1-5 Grade Music Letter D for Drum Lesson by Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

(This lesson will take more than one 30 minute class time to teach, 

and this lesson is adjusted according to the student's age.)

Before we learn about the 
letter "D" in music,

let us review the Music Joke for this week

about the how the piano got out of jail.

CLICK HERE

TODAY WE WILL BE LEARNING

ABOUT THE LETTER "D"

In American Sign Language,

the letter "D" looks like this.

Show me the letter "D" on one hand

IN MUSIC,

THE NOTE BELOW

ON THE "STAFF" 

AFTER THE

TREBLE CLEF

IS THE MUSIC LETTER "D"

DOES THIS LETTER "D"

LAND ON A SPACE NOTE

OR A LINE NOTE?

What is the name of...

THE MUSIC SYMBOL BELOW?

TREBLE CLEF

TREBLE CLEF NOTES ARE YOUR

HIGH SOUNDING NOTES

JUST FOR FUN,

LET'S SING THE 

"I KNEW YOU WERE TREBLE" SONG

GOOD JOB!

The music instrument of the day 

for the music letter "D" is
DRUM

This is a snare DRUM
like "Snary" the blue Meloditty 
snare DRUM in Taratabong land
You play the snare DRUM with drum sticks.

Below is a BASS DRUM. 
the word BASS sounds like "BASE"
The Meloditty bass DRUM is the
big pink momma "Drumba" DRUM in Taratabong land
You play the bass (base) DRUM with padded sticks.

 Below is the episode introducing the 
Meloditties in Taratabong,

including the blue "snary" snare DRUM and 

the pink momma "Drumba" bass (base) DRUM

This is a hand DRUM that you play with your hands
We also call this kind of DRUM a bongo DRUM

In this episode about the Meloditties in Taratabong land,

they introduce the bongo hand DRUMs.

Just for fun, let us now watch
a video of a DRUM competition
with girls against the boys
playing snare DRUMs and bass(base) DRUMs.

(I normally do not show the whole video of the competition in class, due to time. However, I do like to skim through the video, as I watch the reactions of the students. If they really want to see it all, they will let you know.)

For those of you who do not have a snare DRUM

we can use buckets for a DRUM.

The next video is of some young men playing on some

bucket DRUMS. 

Yes, a bucket DRUM is just using a

bucket like a DRUM.

In order to be able to play the drums, 

we need to practice.

Let us now practice on our laps, 
if a bucket is not available,

To the "We Will Rock You" song

Now let us see if you can practice the rhythm

of hitting the beat on a DRUM, bucket, or lap.

But, before we practice the rhythm,

can you tell me what RHYTHM means?

RHYTHM means:

a strong repeated pattern of sound

or movement.

Just like the sound of playing drums.

Okay, now let us practice RHYTHM

playing some different kinds of RHYTHM.

You can pause the video, after each rhythm is introduced,
 and practice it slow,

Now, let us have fun learning how to play the snare drum.

Below is a video on
how to play the snare DRUM

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

I threw in this next video to remind me to do a 

drum circle call and response in class, according to grade level.

Review Time:

1. What is the name of the music note below 
on the Staff after the Treble Clef?

2. What space does the Treble Clef 
music letter "D" land on?

(The space before the 1st space between 2 lines)

3. How many lines are there in music?

4. How many spaces are there in music?

5. What are the lines and spaces 
in music called?

6. How many letters are there in

the musical alphabet?

Remember to not count the repeated D again 

7. How many letters are in an OCTAVE

8. What is this music symbol? 

9. Does a sharp goes up or down?

10. Which picture below represents the 

music letter "D" in 

American Sign Language?

  11. What is the name of this instrument? 

12. What is the name of this instrument? 

13. What is the name of this instrument? 

14. What is the definition of rhythm? 

15. Name 3 things you learned about 

the music letter "D"? 

Here are some music 
letter "D" worksheets
I will be passing out these drum worksheets in class.

Did you know that the DRUM 

belongs to the
PERCUSSION FAMILY?
To learn about the PERCUSSION FAMILY
CLICK HERE

Next, we will be learning about
the music letter "E"

REVIEW TIME:

Remember there are only 7 letters in the Music Alphabet,

and those letters are:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

There are no letters after G. 

In other words, there is no H, I, J, K, L, M...and so on.

Now hold up one hand 

The number of lines in music is 

how many fingers you have on one hand.

Count the fingers on one hand.

How many fingers did you count?

The number of spaces in music is 

how many spaces there are in between the fingers.

Now count the spaces between your fingers.

How many spaces are in between the fingers?

So...

How many lines are there in music?

How many spaces are there in music?

Did you know that the lines and spaces

you see in music are called the "STAFF"?

To understand the letter names 

to the notes on the spaces

after the Treble Clef on the Staff:

Just remember " D" "FACE" is on 
a SPACE
D is on the space below the 
F on the bottom 1st space between 2 lines

         F in FACE is on the bottom 1st space (between the lines)

A in FACE is on the 2nd space

C in FACE is on the 3rd space

E in FACE is on the 4th space

Instead of saying "The" space, you will say "D" space

Because the letter "D" lands on a space before the "F".

What space is the letter "D" on?

I would say the "D" is on the 

space below the 1st space between 2 lines.

Below on the staff, after the treble clef

 is the D major scale "OCTAVE"

because it starts on the letter "D"

and ends on the letter "D"

In the D Major scale, there are 2 SHARPs:

F sharp and C sharp

A SHARP  is a music symbol and

it looks like this.

 

Whenever you see a SHARP in music

you will go up one step, or

you will play the very next note going up.

What is the difference between a
SHARP and a FLAT?

SHARPS always go up,

and FLATS always go down. 

We will review flats in another lesson.

Whenever you have 8 notes

starting from one note, like the letter "D"

and then ending on the letter "D"

you will have an "OCTAVE"

How many letters are there in an

"OCTAVE"?

How many letters are there in music?

Sincerely,

 Mrs. Carol Louise Moore

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