Percussion Guide

Percussion Guide

We've teamed up with Drums for School for advice on playing techniques to help you add percussion into singing sessions

Short tutorials from Drums for Schools

 

How to play the Guiro

 
 

How to play the Tambourine

 
 

How to play the Agogo bells

 
 

How to play the Bongos

 
 

How to play the Maracas

 
 

How to play the Claves

 
 

How to play the Triangle

 

Guides and Audio

 

Percussion warm-ups

incl. audio exercises
 

Drum notation guide

 
 

Big Sing Up mambo percussion teaching guide

 
 

Blank percussion grid

 
 

Rhythm grid - crotchet beats

 
 

Rhythm grid - quaver beats

 
 

Rhythm grid - semiquaver beats