Piano boy

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Gob
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Piano boy

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Meet Ethan Walmark, an adorable six-year-old boy from Westport who has become a YouTube sensation with his piano-playing talent.

At his young age most children would struggle to get past a discordant version of ‘chopsticks’.

But not Ethan. His small fingers fly over the keys as he plays an impressive rendition of Billy Joel’s Piano Man.

Ethan suffers from a form of autism that makes social interaction difficult. But he has a rare musical gift that also serves as therapy.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1tNPtuzMj
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My neice is a high-functioning autistic but I'll be d@mned if she can play the piano (or ANY musical instrument, for that matter). :lol:

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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