Bucket drumming is so much fun to learn to do!  If you know how to read music and can play easy rhythm patterns on a bucket, this class is for you.  You will just need a large bucket and some drumsticks that are the same size and thickness.  This class is fast-paced, small-group-sized, and fun.  You will learn how to play slightly more difficult rhythm patterns in different places on your bucket.  We will practice rhythms before playing them along with a video.  In this class, we will learn by playing and by repetition.  This class does not teach beginning rhythm notation reading.  Please refer to the beginner class, Bucket Drumming 101, Ongoing:  Learn to Play Rhythms, to begin to learn to read rhythm notation.  This class is fast and learners gain knowledge through experience rather than by direct instruction.  Here is a sample of the class material for the first four weeks.  Videos will vary, but the class structure and student experience will be very much the same each week to provide practice, reinforcement, and repetition until mastery is achieved.  Additionally, students will learn a drum rudiment called the single stroke roll and practice it in variations occasionally throughout each season, as well as the flam.  We will begin and end our class together with a little talking to build our friendships.

Week 1 (August 28):  Play rhythms with quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-ah), pairs of eighth notes (ti-ti), groups of sixteenth notes (tika tika), and quarter rests (shh).  We will practice whatever students show the most need for doing before we play along with a video or two.  Students can play rhythms as a solo to show understanding when ready to do so.  Students usually can choose between videos provided for them.  Student choice is a big factor in our class experience.
Week 2 (September 4):  Play rhythms with quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-ah), pairs of eighth notes (ti-ti), groups of sixteenth notes (tika tika), and quarter rests (shh).  We will practice whatever students show the most need for doing before we play along with a video or two.  Students can play rhythms as a solo to show understanding when ready to do so.  Students usually can choose between videos provided for them.  Student choice is a big factor in our class experience.  Practice the single stroke roll.
Week 3 (September 11):  Play rhythms with quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-ah), pairs of eighth notes (ti-ti), groups of sixteenth notes (tika tika), and quarter rests (shh).  We will practice whatever students show the most need for doing before we play along with a video or two.  Students can play rhythms as a solo to show understanding when ready to do so.  Students usually can choose between videos provided for them.  Student choice is a big factor in our class experience.
Week 4 (September 18):  Play rhythms with quarter notes (ta), half notes (ta-ah), pairs of eighth notes (ti-ti), groups of sixteenth notes (tika tika), and quarter rests (shh).  We will practice whatever students show the most need for doing before we play along with a video or two.  Students can play rhythms as a solo to show understanding when ready to do so.  Students usually can choose between videos provided for them.  Student choice is a big factor in our class experience.  Practice the flam.

I hope to see you in class soon!  Teacher Debbie :)