1
00:00:01,601 --> 00:00:03,503
[birds chirping]

2
00:00:03,503 --> 00:00:06,239
[doorbell ringing]

3
00:00:06,239 --> 00:00:08,708
(children) 
♪Hello! Hello!♪

4
00:00:08,708 --> 00:00:11,111
♪Won't you be my friend?♪

5
00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:13,279
♪Hello! Hello!♪

6
00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:15,915
♪Let's say it again.♪

7
00:00:15,915 --> 00:00:18,451
♪Hello! Hello!♪

8
00:00:18,451 --> 00:00:20,887
♪Won't you be my friend?♪

9
00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:23,456
♪Hello! Hello!♪

10
00:00:23,456 --> 00:00:25,558
♪Now you are my friend.♪

11
00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:28,461
♪♪♪

12
00:00:28,461 --> 00:00:31,031
♪H-E-L-L-O♪

13
00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:33,767
♪That's a word we all should 
know.♪

14
00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:36,403
♪H-E-L-L-O♪

15
00:00:36,403 --> 00:00:38,004
♪You can say it.♪

16
00:00:38,004 --> 00:00:39,539
♪Just say hello.♪

17
00:00:39,539 --> 00:00:55,221
♪♪♪

18
00:00:57,991 --> 00:01:00,493
Hey! There's Mr. Chuck!

19
00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:02,796
Well, hello, friend!

20
00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:06,866
Hello, Mr. Chuck!

21
00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:15,942
Hello, friends.

22
00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:21,581
Did you know you can make music 
with your body?

23
00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:23,249
Sure you can.

24
00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:25,485
Let me show you how.

25
00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:29,756
All you need to do is clap your 
hands.

26
00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:30,957
Sure.

27
00:01:30,957 --> 00:01:33,326
Let me hear you clap.

28
00:01:37,997 --> 00:01:41,935
Snap your fingers.

29
00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:44,104
Try it.

30
00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:49,943
And finally, tap your knee.

31
00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:53,313
Can you do that?

32
00:01:53,313 --> 00:01:54,948
Okay.

33
00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:58,184
Here we go.

34
00:01:58,184 --> 00:01:59,986
♪Can you clap?♪

35
00:01:59,986 --> 00:02:02,322
♪It takes two hands.♪

36
00:02:02,322 --> 00:02:04,357
♪Clap, clap, clap.♪

37
00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:06,459
♪Clap your hands.♪

38
00:02:06,459 --> 00:02:15,168
[clapping]

39
00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:17,203
♪Can you snap?♪

40
00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:19,572
♪It sounds like this.♪

41
00:02:19,572 --> 00:02:21,641
♪Snap, snap, snap.♪

42
00:02:21,641 --> 00:02:23,776
♪Snap like this.♪

43
00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:30,550
[snapping]

44
00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:32,552
♪Snap, snap, snap.♪

45
00:02:32,552 --> 00:02:34,287
♪Can you tap?♪

46
00:02:34,287 --> 00:02:36,689
♪Put your hands on your knees.♪

47
00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:38,725
♪Tap, tap, tap.♪

48
00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:40,960
♪Tap your knees.♪

49
00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:49,536
[tapping]

50
00:02:49,536 --> 00:02:53,373
♪Clap, snap, tap.♪

51
00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:57,177
[applause]

52
00:02:57,177 --> 00:03:03,249
Clapping, snapping and tapping 
are three ways you can use

53
00:03:03,249 --> 00:03:06,719
your body to make music.

54
00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:11,324
It's also three ways you can 
make rhythm.

55
00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:15,061
Rhythm is when you repeat a 
series of sounds

56
00:03:15,061 --> 00:03:18,031
over and over again.

57
00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:20,033
Like this.

58
00:03:20,033 --> 00:03:24,470
Clap, clap, tap.

59
00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:28,474
Clap, clap, tap.

60
00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:32,779
Clap, clap, tap.

61
00:03:32,779 --> 00:03:40,353
Clap, clap...what comes next?

62
00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:42,288
Tap.

63
00:03:42,288 --> 00:03:44,290
That's right.

64
00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:51,564
When I go clap, clap, tap over 
and over again,

65
00:03:51,564 --> 00:04:00,206
I'm making rhythm and the 
pattern is clap, clap, tap.

66
00:04:00,206 --> 00:04:02,842
Let's try a different one.

67
00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:07,280
Snap, snap, clap.

