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Includes:
• 18 songs - pop to classical
• Projectables
• Movies
• Teaching Tips by Matthew Dane Peavoy
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 Easy Bucket Drumming By
Matthew Dane Peavoy
Special Thanks to Denise Gagne and Carey-Lyn Holt

Contents
Name Page Name Page
Introduction 2 Hand Independence 19
Playing Position 3 10. Surfin’ Rock 20
Music Room Rules Lesson 4 11. Surf ’s Up Dude 22

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Music Room Rules 5 Syncopation 25
The First Bucket Drumming Class 6 12. Night Chase 26
1. Side Step 7
PL 13. Tick Tock Blues 28
2. Top Hats 7 14. Ready for Travel 30
3. Off the Rim 8 15. L.A. Geared 32
4. Stick To It! 8
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Easy Pop Song Arrangements 35
Musical Form and Phrasing 9 16. Freedom Flag 36
5. Dance of the Reed Pipes 10 One-page Arrangement 39
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6. Liberty Bell March 12 17. We Love Dancing 40

Accents 15 One-page arrangement 43
7. Copper and Tin 16 18. Feelin’ Great! 44
8. Bat Rap 17 One-page arrangement 47
9. Cannonball Run 18 Digital Resources 48

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 Introduction
Easy Bucket Drumming is a collection of fun and upbeat arrangements for students age six and above.
As students work through this resource, they will learn to read quarter and eighth note rhythms, adapt
to different tempos and develop hand independence. Students will also learn about musical concepts
such as form, dynamics, accents, and improvisation.

Buckets are cheap and easy to store! Can you imagine trying to store a set of 30 congas in your
music room? You probably already have a few buckets lying around and could easily get a class set
from donations alone. Drum sticks are also inexpensive, but a set of wooden dowels from a dollar store
will work just as well!

You can produce four unique sounds on a bucket drum by hitting the sides, top, rim or clicking the

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sticks. By using larger or smaller buckets, you can create even more variety in sounds and form a
bucket drumming ensemble. We have developed an easy to read notation that allows students to switch
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between these sounds and prepares them for reading other percussion notation.

What’s in Easy Bucket Drumming?

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• 18 pieces sequenced to build reading and performance skills
• A basic guide to drumming technique
• Music Room Rules chant with body percussion
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• Variety of styles: pop, hip hop, rock, jazz, and classical

• Projectable Bucket Drumming notation with embedded audio
• One-page arrangements and links to play along with pop songs
• Notation Movies with automatic page turns and easy guide arrows
• Teacher tips and suggestions for classroom management
• Opportunities to improvise
• MP3 audio with click tracks

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 Playing Position
Holding the Drum Sticks

Grip the drum stick between your first finger and thumb with your palm facing the floor. This allows the drum
stick to bounce. Be careful not to grip it with a closed fist, as this will prevent the drum from sounding properly.
The pointer finger should not extended along the drum stick, but should be gently wrapped around it.

Two Finger Grip Pointer Grip Fist Grip

(good) (bad) (bad)

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Sitting Position
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You can sit on the floor, on another bucket, or a low stool. Sit tall with your elbows slightly raised to the side.
Hold the drum between your legs and have it tilted slightly forward. This will give the drum a better sound.

Different Parts on the Bucket

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You can create different sounds by striking different parts of the bucket. The lowest line in the music is the side
of the bucket. This is because the sides of the bucket often produce the lowest sound, although this might vary
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depending on the bucket. Be careful not to let the bucket move when you hit the sides. Next is the top of the
bucket, and then the rim. When striking the rim, hit the part of the rim farthest away from you as this will make
it easier to play. Finally, the top line of music is played by clicking the sticks. This is written as an x to remind
you to cross the drum sticks.
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1. Have the students read the rhythms (ex. Ta, ti ti, or 1 2 + 3 + 4 +)
2. Read the words in rhythm. Talk about what they mean in a music classroom.
3. Divide the class into 2 groups - one reads the A section and the other reads the B section.
4. Give the students the suggested body percussion to go with part A or have students come up with their own.
For example: stomp stomp stomp stomp
pat pat pat pat pat pat pat
5. Read part B and give the students the suggested body percussion or have them come up with their own. Keep
a beat on a woodblock or a drum and have them do the line four times to practice. Divide the class in half and
have one half perform and the other watch.

6. Divide the class into 4 groups and give each group either side, top, rim, and click. Practice speaking each part

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first, then add body percussion and finally bucket drums.

7. This chant is a great way to open a concert. To play along with the audio or video included on the disk follow
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the following form: Intro AB AB.

