Beginning bucket drumming lesson plan the bucket book with. My students need some sturdy buckets and sticks to start a bucket drumming ensemble. The bucket drumming book is a resource for teachers who wish to introduce bucket drumming into their curriculum. Pompeii bucket drum walkthrough with music notation youtube.
Its inexpensive to equip a classroom with buckets and sticks, and they are easy to stack and store, so bucket drumming is an activity thats accessible to all. The site has an incredible amount of videos and downloads. Then it tells you how to get started with students. Bucket drumming was the favorite activity of many this summer, including the adults. You can use rhythm sticks, dowels or drum sticks to drum on the buckets. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Unfortunately not every child that wants to play an instrument gets the chance.
In fact, you see current examples of this across the us. Ill also be posting a giant list of things you can do to reduce volume next. Easy bucket drumming in the marketplace, home of music teaching ideas and music. A native of massachusetts, david started playing percussion in 5th grade band. Stepbystep instructions to play an easy bucket drumming piece called yuck. Fun music company video series bucket drumming materials for the bucket drumming activity printable materials printable printslide of music file for. The bucket drumming book digital download the bucket guy. Please note that brandenburg music sells these for about two dollars more than the price listed on their website and you have to pay for shipping as. This lesson serves as an introduction to bucket drumming and doesnt focus too long on specific skill building. Bucket blast collection in the marketplace, home of music teaching ideas and music teaching resources for kindergarten through grade 8. The most common object used by bucket drummers are fivegallon plastic buckets, but other objects can be used, including glass bottles, pots, and pans. It was evident from day one that you truly enjoy the art of drumming and teaching it to kids.
Its available as a bookdisk resource and as a download. It provides information for set up, bucket drumming techniques, classroom management tips, and teaching strategies. Bucket drumming, also called street drumming, is a style of music which involves drumming on plastic buckets and other objects to create melodies. This is christmas bucket drumming by kristen eriksen on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. When buckets see bucket drumming 101 are used as drums in classes for young children, it brings up an interesting dilemma. Beginning bucket drumming lesson plan the bucket book. Who would have thought that drumming on a bucket could sound so good. In the article, we told you how to drum using plastic buckets, but not how to put together the drum kit in the first place. It has been my experience that bucket drumming also works very well for introducing students to solo and small ensemble playing, as kids are eager to show off their bucket drumming skills. The goal is to get your bucket drumming group up and running in minimal time with minimal stress on both you and the students. Im hoping that this bucket drumming ensemble will give those students who dont get an instrument the chance to. Get funky as you jam along on buckets and optional percussion to these sweet so j. The book contains 3 new compositions intended to add variety and introduce new musical concepts and drumming skills.
Bucket drumming curriculum resources for music education. When you start a program such as this, its advisable to give some kind of assembly in front of the entire school a few weeks before the start date. Back in march, we told you about a new craze sweeping the uk, imported from america. Free easy bucket drumming sheet music elementary music. They read and write standard drum music notation that has been adapted to. Here i explain a basic beat you can play on the buckets for those that want to give it a try. Fuse is a brainchild by ministry of rhythm, based in tauranga, new zealand. Once youve drummed up their attention, you can better promote your bucket drumming class. Ive created a short, online bucket drumming course for your students to use while were all distance learningteaching due to covid19. Students will learn more about reading and playing rhythms with their own bucket drum. However, street musicians have been using whatever they could find to make music.
The bucket book is a groundbreaking resource for elementary and middle school general music classes. In this class you will learn basic beats and rhythms. As students work through this resource, they will learn to read quarter and eighth note rhythms, adapt to different tempos and develop hand independence. More bucket music is the second book in the series and a response to teachers and students who would like some new challenges and added variety to their bucket music repertoire. Included as well are photos, notated exercises and several tested and performable bucket music compositions appropriate for grades 412. Activities contain teacher tips, suggestions for classroom management, and opportunities to improvise.