68
00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:11,451
Snap, snap, clap.

69
00:04:11,451 --> 00:04:15,154
Snap, snap, clap.

70
00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:16,356
Got it?

71
00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:19,058
I'll bet you have.

72
00:04:19,058 --> 00:04:23,029
Snap, snap, clap.

73
00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:25,431
You try it.

74
00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:29,736
Snap, snap, clap.

75
00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:36,909
Snap, snap...what comes next?

76
00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:39,879
Did you say clap?

77
00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:41,481
You're right.

78
00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:43,583
Good.

79
00:04:43,583 --> 00:04:48,821
You've got rhythm, and rhythm is 
an important part

80
00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:50,857
of making music.

81
00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:14,847
(female #1) 
What comes next?

82
00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:17,583
Did you say X?

83
00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:18,685
You're right.

84
00:05:18,685 --> 00:05:21,988
[applause]

85
00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:24,791
You can make all kinds of 
musical instruments

86
00:05:24,791 --> 00:05:27,760
using things you may already 
have around the house.

87
00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:29,162
Did you know that?

88
00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:30,463
Sure.

89
00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:35,768
You can make a guitar with a box 
and some rubber bands.

90
00:05:35,768 --> 00:05:39,806
[strumming rubber bands]

91
00:05:39,806 --> 00:05:42,275
Or you can make a tambourine 
like this one.

92
00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:47,814
[rattling tambourine]

93
00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:48,915
Let me show you.

94
00:05:48,915 --> 00:05:50,450
Here's what you'll need.

95
00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:55,121
A couple of paper plates, some 
dried beans or peas.

96
00:05:55,121 --> 00:06:01,294
Oh, I'm using popcorn and that's 
not a bad sound is it?

97
00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:08,901
Crepe paper streamers or 
ribbon...

98
00:06:08,901 --> 00:06:13,606
a stapler, some crayons.

99
00:06:13,606 --> 00:06:15,341
And here's what you do.

100
00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:18,978
First you decorate the backs of 
tw 
o plates.

101
00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:22,915
See, I've used different shapes.

102
00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:26,919
Circles, triangles and squares.

103
00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:31,090
But you can decorate yours any 
way you'd like.

104
00:06:31,090 --> 00:06:37,764
Then you put the plates together 
and staple around the edge.

105
00:06:37,764 --> 00:06:51,344
♪♪♪

106
00:06:51,344 --> 00:06:56,115
To start with you only want to 
staple half way around.

107
00:06:56,115 --> 00:06:58,551
You may want an adult to help 
you with this one.

108
00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:04,557
♪♪♪

109
00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:05,591
There.

110
00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:10,830
Now here is where you put the 
popcorn

111
00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:12,465
or whatever you're using.

112
00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:28,481
♪♪♪

113
00:07:28,481 --> 00:07:31,751
Small pebbles will work just as 
well.

114
00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:35,621
Now we'll put in a few more 
staples.

115
00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:43,062
♪♪♪

116
00:07:43,062 --> 00:07:45,531
You want to make sure your 
staples are close enough

117
00:07:45,531 --> 00:07:49,035
together so your beans or 
popcorn or whatever you're using

118
00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:52,171
won't fall out through the 
sides.

119
00:07:52,171 --> 00:07:53,372
♪♪♪

120
00:07:53,372 --> 00:07:58,077
Now, I've left a slot here for 
the streamers.

121
00:07:58,077 --> 00:08:05,918
I'll lay them in flat like this 
th 
en carefully staple

122
00:08:05,918 --> 00:08:12,892
the rest of the way around, 
making sure to get plenty

123
00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:17,296
of staples through the streamers 
to 
hold them in place.

124
00:08:17,296 --> 00:08:27,240
♪♪♪

125
00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:28,541
There.

126
00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:32,044
Okay, my tambourine is finished.

127
00:08:32,044 --> 00:08:33,145
Now I can shake it.

128
00:08:33,145 --> 00:08:35,815
[tambourine rattling]

129
00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:38,684
What do you think?

130
00:08:38,684 --> 00:08:41,420
Is this loud or soft?

131
00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:44,924
[tambourine rattling]

132
00:08:44,924 --> 00:08:47,793
That sounds pretty loud to me.

133
00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:50,296
[tambourine rattling]

134
00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:52,465
Yeah, that's loud alright.

135
00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:54,100
So this must be soft.

