For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 30, 2013

Your nephew has a long way to go, Phil.

G double sharp would be the same as an A, but according to Mohammad Ali, “If you don’t C sharp you will B flat.”

now that that is over, i’m sure everyone will agree to move on to the guitar!

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Can of worms anybody?

Ah, the “confidence” of kids! I think you’ve got more practice to do, Michael.

This is called patience! Definitely a virtue!

I learned how to play the trumpet and always wished that I had chosen the guitar.

Just don’t give him a trophy just for trying. I’m pretty sure that tactic was abandoned a while back because it didn’t work.

“I wonder if Al Hirt and Louis Armstrong started like this.”

Most likely. We all had that first lesson at one time or another.

I’m not surprised at all that it only took one lesson before Michael lost interest and was ready to move on to something else . . . especially since learning to play the trumpet wasn’t his idea to begin with. Way to go, Phil!