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Summary: Learn how to make drums as homemade musical instruments for children in this free music lesson video from our professional musician and experienced music educator.
J.D. Keating is a musician, artist and educator from Western Massachusetts. For two decades he has lent his varied talents to innumerable projects in the music industry. In 2003 he...read more
"Now we're going to build our drums. Now, to start we need, of course, the drum skin. The decorative outer layer of the drums. Very simple, oh, you've got your name on that Alex? Excellent. Basically, great job, Ava, can I see the glue there for a moment please? Thank you big helper. This is pretty straight ahead; you just put the glue on the paper. Not too much, just enough to spread around. You don't have to do the glue buddy. I can do the glue for you, cool. And basically you just start one edge and wrap it around. And once it's wrapped around kind of just snug it down and give it a little help. It doesn't? Well, I guess you can try another one. There's plenty to try, right? So, now what we've got is the beginning of the wrap. You let this dry and they become, you have an example over there, Kerstin, for me in the bucket. Any one will do. One of these. Yes, we can fill the hole, that?s right! Ah, yes, that's what we're talking about. Then, eventually it turns into this. So, this dries and after I, I usually fold the paper down on top to cover it."
eHow Article: How to Make Drums: Homemade Instruments for Kids