136
00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:59,272
[tambourine rattling]

137
00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,339
Loud.

138
00:09:00,339 --> 00:09:02,108
[tambourine rattling]

139
00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:03,242
Soft.

140
00:09:03,242 --> 00:09:06,979
[tambourine rattling]

141
00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:13,753
And it's fun to put some music 
on and shake your tambourine.

142
00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:29,735
♪♪♪

143
00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:42,582
Friends, that was fun.

144
00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,183
Try it yourself sometime.

145
00:09:52,925 --> 00:10:08,774
[drum roll]

146
00:10:15,481 --> 00:10:22,154
[applause]

147
00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:25,458
Have you ever heard this before?

148
00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,995
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall.

149
00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:32,298
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall.

150
00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:35,735
All the king's horses and all 
the kind's men

151
00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:40,606
couldn't put Humpty together 
again.

152
00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:42,742
How about this?

153
00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:46,846
Little Miss Muffet sat on a 
tuffet eating

154
00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:49,348
her curds and whey.

155
00:10:49,348 --> 00:10:54,687
Along came a spider and sat down 
beside her and frightened

156
00:10:54,687 --> 00:10:57,523
Miss Muffet away.

157
00:10:57,523 --> 00:11:01,661
One thing that makes these 
little poems easy to remember

158
00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:04,397
is the way they rhyme.

159
00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:10,436
Muffet, tuffet, spider, beside 
her.

160
00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:15,808
Do you notice how the ends of 
the words sound alike?

161
00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:21,947
Wall, fall, men, again.

162
00:11:21,947 --> 00:11:25,451
Can you think of other words 
that rhyme?

163
00:11:25,451 --> 00:11:31,090
Can you think of a word that 
rhymes with big?

164
00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:33,793
How about pig.

165
00:11:33,793 --> 00:11:36,796
Big pig.

166
00:11:36,796 --> 00:11:39,832
The ends of these words sound 
alike.

167
00:11:39,832 --> 00:11:42,401
They rhyme.

168
00:11:42,401 --> 00:11:47,139
So by thinking about words that 
rhyme, you can make up

169
00:11:47,139 --> 00:11:49,208
your own poems.

170
00:11:58,117 --> 00:12:00,286
(child) 
Hey there's a rhyme guy.

171
00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:21,907
♪♪♪

172
00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:45,331
(Rhyme Guy) 
Now let's see.

173
00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:46,332
♪♪♪

174
00:12:56,642 --> 00:13:01,947
Yeah, now that's the way it's 
supposed to be.

175
00:13:01,947 --> 00:13:05,918
Make 'em rhyme every time.

176
00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:17,396
Friends, did you know that not 
all stories come from a book?

177
00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:23,035
For thousands of years stories 
have been told over and over

178
00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:25,738
and passed down from one 
generation to the next

179
00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:29,175
without ever being written down.

180
00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:33,179
The story that we're about to 
hear is a story like that.

181
00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:39,752
It's the story of Awongalima 
told by our friend Mrs. Isha.

182
00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:45,357
This is a story of community, of 
sharing and what can happen

183
00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:50,229
when people forget the 
importance of these things.

184
00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:56,769
Now let's hear the story of 
Awongalima.

185
00:13:56,769 --> 00:14:01,640
I'm so glad to be able to share 
with you a story.

186
00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,846
My story begins before you were 
born.

187
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,783
My story begins even before I 
was born.

188
00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:15,788
This story starts when the earth 
was almost spank brand new

189
00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:18,591
and the animals could stand 
right up and talk

190
00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:20,025
like human beings.

191
00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:23,362
And the human beings, oh they 
were full of compliments

192
00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:26,365
all the time just praising and 
pleasing one another.

193
00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:28,701
There was plenty to eat and 
plenty to drink

194
00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:31,937
and lots of things to do and 
nobody was bored.

195
00:14:31,937 --> 00:14:33,405
And you know what?

196
00:14:33,405 --> 00:14:38,043
Sometimes on a Saturday those 
animals and human beings

197
00:14:38,043 --> 00:14:41,480
would get together and have the 
best time complimenting,

198
00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,382
planning, just doing things.

199
00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:47,853
One day somebody said, "we 
should have a party."

200
00:14:47,853 --> 00:14:51,757
Well party, yeah, great idea but 
we have to get permission

201
00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:53,926
and we have to get permission 
from the king.

