief in themselves. Now if we could only bottle that up and save it for him for those "awkward" middle school years . . .

Oh, and for you observant types, yes, that's a Bass in the photo, and no, that's not the instrument he is taking the lessons with. He's learning on an acoustic guitar.