Drums/Percussion Grade 6: Aural Tests

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're playing a drum 🥁. Listen to the rhythm — it's a pattern of short and long beats.

2. 2

   What is a rhythm?

3. 3

   Let's clap a simple rhythm together: 2 short beats then 1 long beat.

4. 4

   Tap this rhythm on the screen: short, short, long, short.

5. 5

   If the pattern is short-short-LONG, how many beats are there?

6. 6

   Now play this rhythm on the number line: tap on 1, 2, then hold on 3.

7. 7

   Which beat is the LONG one in short-short-LONG?