Demonstrating Drum With Repeat When Teaching Piano to Kids

Video Transcript

"So, we just used the CD to help us figure out how to play rhythm. You can use this CD for one other fantastic thing and that is the repeat sign. Let me show you the repeat sign. Pull out the repeat sign and ask the student to tell you what this means. He'll know. He doesn't forget what this means but what he's probably messed up on is knowing how to repeat because a lot of kids will get to the end and be like, "Okay repeat." Meanwhile, all this time has gone by. There is not time for that. So, let's use the music to remind us how to repeat, [music] love you: Play, play, play, play, hold, play, rest, play, play, play, play, hold for three, repeat: play, play, play, play, hold, hold, play, play, play, play, play, hold for three, rest, repeat. If you can use the music to because the music, music never stops so the music will help the kid be like, "Oh yeah. I have to keep going." Another thing you can do to help the kid get the repeat thing in there is to sing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt." There's no stopping in that. They don't take anytime after they repeat. They go right into it try la, la, la, la, la, la, la John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, That's my name to. It works. It works like a charm."