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SUPER Rhythm Basketball! - 40% OFF NEARLY 50 ARRANGEMENTS!
By Jason Litt
You're looking at it! An entire year (or MORE!) worth of Rhythm Basketball arrangements!
When bought all together here, you save over 40% of 48 arrangements of Rhythm Basketball from Movies to Holidays to TV shows to Pop Songs to Cartoons and MORE!
This is a #buyitforLIFE sale! One and done and they're all yours! :)
GnArLy 90s BUCKET DRUMMING BUNDLE! (11 arrangements @ 15% off!)
By Jason Litt
In this GnArLy 90s BUCKET DRUMMING BUNDLE, you will get great resources, a mix of bucket 90s drumming arrangements at a 15% discount off of each one!
Great compositions, safe for ears, and engaging music for all grades (battle anthems for most of the boys as well -- surely a hit for them!)
Arrangements are designed from 4th grade all the way up to middle school, so these are typically designed for some of the older kids.
For notation:
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),
The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)
The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
2020 Bucket Drumming MEGAPack! (9 Custom Pop Arrangements!)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a load of 2020 repertoire (that's clean!) for your bucket drums? Look no further to keep all of your kids drumming throughout the year!
In this megapack, you will receive 9 custom arrangements of the most recent popular music from the leading artists at a 15% discount when bought all together here...
All music can be found on YouTube (or Amazon music, Apple Music, Pandora, etc) as the accompaniment tracks and played in the background.
You can preview the music in the store by browsing through the bucket drumming arrangements (most are designed for upper elementary, middle, and can easily be played by high schoolers)
Have a great time with this!
Dance Hits Bundle! (for Bucket Drumming) - 15% OFF!
By Jason Litt
In this Dance Hits Bundle, you will get great resources, a mix of 9 custom bucket drumming arrangements @ 15% each when bundled together here!
Arrangements are designed from 4th grade all the way up to middle school, so these are typically designed for some of the older kids.
For notation:
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),
The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)
The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
*20% OFF!* Taylor Swift - BUCKET DRUMMING MEGAMIX!
By Jason Litt
Yep, it's TS!
With the engaging attributes of Taylor Swift's music, we now feature the Taylor Swift Bucket Drumming MEGAMix!, a collection of eight bucket drumming (and one rhythm basketball) arrangements to some of her best known hits!
Youtube links and mp3s can be found on the individual pages -- your kids will LOVE this, and at 20% off here when it's all purchased together, it's a win-win!
All about SOLFEGE MEGAPack! (9 Solfege Resources 20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a load of Solfege resources for your kids? Look no further to keep all of your kids engaged through this semester and next!
In this All about SOLFEGE MEGAPack, you will receive 9 resources of the most popular Solfege themed lessons on Mr. Litt's Music Room TeachShare at a 15% discount when bought all together here...
DO have a great time with this. It'll be a RE of sunshine in your day... make sure you make a cup of TI to wash out any scratchy throat you may have. Thanks for purchasing from MI ;)
BUCKET DRUMMING - Christmas Remix (TRAP Version!)
By Jason Litt
In this Christmas Remix (TRAP Version), you will get great 7 resources all Christmas Themed re-envisioned with a TRAP Remix hip-hop background with a 10% discount off of each one!
For notation:
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),
The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)
The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Rhythm Basketball JAMPack (9 Custom Arrangements, 20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Get your basketballs out for Rhythm Basketball and have some musical fun for the remainder of the year to keep your kids engaged (while displaying some true athleticism)
In this Rhythm Basketball JAMPack! you will receive 9 custom arrangements that are 20% off when bought all together with basketball notation for your kids to read along to
Your students will each have a basketball (can be regulation size or smaller) and bounce their ball on the ground each time they see a basketball icon. Each basketball icon is denoted as a quarter note. The rests are in between each ball for the students to hold the ball. Any smaller balls (grouped in two) will be played as 2 eighth note pairs and students will have to lower themselves a foot or two to dribble eighth notes on the floor. If you don't have basketballs, you can use a tennis ball, a kick ball, a dodgeball -- essentially anything that gives you a bounce and an accent as you hit it on the floor!