202
00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:56,996
So all of the animals went 
together to the king

203
00:14:56,996 --> 00:15:00,900
to ask permission and when they 
got there they

204
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,234
[knock, knock, knock]

205
00:15:02,234 --> 00:15:09,074
knocked at the door and King 
Lion opened the door and said,

206
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:12,711
"Hello, hello, hello."

207
00:15:12,711 --> 00:15:15,581
"How are you."

208
00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:17,950
What can I do for you?"

209
00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:21,754
(as the animals) 
And They said, "we would like, 
King Lion, we'd very much like -

210
00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:26,392
we'd very much like, King Lion, 
to have a party next Saturday."

211
00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:27,826
(as King Lion) 
"Party?"

212
00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:30,963
(as the animals) 
"Party, party, party."

213
00:15:30,963 --> 00:15:33,365
(as King Lion) 
"That's a stupendous idea.

214
00:15:33,365 --> 00:15:35,034
I'm so glad you thought of it.

215
00:15:35,034 --> 00:15:37,136
I think we should have a party 
Saturday."

216
00:15:37,136 --> 00:15:39,104
But..."

217
00:15:39,104 --> 00:15:41,740
(as King Lion) 
"Not just a party for those of 
us here.

218
00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,042
Oh no, no, no.

219
00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:45,678
"We have to be more sharing, 
more loving more creative

220
00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:47,012
"than that.

221
00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:53,052
"Let's have a party and invite 
all the people here but also

222
00:15:53,052 --> 00:16:02,628
"all the people from over on the 
other side of the mountain.

223
00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:07,366
"Well, somebody must get ready 
and fix a banner

224
00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:10,469
"and someone must fix picnic 
tables and someone must

225
00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:13,839
"get the bar-b-q pits out and 
everyone get dressed up."

226
00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:17,209
And before you know it people 
were arriving as early

227
00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:20,245
as Friday night to get 
everything in spic and span

228
00:16:20,245 --> 00:16:22,781
order and do you know what?

229
00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:26,118
Early that Saturday morning the 
first one out and about

230
00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:28,487
was King Lion.

231
00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,122
Oh my.

232
00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:34,026
He had put on all his royal 
stuff you know and he had

233
00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:37,363
a pencil and paper and he was 
walking around counting

234
00:16:37,363 --> 00:16:41,033
and taking note of everything 
that had been prepared so well.

235
00:16:41,033 --> 00:16:44,470
And he was counting his subjects 
and all of his friends

236
00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:47,639
from over on the other side of 
the mountain

237
00:16:47,639 --> 00:16:53,345
and he began counting and he 
said, "oh my, my, my, I see here

238
00:16:53,345 --> 00:16:57,516
"did you not get - did you not 
call - did you not send

239
00:16:57,516 --> 00:16:59,785
"a message, did someone not beat 
the drum?

240
00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:02,054
"For Miss Queenie's not here.

241
00:17:02,054 --> 00:17:03,288
"Oh this won't do.

242
00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:04,723
This won't do.

243
00:17:04,723 --> 00:17:07,659
"You know she's a very old lady 
and you know she's all alone

244
00:17:07,659 --> 00:17:10,329
"by herself there and Mr. 
Queenie, that's her husband,

245
00:17:10,329 --> 00:17:11,897
he's visiting another country.

246
00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,665
"She'll feel terrible.

247
00:17:13,665 --> 00:17:15,234
"Someone must go.

248
00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:16,535
"Someone must fetch her.

249
00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:18,937
Someone must have her come here 
with us."

250
00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:22,808
Everyone was so polite, everyone 
was so willing, everyone wanted

251
00:17:22,808 --> 00:17:24,343
to be the one to go.

252
00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:27,880
But when the earth was brand new 
and people were full

253
00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:32,885
of compliments, everyone gave 
privilege to one another

254
00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:37,923
and so the one who was chosen 
was the one who knew the way

255
00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:40,859
for he had been there before 
when he was just

256
00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:45,097
a little bitty bird learning to 
fly.

257
00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:49,001
Sure, he knew his way because 
Miss Queenie had taught

258
00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:52,471
at the high school with his 
grandmother who had taught -

259
00:17:52,471 --> 00:17:56,008
I think grandmother taught 
woodshop and Miss Queenie,

260
00:17:56,008 --> 00:18:00,045
they say she taught - I think it 
was home economics.

261
00:18:00,045 --> 00:18:05,384
Well, about that time the king 
said "go bird."

