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Its been awhile since I've taught a student this young. His tone is good, his ears are incredible for his age , and he is very bright. So, I got him on a warmup, constantly tell him to not puff his cheeks and to keep his left thumb on the thumb rest (he likes to move the whole thumb when he plays the octave key) , and am working out of the Rubank Elementary method in addition to his Pirates of the Caribean book and doing something by ear everyweek like Tequilla or a simple V7 pattern. He wants to do advanced band when its offered and I'm trying to tell him that a teacher is going to notice, tone, time and intonation most of all so he needs to really pay attention to that. He wants to lean back and pretend hes a wailin guitarist on stage. Like I said , he's talented but I need to get him across the basics. K