Making Junk Percussion

3 × 45 minute lessons

Years 3-8, Secondary

Making Junk percussion is the first course in the Junk Percussion series for years 5 and 6 students and demonstrates how to create musical instruments using everyday objects. Specifically, the course presents techniques for making a bass drum, a snare drum, toned bells and shakers.

Once students have created instruments they can be integrated into classroom musical activities such as the Junk Percussion Techniques or Word Phrases courses.

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3 x 45 minutes lessons
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