Included in this pack are:
All songs can be found on YouTube, Amazon Music, Pandora, or other streaming services
2022 Bucket Drumming UltraMix! (8 arrangements @ 20% off!)
By Jason Litt
Looking for a load of 2022 repertoire (that's clean!) for your bucket drums? Look no further to keep all of your kids drumming throughout the year!
In this megapack, you will receive 8 custom arrangements of the most recent popular music from the leading artists at a 20% discount when bought all together here...
All music can be found on YouTube (or Amazon music, Apple Music, Pandora, etc) as the accompaniment tracks and played in the background.
You can preview the music in the store by browsing through the bucket drumming arrangements (most are designed for upper elementary, middle, and can easily be played by high schoolers)
Have a great time with this!
For notation:
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish),
The X notation that is stacked with quarter notes are played as shots (think like a marching band snare drum -- playing the drum and stick simultaneously as a rimshot or on top of each other -- whatever will you get you the best accent!)
The X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Identify Form in Pop Music - Part SEVEN!
By Jason Litt
We're BACK and for 2021 in the follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now bring you....
Part SEVEN!
Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music (as always, kid friendly 100% CLEAN!) while learning about musical form!
The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.
I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.
It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!
The 2021 hit list:
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com
Have fun, kids LOVE this!
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All the previous versions can be found here:
Identify Form in Pop Music
Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO
Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX
Skeleton Remix (a trap music mashup) - HALLOWEEN BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Halloween is right around the corner just in time for your upper elementary or even middle schoolers, a brand new trap remix which is a mashup of "Spooky Scary Skeletons" and Disney's "Skeleton Dance" we present to you the "Skeletons Remix" trap version!
There are five all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzdqbeuakHo
Keep it steady and keep it spooky! This is a terrific resource to work on triplets and a great piece to showcase to admin, parents, assemblies, and the alike -- it really gets the kids jamming!
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
Terms of Use:
All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
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*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!
By Jason Litt
The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part FIVE (2018) Part SIX (2019) and Part SEVEN (2021) below:
Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO
Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN
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Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music while learning about musical form!
The lesson begins with a video introduction to form and then talks about elements of pop music and how it ascribes to a specific form. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro in detail, and then go onto our activity.
I cut out cards -- 1 intro, 3 verses, 3 choruses, 1 bridge, and 1 outro (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them
A great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com
Have fun, kids LOVE this!
Lose Control, Teddy Swims - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Teddy Swims' smash number "Lose Control"!
There are six all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 6 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://youtu.be/hbLQcznfXlc?si=MIjHOSiJlyg1J6AE
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
Terms of Use:
All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
__________________________________
*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!
Forever Young, Rod Stewart - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in bucket drumming with Rod Stewart's smash hit "Forever Young"
There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwG6g5boyF4
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
Terms of Use:
All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
__________________________________
*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!
Identify Form in Pop Music - Part SIX!
By Jason Litt
The #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music!" has multiple follow versions! In addition to the Original Version, you can download Part TWO (2014), Part THREE (2015), Part FOUR (2017), Part FIVE (2018), and Part SEVEN (2021) below:
Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO
Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN
We're BACK and our space tech theme has taken over the layout for 2019 in the follow-up to the #1 selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, we now bring you
Part SIX!
Kids love their pop music, right? Want to integrate it into your classroom? This is great lesson to do with 4th and 5th graders that lets them listen to their favorite pop music (as always, kid friendly 100% CLEAN!) while learning about musical form!
The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.
I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.
It's a great compromise to having your kids listen to their music and still satisfy a 4th and 5th grade standard in identifying the structure of music!
The 2019 hit list:
Lose You to Love Me - Selena Gomez
Old Town Road - Lil Nas X ft. Billy Cyrus
Memories - Maroon 5
Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran
High Hopes - Panic! at the Disco
If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes
How do you Sleep? - Sam Smith
Sucker - Jonas Brothers
Back to You - Selena Gomez
Senorita - Camilla Cabello, ft. Shawn Mendes
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com
Have fun, kids LOVE this!
