Counting Lesson One: Piano for Children

Video Transcript

"Welcome back to Expert Village. This is my friend, Shia, and she's playing for you, Part of Your World. Do you want to play it again and I'll play it with you? OK. She is a fantastic counter. Will you count out loud while you play? Just to show the people that you're a fantastic counter. Good. Wish I could be part of that world. Awesome. Good job. I was ahead of you at the end, wasn't I? Because I was going here. So what happened there, I was, I just kept going in the beat, you were slightly behind the beat. What does that mean? That symbol right there? Do you want to know what it means? It's called a fermata, and it means you have to hold it longer than what it says. How much does it say to hold it? Four. Four, so you have to hold it five or six or seven, or eight or nine. However long you want, but it has to be longer than four. You know what I mean? So how long do you want to hold it? Ten. Ten, OK, let's start out, part of that world, and we'll hold it for ten, ready? One, two, three, four. Perfect, good job."