Percussion Pails and Banging Buckets

You love to make noise. Your hands are constantly moving, creating a tattoo of sound. You bang on everything like it is a drum. Walls, tables, your steering wheel, your buddy's back… All of these things are waiting for you to find their inner rhythms. What next? You have a beat inside of you that is begging to explode!

What you need are some pails! Some normal, boring plastic buckets. You say, what? Why do I want some ordinary buckets? Shouldn't I be storing wheat or something in pails? I want some drums! I have a beat that needs to be shared! How can pails help me find my groove?

Take some inspiration from the expert noisemakers. There are several professional groups who create music and percussion with normal, everyday objects. They might use garbage cans, lids, or even buckets to make their music. Check out the group “Stomp”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu15Ou-jKM0

Be inspired by these percussionists, and try your hand at some bucket drums! Get some high-quality pails and see what kind of music they have inside. Try a variety of different sizes. The round plastic buckets range from small 1-gallon buckets up to larger 6-gallon pails. You can try a square pail and see what kind of music you find. The pails even come in a variety of colors to suit your visual appeal! Try them empty, or even try filling some and seeing how that changes the pitch and tone. Bang them on the top, on the side, or on the bottom and release your inner rhythm!