Class Percussion Book – Audio Support

Above you can play the audio tracks that accompany Andy Gleadhill’s Class Percussion Book and you can also download them. The recordings are of all the of the audio files 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”.

The Class Percussion Book, written by educator and professional percussionist Andy Gleadhill, shows generalist teachers how to combine the basic classroom percussion instruments with authentic World Music rhythms and melodies, enabling them to teach their pupils all the elements of music and help them rapidly progress to the point that they can improvise and perform a range of pieces from around the world.

You may also be interested in our World Percussion – Video Support – please check out the following links:

World Percussion Class Packs – Short videos introducing each of the Drums for Schools Class Packs. These videos provide a useful overview of the options for schools or clubs looking to introduce World Percussion using a collaborative teaching and learning approach and which can be taught by any teacher, not just music specialists. There’s an introduction to Class Packs generally and to the Percussion Buddies approach plus a separate overview of each World Percussion pack.

World Percussion Instruments – Clips of Drums for Schools instruments. These should give you a good idea of what the instruments sound like (through headphones or good speakers) and of some of the different ways of playing them.

World Percussion How to Play – Short clips that introduce the instruments and show you some of the techniques for playing them.

World Percussion Workshops – Clips about Drums for Schools workshops for students.

World Percussion CPD Training – Clips about Drums for Schools CPD Training for both music teachers and non-specialists.