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DRUM CIRCLES

DRUM CIRCLES. DRUM CIRCLES. Educational Applications Music Therapy General Music Recreational Drumming (uniting people, regardless of their backgrounds). DRUM CIRCLES. Why Percussion? Easy to produce a sound

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DRUM CIRCLES

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  1. DRUM CIRCLES

  2. DRUM CIRCLES • Educational Applications • Music Therapy • General Music • Recreational Drumming • (uniting people, regardless of their backgrounds)

  3. DRUM CIRCLES • Why Percussion? • Easy to produce a sound • Do not confuse “producing a sound” with producing a “good sound” or a “useful” sound

  4. DRUM CIRCLES • Facilitator • Coach • Teacher • Guide

  5. DRUM CIRCLES • Technique • Hand drums • Djembes • Congas • Bongos • Tubano • Cajon 1. Air under instrument for better projection 2. Bass tone; center of instrument; heel of hand 3. Open tone; fingers (no thumb); “dribble” off of head 4. Slap; brightest sound – by edge, w/curved fingers

  6. DRUM CIRCLES • Technique • Shakers • Maracas • Tube shakers • African shakers 1. Throw seeds so that pulse is forward

  7. DRUM CIRCLES • Technique • Claves 1. Form “C” with holding hand; cup shape 2. Strike “sweet spot” of claves together • Cowbells/Bells (agogo) 1. Face opening away from body2. Muffle with fingers; contrast with “open” tone

  8. DRUM CIRCLES • Facilitator Cues • Rumble/roll • “Ambient noise” category • Shaking hands is “the cue” • Dynamics • Lowering or raising hands for the cue

  9. DRUM CIRCLES • Facilitator Cues • Stop/Start • Counting in the start • Counting down the cut-off • Mark the pulse or accent • Helping the group establish a pulse • Accent a specific beat pattern

  10. DRUM CIRCLES • Facilitator Cues • Sculpting • Stopping one part of the group, in order to have them listen to another part of the group Tempo • Speed Up • Slow down

  11. DRUM CIRCLES • Facilitator Cues • Call and Response • Facilitator plays a rhythm; group imitates the rhythm • One part of a group plays a rhythm; another part of the group imitates the rhythm No Facilitation • Just start jammin’ and see where it goes…!

  12. DRUM CIRCLES • Form • Layering • Bring instruments in or out, one group at a time A – B - A • Apply various cue techniques, such as “ambient noise – rumble/roll” for section “A”, then a pulse or groove for section “B”, and back to the ambient noise for section “A” • Sound scapes • Focus on ambient • Soloists?

  13. DRUM CIRCLES • RESOURCES • REMO – “Kids Instruments” • Hal Leonard – “The Art and Heart of Drum Circles” featuring Christine Stevens (DVD) • Percussive Arts Society – Interactive Drumming

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