Working on piano lessons with the girls

Their lessons have the simple piece for the learner which is supposed to eventually be played with the teacher doing a more complex part an octave below. So, you know, it sounds like actual music.

Either my vision is worse than I thought, or that notation is a lot smaller than it ought to be. I actually don't know which. So instead I'm holding it and doing one hand at a time and memorizing, which is more or less what I used to do as a child, but. Still.

Note to self: Make appointment at optometrist.

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