MusicYears 0–2Drums/Percussion

Drums/Percussion Initial Grade: Sight-Reading

Reading simple notation with note names; recognising crotchets and minims in 4/4 time

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine a drum 🥁. When you hit it, it makes a sound. Now look at a picture of a drum — that's a note!

  2. 2

    What do you do to make a drum sound?

  3. 3

    Here is a drum note 🥁. It looks like a big black dot with a stick. When you see it, tap once!

  4. 4

    Tap the drum to make one sound!

  5. 5

    Let's read two drum notes together! 🥁🥁

  6. 6

    How many taps do you do for two drum notes? 🥁🥁

  7. 7

    When you see a drum note, what do you do? 🥁

Practise Drums/Percussion Initial Grade: Sight-Reading with Whizlo

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