Listen for 8 beats, Play A for 8 beats (2x), B for 16 beats, A for 8 beats(2x), B for 16 beats

Divide the students back into the four groups and give each one a line of the music. First time through, speak the
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music rules chant only. Second time, add body percussion or bucket drumming. Try creating your own
accompaniment and have one half of the classroom speaking while the other half plays bucket drums.
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Music Rules Poster Pack

This chant is taken from our Music Rules Posters Pack. This poster pack includes posters for music room rules,
audience behavior and instrument care. There are 20 posters and lesson plans to use with the posters. Find this
and similar products at musicplay.ca in the Teaching Aids section.

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1. Set up the bucket drums with the sticks inside them around the room and have students sit behind them
without touching the buckets or the sticks.

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However, the players must only obey commands that begin with the words “Simon Says.” If Simon says, “Simon
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the players follow the command they are out.

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The way music is organized is called its form. Form makes it easy for a listener or a performer to understand the
music and gives it some variety. One of the most common forms is called:

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Pop Songs!
For this collection, we have chosen three pop songs that are clean and have positive messages for students.

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R R R R

ãã 44 ∑∑ ...
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Tambourine 3 R R R R

ã4 ..
Tambourine 3
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Tambourine
Side4
Tambourine 4
ã4 ∑ .. .. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ..
Tambourine 4
Tambourine 4 6ãB 4 ∑ . ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
6ã .. ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑Play 4x....
“Give”
.
6

6ã .
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Tamb. 1
ã ... ∑R ∑R L ∑R
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Tamb. 1
ãã .. ÓÓ ∑Rœœ ÓÓ ∑Rœœ œœL ÓÓ ∑Rœœ ÓÓ ∑Rœœ œœL Rœœ ..
Tamb. 1
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R

ã .. Ó
Tamb.
Tamb. 1
Ó Ó Ó
2 R

ã .. LRÓ œ œLL œ œ œ œ œLL

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Rim2
Tamb.
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R R L R R R L R

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Tamb. 2 R R L R R

ã ... LRœ Œ Ó ..
Tamb. LR LR LR
Tamb. 2
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Tamb.
Top3
Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó
Tamb. 3
ãã .. ∑∑
LR
LR
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LR
LR
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Tamb.
Tamb. 34
Tamb.
Side4
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Tamb. 4
Tamb. 4
10ã .. “Singing” ∑∑ Play 2x....
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Tamb. 1
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Tamb. 1
ãã .. ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ...
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Tamb. 1

ã ... ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb.
Tamb. 1
..
2
ã .. R L ∑R ∑ ∑R ∑
œœL Rœœ ∑œœL Rœœ œœL ....
SA

Tamb. 2
ãã .. Rœœ œœL ∑Rœœ œœLL RRœœ ∑œœLL RRœœ ∑Rœœ
Rim2
Tamb.
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ã ... Rœ œL Rœ œLL RRœ œLL RRœ œLL ....
Tamb. R R R L R L R L
Tamb. 23 R R R

ã .. Rœ œL Rœ œLL œ œLL RRœ œLL RRœ œLL œ œLL œ œLL œ

Tamb. 3
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R R R R

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œ œ œ œ œ œ
∑∑
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Tamb.
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Tamb.
Tamb. 3
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Tamb. 4

14ã . ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb.
Side4
14ã .. ...
D... “When”∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑
Tamb. 4
Tamb. 1
14ã
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ã ... ∑R ∑R ∑R ∑Play
Tamb. 1
ãã .. ÓÓ ∑Rœœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ∑ Rœœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ∑Rœœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ∑ RRœœ ŒŒ ...
Tamb. 1

ã ... Ó œ Œ ....
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Tamb.
Tamb. 1
Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó
2
ã .. RÓ L Rœœ œ œ
Tamb. 2
ŒœLL Óœ Œœ Óœ ŒœLL Óœ œœLL œœLL œŒŒ RRŒœœ ...
R R R R

ãã .. Rœœ œœL ŒŒ œœLL œœLL œŒŒ œŒ

Tamb. 2
œœLL
R R R

ã ... Rœ œL Œ Œ
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Rim
Tamb. R R R R
Tamb. 2
œL œ œ œ œL œ
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3 R R R R

ã .. Rœ œL Œ œL œ œ œ œLL œL œ
Tamb. 3
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ãã .. ∑∑
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ã .. ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ..
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ã 4.. ŒŒ yy y y y y. Œ Œ Œ x y y ..
“Oh” Play 2x
y x y y y y y y
Click
Tamb. 1
ã 44 . .. Œ y y y Œ yxy y Œ y y y Œ y x y y ..
Πy y y . .. Πy y y ΠΠΠy x y y ...
ãã 44.. Œ y y∑ y ..
Tambourine 1
yxy y y y y
. .. Œ y ∑y ∑y Œ ∑Œ Œ y∑ x∑ y y ..
Tambourine
Rim21
ã 44 ∑ y x∑ y y y ∑y y
Tamb.