The Elements of Pop! (*Distance Learning Approved!*)
By Jason Litt
Listening to Popular music isn’t just for enjoyment. It contains critical pieces of musical composition that makes it sound the way it does!
In "The Elements of Pop", students will be given 8 short examples of pop music (about 30-45 seconds long all mp3s included and embedded into the powerpoint) and will be see a multiple choice selection of elements that described the pop music being played
It's mostly broad terminology you teach in your music class: Rhythm, Tempo, Major/Minor, Instrumentation, Vocal ranges, etc!
This is great assessment to do as a class, individually, or even through distance learning! Have your cake and eat it too!
Pair this with the Identify Form in Popular Music series and you got yourself engaging lesson material!
Let us know how it is goes in the comments :)
The Elements of Pop! (*Distance Learning Approved!*)
By Jason Litt
Listening to Popular music isn’t just for enjoyment. It contains critical pieces of musical composition that makes it sound the way it does!
In "The Elements of Pop", students will be given 8 short examples of pop music (about 30-45 seconds long all mp3s included and embedded into the powerpoint) and will be see a multiple choice selection of elements that described the pop music being played
It's mostly broad terminology you teach in your music class: Rhythm, Tempo, Major/Minor, Instrumentation, Vocal ranges, etc!
This is great assessment to do as a class, individually, or even through distance learning! Have your cake and eat it too!
Pair this with the Identify Form in Popular Music series and you got yourself engaging lesson material!
Let us know how it is goes in the comments :)
Danger Zone, Kenny Loggins (from TOP GUN) - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with your 80s hits (and have your cake and eat it too?) Involve them in bucket drumming with the classic hit from the 1986 smash movie "Top Gun" in "DANGER ZONE"
There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 4, 6, or 8 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tbap5exR-Y
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
Terms of Use:
All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
__________________________________
*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!
By Jason Litt
Something different in our #1 Selling "Identify Form in Pop Music" series, a THROWBACK to the greatest decade of music (dependent on when you were born of course!) ;)
Identify Form in the 80s!
The lesson begins with an introduction to popular music from the 1980s and how the music is formulated by the artists songwriters. We talk about the intro, verse, chorus, bridge, and outro, and include the collision and the channel and then go onto our activity.
I cut out cards... a whole bunch of intros, verses, chorus, bridges, outros, channels, and collisions (or you can do it with a whiteboard/marker, or even as a unison class response) and give them to each student, then have have the kids sit on the floor. I then play an mp3 of a song which has 10 second clips of each of the sections (there is about a 2 second gap in between each clip and all clips are safe for little ears -- no profanity!) and have the students identify them by spelling them out on the floor in front of them. This works great if you're putting kids into groups of 2 or 3 as they try to figure out the form of the song.
The 1980s hit list:
If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment email me at jasonlitt@gmail.com
Have fun, kids LOVE this!
______________________________________
Looking for the modern Identify Form in Pop Music? All the previous versions can be found here:
Identify Form in Pop Music
Identify Form in Pop Music PART TWO
Identify Form in Pop Music PART THREE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FOUR
Identify Form in Pop Music PART FIVE
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SIX
Identify Form in Pop Music PART SEVEN
The Power of Love (from "Deadpool & Wolverine"), - BUCKET DRUMMING!
By Jason Litt
Need to connect with your kids with their pop music through general music? Involve them in BUCKET DRUMMING with music from the 2024 smash movie "Deadpool & Wolverine" In this resource, a 1980s classic comes back and takes the film by storm with "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis & The News!
There are four all-color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 2 or 4 times). Then, apply it to drums!
All regular notation is to be played on the buckets (or drums, or ground, however you wish), and the X notation (with a down stem) are played as stick clicks above their head (or you could apply it to a tambourine or other auxiliary instrument)
Here's the track so you can play along...
https://youtu.be/L665zMWtQrI?si=CsYwOz-lN1tyBljl
Have fun with this and let us know how it goes!
Terms of Use:
All images/photos/clip art in this resource were created by me.
__________________________________
*** Looking for more BUCKET DRUMMING resources? *** Find them here!