Believer, Imagine Dragons - BUCKET DRUMMING!
- Year levels
- Years 4–6
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- Multiple File Types
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- Music, Creative Arts
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- Believer, Imagine Dragons
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- Presentations
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Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Imagine Dragons' hit, "Believer"!
There are three all-colour coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4, 6, or 8 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtfhZwyrcc
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
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Learning objectives
Perform a bucket-drumming rhythm pattern in time with recorded music, following x-mark beat notation.
Recognise how a rhythm pattern changes across song sections (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, ending).
Teaching tips
Model regular notes as bucket hits and x-notes as stick clicks; demonstrate the rests and triplets before combining patterns.
Practice the middle and ending chart sections separately. Both later pages are labelled Part 2, so refer to song-section names when directing the class.
Obtain the matching song recording separately, then use it to rehearse transitions and repeat counts after students know each pattern.
Skills covered
Rhythmic pattern performance - students read x-mark beat notation to perform a bucket-drumming routine synced to a specific song.
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