oh I hate that sound! Seems to me while he's learning you should be embroidering, the sound of your machine might drown out his "music"!!!!

Gosh, I hope you two don't have to practice together! That's cool that you are doing something together. My hubby plays guitar, tried to teach me ONCE and that was enough!
Carol

My next door neighbour enjoys playing music. I well remember him learning the saxaphone which we heard clearly. Their and our windows were shut... I felt sorry for his wife. He no longer plays the sax but a number of other instruments. I also remember the Scottish bagpipes at the bottom of the garden at 2am.
It sounds as if I dont like music, I do and from day one of my daughter learning to play the cello it was lovely (not sure what next door thought but it was not the owners now)

I would follow marleymoos advice and sew

Harmonics!!! It's annoying when professional guitarists let out-of-control harmonics creep into their music, too.
My teeth are on edge just thinking about it.
Can you produce that sound, too? Maybe letting him hear you making it will help him to be aware of his own squeaking.
Would it help if you offered him a manicure set? :}
AlmaG.

I know what you mean. My husband also plays and the sound makes me want to run and run. But I try to be nice. DeVon

Ahh, the things we do for love. Earphones anyone/

I got lucky with my son's practice. He plays strings and most brass instruments and was really good. In your case I would check out soundproofing a room. lol

Congrats on learning to play. Keep it up and those sounds will turn to sweet music.

You can get something called "Fast Fret" to stop that noise. The noise does get less as the skill increases!

Oh dear, hope he learns to play very soon.