262
00:18:05,384 --> 00:18:10,122
And off on the wing, bird flew 
without stopping to eat,

263
00:18:10,122 --> 00:18:14,393
to drink or to rest for he had 
to get Miss Queenie back

264
00:18:14,393 --> 00:18:15,894
to the party.

265
00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:19,398
It was Saturday and everyone was 
waiting.

266
00:18:24,636 --> 00:18:27,973
Children love to sing and listen 
to music and whether or not

267
00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:31,243
the child realizes it, singing 
creates a pleasurable

268
00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,878
experience.

269
00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:36,081
You may have observed your 
little one making up his or her

270
00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:40,119
own words to a familiar tune or 
even an entirely new song

271
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,887
altogether.

272
00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:46,525
As a parent, you can do a lot to 
encourage your child's love

273
00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,960
of music.

274
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,996
Singing nursery rhymes, 
listening to music

275
00:18:50,996 --> 00:18:55,634
and playing instruments provide 
a springboard for beginning

276
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:57,836
music education.

277
00:18:57,836 --> 00:19:01,373
Our guest today on Parent's 
Corner is Pak Chung Cheng,

278
00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:05,878
a Suzuki violin instructor.

279
00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,913
I'm very happy to be here.

280
00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:11,650
What is the Suzuki method of 
learning music?

281
00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:15,087
The Suzuki method is very much 
like learning to speak

282
00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:16,421
the mother tongue.

283
00:19:16,421 --> 00:19:20,192
We notice that the Japanese kids 
speak Japanese.

284
00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:24,663
American kids speak English and 
German kids speak German

285
00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:26,064
and so on.

286
00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:29,468
Is it because they have a 
special talent in learning

287
00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,069
that particular language?

288
00:19:31,069 --> 00:19:32,905
We know that's not true.

289
00:19:32,905 --> 00:19:35,541
We know that it is the 
environment because that's

290
00:19:35,541 --> 00:19:37,409
what they hear all the time.

291
00:19:37,409 --> 00:19:40,179
That's why they learn it so 
easily and we use the same

292
00:19:40,179 --> 00:19:42,781
approach to teach them music.

293
00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:48,387
If we have the good violin music 
all the time at home,

294
00:19:48,387 --> 00:19:51,356
they'll pick up and learn the 
violin very easily

295
00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:53,559
and effortlessly.

296
00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:57,763
So how old should a child be to 
learn the Suzuki method?

297
00:19:57,763 --> 00:20:02,668
We emphasize early child 
development because we notice

298
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:06,905
that if somebody - for example 
there's a three-year-old

299
00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:09,441
right here and there's a thirty- 
year-old right here

300
00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:12,878
and they start to learn a new 
language at the same time,

301
00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:15,314
who do you think will learn it 
better in two years

302
00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:16,315
or three years?

303
00:20:16,315 --> 00:20:17,616
The answer is obvious.

304
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:22,788
So we want to teach them very 
early as soon as we notice

305
00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:26,558
that they have some basic 
coordination and skill.

306
00:20:26,558 --> 00:20:29,761
Usually it's around three years 
old or four years old

307
00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:31,997
we're starting the Suzuki 
method.

308
00:20:31,997 --> 00:20:35,200
Does that mean that any child 
can learn music using

309
00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:36,802
the Suzuki method?

310
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:38,237
Oh yes.

311
00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:41,106
We believe everybody can learn 
to play a musical instrument

312
00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:44,876
because everybody has the 
ability to learn how to play

313
00:20:44,876 --> 00:20:46,311
that musical instrument.

314
00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:50,582
But many people never have a 
chance to develop that ability

315
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:53,385
so in the Suzuki method we want 
to develop that ability

316
00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,854
so that everybody can do it.

317
00:20:55,854 --> 00:20:59,191
I'm sure many parents would like 
to know the answer to this one.

318
00:20:59,191 --> 00:21:02,928
How can parents encourage 
children to practice

319
00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:05,464
in ways that make it fun and not 
drudgery?

320
00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:08,133
That is a very good question.

321
00:21:08,133 --> 00:21:15,641
We in the Suzuki method require 
the parents

322
00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,543
to come to the lesson so that 
they come to the lesson

323
00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:22,547
take notes and maybe bring a 
tape recorder so that

324
00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:26,018
when they go home they know 
exactly what to practice

325
00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:30,555
with their children because 
many times I think children

326
00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:33,458
when they start practicing on 
their own, they don't know

327
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:34,826
what they're doing.