. .. ...
ãã 44.. œRœ ŒŒ ∑Ó Ó ..
Tambourine 12
œ ∑Œ Ó R ∑Rœ Œ Ó ∑ œ Œ Ó∑
.. Œ ∑Ó Œ ∑Ó Œ ∑Ó Œ ∑Ó ..
R R R

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Tambourine 2
ã 44 R ∑
Tamb.
Top3
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R
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Œ Ó . .. Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó ...
ãã 44.. Rœ Œ Ó∑ ..
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œ œ œ œ œ
∑ ∑Rœ Œ∑ ∑ Ó
R R R R

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Tambourine 3
ã 44 ∑ œ œ œ
Tamb.
Side4 R R R

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Tambourine 34
22ã 4 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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Tambourine 4
B
ãã 4.. “Give” ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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Tambourine 4 6
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Tamb. 1

∑RœR œLL RœR ...

Click 6

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Tamb. 1

ãã ... ÓÓ ∑RœR œLL Ó ∑RœR œLL RœR Ó ∑RœR œLL Ó

Ó Ó Ó ∑Rœ œL Rœ ..
6
Tamb. 1
ã ∑Rœ œL ∑Rœ œL Rœ ∑Rœ œ
Tamb. 2

ãã ... LR Ó Œ Óœ œ œÓ Œ ÓRœ œL Rœ œÓ œÓ Œ ÓRœ œL Rœ ....

Rim
Tamb. 1
2
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ã .. LRÓœ Œ Óœ œ Óœ Œ œÓ œ œ Óœ Œ Óœ Óœ Œ Óœ œ œ .

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Tamb. 2 LR LR LR
Tamb. 3 LR R L LR LR
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Tamb.
Top2
3
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œ Œ ∑∑Ó ∑Ó Œ ∑∑Ó
LR LR LR

ã .. œ Œ ∑ Ó Œ ..
Tamb. 3
∑
Tamb. 4 LR
PL LR
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Tamb. 3
4
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Side

10 .. ..
Tamb. 4
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ..
Tamb. 4
Tamb. 1
10 ..
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Tamb. 1
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
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ãã ... ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ .
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Tamb. 1
Tamb. 2

ã .... RœR œLL ∑RœR œLL œLœL RœRœ ∑œLœL RœRœ œLœL ...
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Tamb. 1
2
Rim
ãã . œ œ ∑œ œ œRœ œLœL RœRœ ∑œLœL RœRœ œLœL œœ œLœL ∑RœR œLœL œœ
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Tamb. 2
SA

∑ ∑Rœ ∑
R R R
Tamb. 3 R R

ã .... Rœ œL Rœ œL œ œ œ œ œ ...
Tamb. 2
3
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œL œ œL œ
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R L R L R L R L R L R R L R L R L

ãã . œ œ ∑∑œ œ œ œL Rœ ∑∑œL Rœ œL ∑∑Rœ

Tamb.
Top3
Tamb. 4 R
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R
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Tamb. 3
4
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ã .... ..
Tamb. 4
Side
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14

ã . ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb. 14
Tamb.
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14

14D.
Tamb. 1
ã Ó ∑RœR Œ ∑ RœR Œ ∑RœR ∑Play
ãã ... “When”
Ó ∑Rœ Œ
ÓÓ
∑ Rœ Œ
ÓÓ ŒŒ ÓÓ œR Œ
∑ Rœ Œ ..
.
Tamb. 1 4x
∑Rœ
R
Tamb. 2

ã .... RœRÓ œLL ŒRœ œLŒL œ RŒ ...

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Ó œ Œ Ó Œ Ó
Tamb. 1
2
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Tamb. 2
Tamb. 3 ãã . Óœ œ œŒ Œœ
R
œRÓœ œLœL œLœL ŒRœŒ RœRŒœ œRÓœ
R
œLœL ŒRœŒ œLŒœL œRÓœ
R
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L L

ã .... Rœ œL Œ œL œ œL œL Œ Rœ Œ œL œL Œ Rœ ...
Rim
Tamb. 2
3
R L L R R
œ œL œL R
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ãã . œ œ ∑∑ Œ œ œ œL œL∑∑ Œ Rœ ∑∑ Œ œL œL∑∑ Œ Rœ ..
Tamb. 3
Tamb. 4 R R
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Top3
Tamb. 4
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
ã . . ..
Tamb. 4
Tamb. 4
Side ∑ ∑ © ∑ ∑
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 A “Oh” 3

