🙌 BODY PERCUSSION
🙌 YOUR BODY PERCUSSION KIT
Music buddy, the amazing thing about today's lesson is that you already own every instrument you need. Stand up, give yourself a little space, and get ready to make some noise with nothing but you.
- 👣 Feet: for stomping a low, heavy sound
- 🖐️ Thighs: for patting a medium warm sound
- 👏 Hands: for clapping a bright sharp sound
- 🤙 Fingers: for clicking a tiny crisp sound
- 🧠 A sense of fun: body percussion looks a little silly and that is part of the joy
Time: about 15 minutes · No instrument needed · Standing room only
PAGE 1 OF 5 — YOUR BODY IS AN INSTRUMENT
NO INSTRUMENT NEEDED
FOUR SOUNDS, ZERO INSTRUMENTS
Body percussion means making rhythm using only your own body, no drum or instrument required. Musicians usually use four basic body sounds: a stomp with your feet, a pat on your thighs, a clap with your hands, and a click with your fingers. Each one makes a totally different sound. Stomps are deep and heavy, pats are warm and medium, claps are bright and sharp, and clicks are tiny and crisp. A German composer named Carl Orff helped make body percussion popular in music classrooms in the twentieth century, and teachers all over the world still use his ideas today.
⚡ DID YOU KNOW?
Stomp, pat, clap, and click go from the lowest sound to the highest sound, just like notes going up a musical scale.
BOOM!
CLAP
👏 A clap uses your two hands and makes a bright, sharp sound.
STOMP
👣 A stomp uses your foot on the floor and makes a deep, heavy sound.