Easy Buckets

Your students will love these one to two measure grooves with uncomplicated rhythms for bucket ensembles.

These easy grooves can teach bucket basics, serve as warm-up exercises, or be arranged into performance pieces. Shelton discusses the bucket instruments and implements (sticks, mallets, brushes) and gives playing tips. The book contains 30 simple grooves, 2 easy ensembles, and a concise tutorial. It also comes with a CD with audio and digital files. Student-sized scores for each piece are included in the data files.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Single Bucket Grooves 1-12
• Two Bucket Grooves
• Rock 1
• Rock 2
• Half-Time
• Four on the Floor
• Waltz
• Boom Chick
• Drivin' Kick
• Swing the Bucket
• Celtic Jig
• Twelve & Four
• Rock 16
• Salsa on the Side
• Grooves for Mixed Buckets
• Cake Rock
• Sky-Rock-It
• Rim Shot Rock
• Blast Beat Buckets
• Frankie Fusion
• Salsa Shelly
• Sample Ensembles
• Boom Bap Bucket Rock
• Mondo Mover Mix
• Online Resources