Youth Drum Pad Program 104

AM I READY FOR THIS?
Follow these questions to understand your entry point into the YDPProgam:

I can:
- play patterns 8 measure or longer.
- read and/or play rhythms of quarter, eighth, sixteenth, 32nd.
- understand we count our rhythms in groups of 2 or 3
- am ready to participate in a class that is 40 minutes in length

SKILL DEVELOPMENT
- physical stamina of technical playing using the arm
- mental focus of counting and reading
- independent reading of standard music notation
- basic response to feedback for safe and accurate performing

COURSE EXPERIENCE
- Learners have the opportunity to work at their preferred speed. Patterns are broken down by 3 speeds.
- Participants perform on mute, until they want to share with the group/instructor.
- Conversation, free response, and open-ended questions are integral parts of the class experience over and above drumming.

National Standards for Music Education Incorporation:
MU:Cr1.1.3b  Generate amusical ideas (such as rhythms) within a given meter.  
MU:Cr2.1.4b  Use standard and/or iconic notation and/or recording technology to document personal rhythmic musical ideas.  
MU:Pr4.1.3a  Demonstrate and explain how the selection of music to perform is influenced by personal interest, knowledge, purpose, and context.  
MU:Pr6.1.3a Perform music with expression and technical accuracy.