Giveaway Contest!

By EmilyMusic1 min read

Hi Drum Tribe!

As the 2018-19 school year wraps up, bucketdrumming.net is giving away ONE FREE YEAR of membership to a teacher or individual interested in bucket drumming for themselves or their classroom.*

Bucket drums are ideally suited for classrooms and youth programs because they are fun, engaging, low cost or free, and portable.

A bucketdrumming.net membership subscription includes unlimited access to:

150+ video tutorials and play-along songs (including Top 40 songs students love)
Warm up exercises and beat breakdowns
Lessons plans for beginner to advanced levels
Challenges and quizzes
Sheet music
Performance ideas

To enter, like @bucketdrumming on Instagram then comment on one of our photos with the hashtag #drumanywhere. Contest ends June 25 and a special drawing will be held to announce the winner.

* This contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram.

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🥁🌔 Moon Rhythm: Day 11 on 11/11/24 at 11:11am

For over 100 years, this cross-genre rhythm has been one of the most universal beats, second only to the downbeat! 🎶 Jazz first introduced it on the hi-hat, Blues moved it to the snare, and soon, Rock ‘n Roll took it even further, influencing classic rock, disco, pop, EDM, and hip-hop. 🌑🌕🌑🌕 Today’s rhythm highlights the backbeat on beats 2 and 4. Many people instinctively clap on 1 and 3, but it’s the backbeat (2 and 4) that brings the laid back groove. Check out this clever move by Harry Connick Jr., who gets the crowd to clap on 2 and 4 without them changing anything! Feel how the energy shifts. Example Songs with a Backbeat: September - Earth, Wind & Fire: The kick drum starts on the front beat (1 and 3) at 8 seconds, then moves to the backbeat (2 and 4) on the snare at 12 seconds. Listen here Queen Bee - Taj Mahal: Notice the backbeat on the kick drum in this reggae tune. Listen here Try It Yourself: Pick a song you’re working on in 4/4 time. Record yourself playing and clap along on 1 & 3 (the front beat) for 4 measures. Then clap…

SAMNovember 11, 2024

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https://youtu.be/HKTLZX5RuaQ Testing out some new grooves. Let me know what you think about them.

SAMAugust 10, 2020

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The fourth-grade students at Metz Elementary School in Austin, Texas performed a creative version of bucketdrumming.net’ s La Bamba for their 2019 Cinco De Mayo performance, throwing in a little tambourine and air guitar to spice things up. https://youtu.be/OkEVSV_Wcq8 Music teacher Kayla Juarez, who teaches at Metz Elementary and Menchaca Elementary in Austin, said she loved the practicality of bucket drums: students didn’t have to share and the buckets were easy to replace if damaged or broken. “I thought would be really cool and affordable,” she said. “My students are having a lot of fun with it.” The biggest challenge was getting 20 fourth-graders to hit a bucket at the same time, Ms. Juarez said. To prepare for the performance, she split the students into groups so she could give more personalized attention to students requiring extra support, she said. “The first time they tried to practice you can imagine how that went with different skill levels and abilities,” she said. “But the lightbulb finally clicked.” Ms. Juarez said she knew she wanted to be a music teacher ever since she joined her school band in sixth grade. She said that, as a student, music and band were a place…

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