Drums/Percussion Grade 6: Sight-Reading

What you'll learn

1. 1

   You're going to read a short piece of music you've never seen before — like a secret code! 🥁

2. 2

   Here's a 4-beat bar with crotchets (quarter notes) and quavers (eighth notes). Tap the rhythm with your finger. 🥁

3. 3

   Tap the rhythm on this drum pad — one tap per note. 🥁

4. 4

   Let's read this 2-bar phrase together. Count aloud: 1, 2, 3, 4 — then play. 📝

5. 5

   How many beats in one bar if the time signature is 4/4? 🥁

6. 6

   Try this 4-bar sight-reading piece. Tap each note in time. 🥁

7. 7

   What's the name of a note that gets half a beat? 🎵