What is this Feeling (from the "Wicked" movie) - BUCKET DRUMMING!

Do you need to connect with your kids with the blockbuster holiday hit?

Involve them in bucket drumming with a full arrangement of the tune that got everyone dancing, singing, and cookin' right along with "What is this Feeling" from WICKED!

There are five all-color 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 or 6 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)

You can play along with the track on YouTube (just search for the movie version of "What is this Feeling?"(

Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!

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