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Bucket Drumming Lesson 1

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Introduction

In this lesson, you will:

  • find “sticks” and “buckets” in your house so you can try bucket drumming
  • learn how to hold your sticks
  • learn how to alternate hands, and learn right-hand lead
  • play 4-bar rhythms with music

Objectives

  • I can hold sticks using good hand position.
  • I can play patterns alternating hands using right-hand lead.
  • I can play buckets with music.
  • I can create my own patterns to play on buckets.

Teaching Procedures

Introduction to Bucket Drumming Find something at home to use for drumsticks Find something to use for a bucket How to hold drumsticks Exercises 1 and 2 Play exercise 1 -2 with the video Exercises 3 and 4 Play exercise 3 with the video Play exercise 4 with the video Create your own patterns Play the patterns you've created with the music Try your patterns with a pop song

Introduction to Bucket Drumming

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This is a video introduction to bucket drumming.

Teacher note: skip the video if you prefer to use the slides that follow and explain it yourself.

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Find something at home to use for drumsticks

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Find something at home to use for drumsticks. You could use two wooden spoons, pencils, dowels or metal spoons.

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Find something to use for a bucket

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You could use a 5-gallon bucket, an ice cream bucket or even a cardboard box.

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How to hold drumsticks

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To hold drumsticks (or wooden spoons), pinch the stick between your thumb and the knuckle of your pointer finger. Loosely wrap the other three fingers around the stick.

Don’t use a fist grip. Don’t use a pointer grip.

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Exercises 1 and 2

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Practice exercises 1-2.

Exercise 1: Tap each stick on the top of the bucket 8 times with each hand. Repeat 4 times.

Exercise 2: Tap each stick on the top of the bucket 4 times with each hand. Repeat 4 times.

R = right hand L = left hand

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Play exercise 1 -2 with the video

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Exercises 3 and 4

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Exercise 3: Practice alternating hands. Repeat 4 times.
Notice that you start each measure with the right hand.

Exercise 4: Practice a rhythm with 8th notes. Repeat 4 times.
Continue to start each measure with the right hand.

Try these exercises with the music or videos in the next few steps.

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Play exercise 3 with the video

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Exercise 3: Practice alternating hands. Repeat 4 times.

Notice that you start each measure with the right hand.

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Play exercise 4 with the video

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Exercise 4: Practice a rhythm with 8th notes. Repeat 4 times.

Continue to start each measure with the right hand.

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Create your own patterns

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Create your own pattern or patterns.

Remember to start each measure with the right hand.

Try out your pattern with the music in the next step or with the video in the following step.

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Play the patterns you've created with the music

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Play the patterns you've created with the music. Repeat each pattern 2-4 times.

Try your patterns with a pop song

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This link takes you to the Kidz Bop Kids recording of "Gangnam Style".

Try the exercises and your patterns with this song or with a song you like.

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If the link doesn't work google KidzBop "Gangnam Style"

Link to Kidzbop Gangnam style
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