328
00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:39,264
They don't know what to work for 
so we as a teacher,

329
00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:43,802
we let the parents know clearly 
what we want them to practice

330
00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:49,608
at home so that they have a very 
focused goal to practice

331
00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:51,777
and it makes it much much more 
interesting.

332
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:55,013
And they also feel like they can 
achieve that goal and then

333
00:21:55,013 --> 00:21:58,116
the child will feel oh, I have 
done something great.

334
00:21:58,116 --> 00:22:01,420
So it makes it more enjoyable 
and also through

335
00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:06,525
the positive encouragement, like 
if the child is working

336
00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:10,495
very hard on one place, it is 
difficult and he is not doing

337
00:22:10,495 --> 00:22:13,598
perfectly yet, we encourage him.

338
00:22:13,598 --> 00:22:15,167
Wow, that's doing pretty good.

339
00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,102
But can you do a little better?

340
00:22:17,102 --> 00:22:20,138
Put it that way.

341
00:22:20,138 --> 00:22:22,341
The effort at practice is much 
better.

342
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,644
(Mr. Chuck) 
Li 
ke in most things that you're 
tr 
ying to teach children,

343
00:22:25,644 --> 00:22:28,680
the more and the closer the 
parent works with the child,

344
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,115
the better the results.

345
00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:31,616
Absolutely.

346
00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:34,019
If we're not expecting our child 
to grow up to be

347
00:22:34,019 --> 00:22:37,022
a professional musician, why 
should I be interested

348
00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:40,659
as a parent in having my child 
learn to play music at all?

349
00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:43,895
We don't particularly encourage 
students to become

350
00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:45,397
professional musicians.

351
00:22:45,397 --> 00:22:51,670
But lots of Suzuki students do 
become professional musicians.

352
00:22:51,670 --> 00:22:54,373
But what we believe is, like Dr. 
Suzuki says,

353
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:58,443
if you can play beautiful music, 
you have to have

354
00:22:58,443 --> 00:23:00,112
a beautiful heart.

355
00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:02,414
If you have a beautiful heart, 
if everybody has

356
00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:05,817
a beautiful heart, there's a 
whole world that's going to be

357
00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:07,352
beautiful.

358
00:23:07,352 --> 00:23:08,854
Mr. Cheng, does that mean

359
00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:11,990
that learning to play a musical 
in 
strument can improve quality

360
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:15,894
of life and help us in many 
other studies -

361
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,796
math, or science, or whatever?

362
00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:21,066
Yes. Through learning a piece 
of music, we have to learn

363
00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:24,369
how to break it down into 
different parts.

364
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:26,972
For example, there's big problem 
but we break it down

365
00:23:26,972 --> 00:23:30,776
into small problems and we'll 
analyze what is the problem.

366
00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:34,045
And so we find out, analyze what 
the problem is.

367
00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:37,048
Also, we use our creative mind 
to figure out new ways

368
00:23:37,048 --> 00:23:39,084
to solve that problem.

369
00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:43,355
So through this approach we 
learn how to deal with problems

370
00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,856
later on in our lives.

371
00:23:44,856 --> 00:24:00,639
♪♪♪

372
00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:17,015
We certainly appreciate your 
information.

373
00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:20,886
Our guest today has been Mr. Pak 
Chung Cheng who is an instructor

374
00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:24,389
in violin using the Suzuki 
method.

375
00:25:24,389 --> 00:25:29,427
♪♪♪

376
00:25:29,427 --> 00:25:31,830
[tambourine rattling]

377
00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:36,768
Well, friends, we've had lots of 
fun with rhythm and rhyme.

378
00:25:36,768 --> 00:25:38,236
We sang a song.

379
00:25:38,236 --> 00:25:40,939
♪Can you clap?♪

380
00:25:40,939 --> 00:25:43,174
♪It takes two hands.♪

381
00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:45,377
♪Clap, clap, clap.♪

382
00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:47,512
♪Clap your hands.♪

383
00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:54,686
[clapping]

384
00:25:54,686 --> 00:26:00,725
We made a tambourine and made 
music to it.

385
00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:05,931
And we'll have lots more fun if 
you'll join me next time.

386
00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,999
But right now we've got to go.

387
00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:13,104
Until next time, keep the rhythm 
going and have fun doing it.

388
00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:14,105
♪♪♪