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One of the most frequently debated questions, amongst staff at schools and preschools, about drums is :<\/p>\n
“Will we be hands-only, or will we use drumsticks?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n When I travel around visiting schools with my drums, this drumsticks debate often happens in real time, before my eyes, as soon as I have finished demonstrating the toms. The discussion is stimulated by the fact that the (pre)school may never have had access to very sturdy drums before<\/strong>, so the stick debate is altered. The goalposts have shifted, you might say.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t have fixed ideas one way or the other, as both policies have advantages and disadvantages, and the pros and cons are all perfectly valid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n A small minority of schools do not decide on the spot.\u00a0 They take sticks but do not put them out straight away for the children to use. A kind of \u201cwait and see\u201d or \u201cwe\u2019ll see\u201d policy. Drums on the other hand usually go rapidly into service, \u201cinstant deployment\u201d<\/strong>, to use military speak.\u00a0 I often hear them from the car park as I prepare to drive away !<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/songbong.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Young-girl-with-drumsticks.jpg” alt=”Young girl with drum sticks” title_text=”Young-girl-with-drumsticks” _builder_version=”4.11.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”40px||73px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The pros are hard to argue against<\/strong> though :<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n There are obvious disadvantages<\/strong> to leaving sticks at the disposal of young children and generally the cons surface first :<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/songbong.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/hands-on-drum.jpg” alt=”hand vs drumsticks” title_text=”Hand drumming” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”203px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.10.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Drums are percussion instruments and are designed to be repeatedly beaten<\/strong>.\u00a0 Children drums and school drums especially, should be made to cope with that kind of treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDrumsticks : The Pros<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Drumsticks : The Cons<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Are drum sticks for children different than drum sticks for adults?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n