NMC Learning at Home: Build a Beat

What time is it? It’s time to build a beat. In the latest edition of NMC Learning at Home, Evan the Educator unpacks the drum set piece by piece and shows you how to make the world’s cheapest drum kit, so you can play along at home!

Here’s what you’ll need to join in at home:

  • Shaker (1 plastic water bottle and handful of coffee beans or rice)
  • Foot attacher (1 piece of duct tape that’s about 10 cm and 2 thick rubber bands)
  • Drums (1 balloon, 1 piece of paper and 1 piece of tape)
  • Drum sticks (2 dowels or chopsticks)
  • Optional add-ons (1 pot lid and 2 empty glass jars)

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Special thanks to the Rozsa Foundation and Calgary Foundation for their support of the NMC Learning at Home series.