- Free downloads of audio recordings of all the pieces in Andy Gleadhill's Caribbean Steel Pan Book.
- Professionally produced performances
The Caribbean Steel Pan Book, written by educator and professional percussionist Andy Gleadhill, shows generalist teachers how to teach Steel Pans in a class setting.
Above you can play the audio tracks that accompany Andy Gleadhill’s Caribbean Steel Pan Book and you can also download them. The recordings are of professionally produced performances of all the Caribbean Steel Pan tunes in the book. We recommend that you listen to the tunes either through headphones or good quality speakers as laptop and small loudspeakers will struggle to reproduce the lower frequencies and may sound rather “tinny”.
Although all of the tunes and exercises in the book can be played on any Steel Pan instrument, Andy focuses on the Jumbie Jam Steel Pan and its use in an educational setting. Using the same approach that has so successfully helped hundreds of generalist teachers to introduce African Drumming, Indonesian Gamelan, Brazilian Samba and other World Music styles in classrooms all over the UK, Andy shows you the basic techniques, warm-up exercises and covers all the elements of music whilst helping you and the class progress rapidly through 10 weekly lessons, to the point that the class can perform a range of Steel Pan pieces.
A selection of video clips are available online that further support teacher and pupils by giving practical demonstrations of the techniques and pieces covered in the Guide. Please visit our Steel Pans Online Support Playlist.
You may be interested in our Caribbean Steel Pan – Video Support – please check out the following links:
Caribbean Steel Pan Class Packs – a general introduction to Class Packs in general and to the subset of Caribbean Steel Pan packs plus a separate overview of each Caribbean Steel Pan pack, showing what’s included in the pack and what the instruments sound like. These videos provide a useful overview of the options for schools or clubs looking to introduce Caribbean Steel Pans using a collaborative teaching and learning approach which can be taught by any teacher, not just music specialists.
Caribbean Steel Pan Instruments – videos introducing and demonstrating the sound of each Drums for Schools instrument.
Caribbean Steel Pan How to Play – videos showing the basic playing techniques for each instrument, including percussion accompaniment.
Caribbean Steel Pan Workshops – clips about Drums for Schools student workshops.
Caribbean Steel Pan CPD Training – clips about Drums for Schools CPD training for both music teachers and non-specialists.
You may also be interested in our free Caribbean Steel Plan – Primary – Scheme of Work which is an excellent practical accompaniment to Andy Gleadhill’s Caribbean Steel Pan Book.
