"Happy" Bucket Drum & Backbeat Lesson with Mr. Howell

This is a lesson with activities for use with the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams. The lesson includes the concepts of quarter notes, eighth notes, and the backbeat. Students get to make a variety of sounds with their instruments in this lesson. It also includes some simple movements that reflect the lyrics. See my other videos for a short lesson about how to hold the sticks.

[@benjaminsmith718]

And Mr. Howell is such a cool name for a music teacher...

[@starlasheffield402]

This is a great resource. However, to improve the video, it would be a good idea to get a microphone. Right now the drumming volume is much louder than your speaking volume. It makes it hard to adjust the volume to a comfortable level.

[@bryanbato3132]

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[@bryanbato3132]

😮🎉😊😅

[@bryanbato3132]

DJ

[@morghandryden5932]

Fellow Music teacher here - could you give me some info on bucket drumming and copywrite permissions. I would love to do this with my kiddos, but I don't want to get in trouble. Thanks, Miss D

[@LearnWithDrums]

Hello, for more information you can check out specialneedformusic.com I have links to social media and email there. I don’t do much with buckets, this was a lesson I came up with during covid and I recorded it with my phone. Since then I have been working on new video lessons to be released soon. When I was using bucket drums, I got a lot of material from bucketdrumming.net where I was a subscriber for a while. Feel free to check out my website and email me with other questions.

[@mmfabee]

Hi mr howell

[@LearnWithDrums]

Hi! Thanks for watching!