Taster Sessions

Introduction

Afriquetone works with schools to deliver drumming workshops to children of various ages. It has delivered over 60 drumming workshops to different schools and community centers across Scotland. Most of these workshops have been one day events, whereby children are given introductory lessons to experience African drumming and percussion. Most times, the key issue is to give the children a feel for hand drumming.

Course Content

Workshops start by getting the children to do a few stretching exercises to relax the muscles of the arms. Then a description of the drums and percussion that will be used is given.

Following on, the children are introduced to hand drumming techniques in a way they can relate to (Stories and games are normally used)

Finally, they get to make up different rhythms under our supervision and guidance. So far, this has been a fun experience for the children and their teachers.

Taster Sessions

Ideal for giving children a quick experience in African drumming workshops and its benefits.