Welcome Percussion Students!

  • How to Use our Book - Video Tour

  • How to Read Music - Intro Video (pg.11-12)

  • How to Play Your Instrument - Video Supports (pg.5-7)

  • Music Arcade Games

  • Composers Corner (How to Write Music)

How to Use BandBridge

Welcome to BandBridge! Watch this first. Everything you need to know is included so you can make amazing music with your friends in class and be the best music student at home.

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Percussion Kit Assembly

Learn how to assemble the bells on a stand. Use the same stand to use your drum pad for practice.

Creating Good Sounds

Learn how to create a good sound with drum sticks or mallets.

Mallets

Learn about the fundamental technique for barred instruments, otherwise known as mallets in the world of percussion.

Triangle

Learn about the fundamental technique for the triangle, a hand percussion instrument.

Suspended Cymbal

Learn about the fundamental technique for the suspended cymbal, an instrument created from a metal disk and performed with mallets.

Tambourine

Learn about the fundamental technique for the tambourine, a hand percussion instrument.

Crash Cymbal

Learn about the fundamental technique for the crash cymbals, an instrument performed by striking two cymbals together with the hands.

Timpani

Learn about performing the timpani or kettle drums, the main tunable instruments and drums in the percussion world.