DS 4 has been taking piano lessons for about 6 months. It has been good for him. He struggles with perfectionism and he is learning that practice makes perfect. His teacher says that he progresses quickly and plays as well as some of her 7-8 year olds, although I personally have nothing to compare him against. One issue that has come up that was unexpected is that it seems that he has perfect pitch and that has some how kept him from learning to read music very well. So now we are having to go back and practice just the theory of which note is what on the staff.