A departure from our typical popular music fare, we now offer you The Liberty Belt, from John Philip Sousa for BUCKET DRUMMING!

There are seven American Themed color coded slides along with the form identifiers listed next to each phrase. Discuss form with the students (a great way to talk about the strains, interludes, trios!) and teach them (by rote) the rhythms on the powerpoint with the corresponding repeats (most are repeated 3 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/JpKLqQRRJBM**\ __________________________________

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