. ŒŒ yy yy yy ŒŒ yy xx yy yy ŒŒ yy yy yy ŒŒ yy xx yy yy ..
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Play 2x
....
3

ãã
34

Πy x y y ...
3

Πy y y Πy x y y Πy y y
Click 34
Tamb. 1
ã
Tamb. 1
.. ..
Tamb. 1
Rim
Tamb. 2 ãã ... ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ...
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb. 2
.. œRœ ŒŒ ÓÓ œRœ ŒŒ ÓÓ œRœ ŒŒ ÓÓ œœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ..
Tamb. 2
ãã ... ...
R R R R

œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó
Tamb.
Top3 R

ã
Tamb. 3 R R R R

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.... ....
Tamb. 3
Tamb.
Side4 ãã ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb. 4
Tamb. 4
D
.. ∑∑Play 4x ...
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ãã “When”
∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑
38

... ..
38
Tamb. 1
ã ∑R ∑R ∑R ∑R
Click
Tamb. 1
.. ÓÓ ŒŒ ÓÓ ŒŒ ÓÓ ŒŒ ÓÓ œœ ŒŒ ..
Tamb. 1
ãã ...
œœ œœ œœ
Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó Œ Ó œ Œ ...
Tamb. 2 R R R R

ã œ œ œ
Rim
Tamb. 2 R R R R

.. œœ œœL ŒŒ œœ œœL œœL ŒŒ œœ œœL ŒŒ œœ œœLL œœLL ŒŒ RRœœ ..

E
Tamb. 2
ãã ...
œœLL œœ œœLL
œ œL œL Œ Rœ ...
R L R L L R R L R

œ œL Œ œ œL œL Œ œ œL Œ
Tamb. 3 R R R R R

ã œL œ œL
Top3
Tamb. R R R R R

.. ..
Tamb. 3
Tamb. 4 ãã ... ∑∑
PL ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ...
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb.
Side4
Tamb. 4

A.. Œ“Oh”y y y ŒŒ yy xx yy yy ŒŒ yy yy yy yy yy2x ..

ŒŒ yy xx Play
42

ãã .. ŒŒ yy yy yy
42

Πy x y y ...
M
Πy x y y Πy y y
42

.
Tamb. 1
ã
Tamb. 1
.. ..
Click
Tamb. 1
Tamb. 2 ãã ... ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ...
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
SA

Tamb. 2
.. RRœ Œ Ó œRœ ŒŒ ÓÓ œRœ ŒŒ ÓÓ œœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ..
Rim
Tamb. 2
ãã ... Rœœ ŒŒ ÓÓ ...
R R R

œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó
Tamb. 3 R

ã
Tamb. 3 R R R

.. ..
Top3
Tamb.
Tamb. 4 ãã ... ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ∑∑ ...
ã ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
Tamb. 4
Tamb.
Side4

Did you know? You can play this exact arrangement with
K’NAAN’s “Wavin’ Flag (Coca Cola Celebration Mix)”
Find the Youtube link in the Projectable PDF!

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 Score
16. Freedom Flag
One-page Arrangement
8 beat intro

mbourine 1
Click ã 44 Œ y y y Œ y y y Œ y y y Œ y y y
mbourine
Rim2 ã 44 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
ã 44 œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó
R R R R
Top3
mbourine

Side
mbourine 4 ã 44 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑

E
A “Oh” B “Give”
ã .. Œ y y y Œ y x y y .. .. ..
5 Play 4x Play 8x
∑ ∑
Tamb. 1
Click
PL
ã .. ∑ ∑ .. .. Ó œ œL Ó œ œ œ ..
R R L R
Tamb.
Rim2

ã .. œ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó .. .. LRœ Œ Ó œ Œ Ó ..
M
R R LR
Tamb.
Top3

ã .. ∑ ∑ .. .. ∑ ∑ ..
SA

Side
Tamb. 4

C “Singing” D “When” 1st: 6x, 2nd: 8x, 3rd: 8x

ã .. .. .. ..
9
Play 4x
Click
Tamb. 1 ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
ã .. ∑ ∑ .. .. Ó œ Œ Ó œ Œ ..
R R
Rim
Tamb. 2

ã .. œ œ œ œ œ œL Rœ œL Rœ œL .. .. Rœ œL Œ œL œ œL œL Œ Rœ ..
R L R L R R
Top
Tamb. 3

Side
Tamb. 4 ã .. ∑ ∑ .. .. ∑ ∑ ..

Form: Intro ABCD ABCD ADA

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