Repeat phrases of a moderate length and complexity in a variety of styles

On drum kit and other untuned percussion, ask learners to play back phrases of a moderate length, including more complex fills and rhythms.

On pitched percussion, develop further call-and-response or echo exercises, perhaps using more challenging keys and a wider variety of styles and forms, e.g. waltz, Latin-American rhythms, riffs.

On pitched percussion, play scales in canon, e.g. one learner starts, the next begins two notes later, the third a further two notes on, thus producing a sequence of chords. Discuss whether the chords are major, minor, diminished, etc.

On pitched percussion, play arpeggios in canon, learners starting on successive notes. Discuss whether the resulting chords are in root position, first inversion, etc.

Play simple pieces in canon, with either the teacher or other members of the group leading. The second group repeats the part played by the first group.

Continue the activity in pairs, with the second player decorating the line or improvising answering phrases in the style of the first. Whole pieces can be built up in this manner.

In whole-class Latin American percussion lessons, encourage learners to lead the performance of learned grooves with stops, starts, and call and response sections.