MMS Tutor How-to Videos: Percussion in the Classroom – Series 4, Part 5

Now that we’ve mastered the basic of music literacy, we’re ready to move onto some more advanced music literacy rhythms this week! For this music lesson, we’ll be a sound shaker, claves, a shaker and one of our new frame drums.

Rhythm 1

• Use the rhythm ‘coffee tea coffee tea’ to sound out the notes
• Now try clapping the rhythm while saying the rhythm
• Using a sound drum, we’ll now play the rhythm

Rhythm 2

• We’ll try rhythm 2 this time sounding out ‘tea coffee coffee tea’
• Let’s mix up our clapping style by using body percussion
• Now play the rhythm on the claves

Rhythm 3

• Sound out this rhythm by saying ‘coffee coffee coffee tea’
• Use body percussion again to clap rhythm 3
• Now let’s use our shaker to play the rhythm

Rhythm 4

• Call out this rhythm using ‘tea tea coffee tea’
• Use body percussion or clap your hands to practice this rhythm
• Now try playing it on a small frame drum

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Catch Percussion in the Classroom – Series 4, Part 4 here