Musical fun

[kayre]

I recently picked up a cool book on beginning drumming for children. It uses mostly standard notation (piano notes), though it does also teach drum notation. I'm hoping it'll provide a fun way to teach rhythm without the distraction of pitch. I tried the first few lessons with 4 of my students this week.

One complained that drumming hurt her hands, but maybe we could try it again with shakers or other rhythm instruments.

It worked brilliantly with two students.

And the fourth student, as soon as he had a drum in his hands, morphed into Animal from the Muppets.

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[amaebi]

:)