Drums/Percussion Grade 7: Aural Tests

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine you're playing a drum 🥁 and I clap a rhythm. Your job is to clap it back — like an echo!

2. 2

   What do you do after you hear the clap?

3. 3

   Tap the drum pad to copy this rhythm: 🥁 🥁 · 🥁 🥁 🥁 (two taps, pause, three taps).

4. 4

   Let's clap a 4-beat rhythm together. I'll show you how.

5. 5

   In beat 3 of the rhythm above, what do you do?

6. 6

   Now try this harder rhythm: 🥁 · 🥁 🥁 · 🥁 (tap, rest, two taps, rest, tap). Tap it on the drum pad.

7. 7

   If you hear 🥁 🥁 · 🥁 (two taps, rest, one tap), how many taps do you clap back?