The resource includes a teachers guide, pdf projectables with embedded audio, mp4 videos of all 18 selections no page turns. How to play bucket drums and teach bucket drumming classes. The students instantly loved playing along with your videos and had fairly quick success playing well known songs. Play the bass note and then the snare note four time. The humphrey bucket drumming club is open to students in grades 36. He currently teaches in minneapolis at breck school. Using material from the bucket drumming book, the learning is very engaging and interactive. Try to find a group rather than solo bucket drumming video with performers about the same age as your students. The bucket book is a drumming resource for k12 music teachers.
You can print these out and laminate them if you wish, or we have also included them as powerpoint pc or keynote mac files, so you can project it onto the classroom whiteboard. Students will learn to read quarter and eighth note rhythms, adapt to different tempos, develop hand independence. It is a percussion ensemble where students read, write, practice, rehearse and perform their own musical compositions. Easy bucket drumming is an excellent resource to start with. Bucket drumming karate by missus bees k to twelve music tpt. We were already employing homemade mute pads, but in the heat of the moment, five to 12 enthusiastic bucketeers produce enough sound to make it hard to play along with. Your talent and passion for drumming is something i truly hope you continue to share with the world.
Summer bucket drumming for children ramsey, nj patch. How do you best mute these plastic instruments without adversely affecting the sound. Its a great way to reuse cardboard tubes from gift. Which is a completely fair criticism, but not one that should discourage you. Due to a lot of interest from other music teachers i am providing a link for 10inch rubber practice pads which work perfectly on utility pails to dampen the sound when needed to keep your sanity and maintain good relations with your neighbours. With transcriptions of elvin jones, tony williams and others, and explorations of advanced comping ideas, this is a musthave for any drummer who is delving deeply in jazz. See more ideas about bucket drumming, teaching music and music classroom.
The greatest show easy and regular versionsthunder imagine dragonsstereo hearts gym class heroesbest day of my life american authorsregular noteheads are the center of the bucket, xs are stick clicks, triangles are clicks on the rim. Regular noteheads are the center of the bucket, xs are stick clicks, triangles are clicks on the rim. I teach music to grade 17 students in port mcneill, bc canada. The digital version pdf of the bucket drumming book is a resource for teachers who wish to introduce bucket drumming into their curriculum. Though percussion education obviously works well for all ages, youngsters elementary age and younger appear to be the ultimate bucket drumming patrons. It provides information on how to find buckets, what type of drumsticks to purchase, and even how to prepare students for a new bucket drumming unit. Also, take advantage of all opportunities to present to parent groups. Priming 5 minutes hook the students interest by either performing for them on a bucket or by showing them a video of bucket drumming. You would think that bucket drumming would be best suited for late elementary, junior high, and high school students. The followup to john rileys classic, the art of bop drumming, this book provides an indepth look at the techniques of many important modern jazz drummers. The art of creating music while using buckets we will use 3 sizes of buckets to create a variety of different rhythms the different sizes will create higher and lower pitches obviously, bucket drums can be used to explore and experiment with different sounds. Easy bucket drumming by matthew dane peavoybook and digital resources 48 pages ages 6 and above collection of upbeat, fun arrangements in a variety of styles using bucket drums.
Summer bucket drumming for children does your child want to learn bucket drumming this summer. Warm up exercises fun games that challenge understanding and learning. Bucket drumming is a really engaging activitiy for your music classes. Sammy, you were able to show 75 kids a love for drumming that they never knew they had. If you dont see your city pinned in the map, be a pioneer in your town as the. Easy bucket drumming is a collection of fun and upbeat arrangements for students age six and above. A bucket drumming accompaniment to be played along with thunder by imagine dragons. The bucket book is a resource for k12 music teachers who want to teach bucket drumming to their students. If the noise gets to be too much for you or neighboring teachers cut pool noodles into 1214 lengths and drum with noodles. By super summer music camp, neighbor apr 9, 2017 11. A licensed educator, david has experience teaching k12 general music in both public and private schools as well as individual and group percussion instruction.
Originally intended for my students to watch when we missed a rehearsal due to inclement weather, so it includes questions and brief pauses for responses. Bucket drumming and stomping music activities for kids. This year i started a bucket drumming program, mainly due to the affordability of the instruments. Start by hitting your sticks together four times as this will help you to remember the 4beat count.