Body percussion
Use your body as a drum kit!
Drum patterns (optional)
Prep time: 5 minutes
Activity time: 10 minutes
Activity
There are lots of ways that you can use your body to create drum beat sounds. You could:
- open your mouth and tap the sides
with your hands - clap
- click fingers
- tap your knee
- stomp your feet (one or both)
- tap your shoulders
Perform one of your pre-prepared moves and ask the makers to copy.
Repeat for each pre-prepared move then string a few moves together to make a sequence.
Build on this
Ask your makers to come up with their own moves and sequences. You can then perform them as a whole group or small groups can do a showcase in turn.
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