BEGINNING Bucket Drumming SUPERMegaPack!
- Grades
- Grades 3–6, Middle School
- File type
- Multiple File Types
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- Music
- Topic
- Bucket drumming, Rhythm notation
- Resource types
- Activities, Songs, Presentations
- Editable
- Yes
Product description
From the author
In this pack, you will have 20 arrangements for you to perform, sight read, analyze, or do whatever you wish with it. 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)
For arrangements that have X notation that is stacked with quarter notes, they are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will get you the best accent!)
Here's the hit list for this pack:
ABC, Jackson Five
Believer, Imagine Dragons
Bye Bye Bye, *NSync
Cu Chullain, Karl Jenkins (Irish Bucket Drumming)
Dynamite, Taio Cruz
Fight Song, Rachel Platten
Firework, Katy Perry
Grenade, Bruno Mars
High Hopes, Panic! at the Disco
How Far I'll Go, Moana
Imperial March, Star Wars
Jump, Van Halen
He's a Pirate, Pirates of the Caribbean
Shake it Off, Taylor Swift
Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson
Sucker, Jonas Brothers
Thriller, Michael Jackson
Thunder, Imagine Dragons
William Tell Overture, G. Rossini
This is Me, The Greatest Showman
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will perform steady beat patterns on a bucket in time with a recorded song, following section labels such as verse, chorus, and bridge.
Students will follow a structured rhythm chart that changes beat pattern and repetition count as a song moves between sections.
Teaching tips
Project the PowerPoint for group rehearsal and use the PDF for printed reference. The PowerPoint text can be edited; the audio and PDF components are separate.
Begin with the three-page ABC chart if its rhythms suit the class. Bye Bye Bye has five pages, so choose by the actual patterns as well as length.
Use the two supplied MP3s for Cu Chullain and abridged Thriller; obtain the appropriate recordings separately for the other arrangements.
Skills covered
Rhythm performance — students play notated patterns and rests on buckets in time with the selected song.
Musical form — students follow section labels and repetition counts.
Notation reading — students distinguish regular bucket strikes, X-note stick clicks and stacked accented combinations using the creator’s directions.
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Does every arrangement include an audio track?
The bundle supplies two MP3 files, for Cu Chullain and an abridged Thriller. The other arrangements are provided as PDF charts and PowerPoint files.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
Rhythm
Musical form
Beat
Percussion
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