David Birrow

This is a short bucket drumming activity that your students will love. It uses 5-gallon buckets and wooden dowels as sticks(but any bucket, barrel, or can will do). Students learn how the center and rim create different timbres and how to play an rhythm ostinato to a steady beat. This activity uses one rhythm in four different ways. Teach the first groove that uses just the rim and center of the bucket. Then proceed to the other variations. You can see a video of the grooves at: http://www.t

What is it? A bucket drumming curriculum set up like a video game. YouTube Playlist with all the videos (click me!)6 Levels of increasing tempo and difficultyA final Boss Level with all 30 grooves in a rowA bunch of distracting backgroundsProbably best for grades 5 and up (I tested it with my 7th and 8th graders)How do I use it? Just turn it on and play along, use the notation or just copy what you seeStart with Level 1 and progress to Level 2 etc...Once you/students are able to play all the vid