Schmid-World Music Drumming (VHS)

This step-by-step approach to learning percussion technique and rhythmic patterns in the elementary and middle school general music class is practical, easy to teach and incredibly motivational.

After extensive field-testing in the U.S. and Canada, World Music Drumming has passed all the tests! Aimed primarily at grades 6-8 with extensions into the lower elementary grades and the high school, you and your students will learn drumming techniques, sings lots of great songs with accompaniment and movement, connect African and Latin American cultural traditions to the music performed, and discover how music can be the perfect vehicle for teaching team building, respect, focusing, listening, problem solving, and other important life skills.