MusicYears 0–2Drums/Percussion

Drums/Percussion Initial Grade: Performance Pieces

Playing along with simple songs; keeping a steady beat with basic patterns

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Pretend you have a big drum 🥁. When you tap it with your hand, it goes BOOM!

  2. 2

    What do you use to play a drum?

  3. 3

    Tap along with me! Tap the drum 3 times — BOOM, BOOM, BOOM!

  4. 4

    Let's tap a pattern together: tap, tap, rest. 🥁🥁🛑

  5. 5

    Now you try! Tap the drum 2 times, then rest.

  6. 6

    After 2 taps, what do you do?

  7. 7

    How many taps did we do in our pattern? (tap, tap, rest)

Practise Drums/Percussion Initial Grade: Performance Pieces with Whizlo

Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 4–7. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.