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Rob
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Ezra
Practice time: 30 min/day
Exercises
- Basic Beats – slow
- Basic Beats – medium
Warm up (5 min): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun!
Exercise 1 (10 min): Basic Beats – slow
- Starting with Beat 1 and moving to Beat 9, play each Beat slowly
- Don’t move on to the next Beat until you have played the current Beat several times in a row perfectly
Break (5 mins): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun.
Exercise 2 (10 min): Basic Beats – medium
- Starting with Beat 1 and moving to Beat 9, play each Beat at a medium speed
- Don’t move on to the next Beat until you have played the current Beat several times in a row perfectly
Elora
Practice time: 30 min/day
Exercises:
- Basic Beats 1-4
- Basic Beats 5-9
Warm up (5 min): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun!
Exercise 1 (10 min): Basic Beats 1-4
- Starting with Beat 1 and moving to Beat 4, play each Beat slowly.
- If you are unable to play a Beat perfectly right away, here are steps to “building” a Beat. Note: The steps are cumulative; as you move on to new steps, do not stop what you were doing before.
- Start by counting “1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &” over and over again.
- Play the hi-hats on every number and “&”. Make sure that the hi-hats are closed (touching each other) by holding down the left foot pedal.
- Play the bass drum every time you say “1”.
- Play the bass drum every time you say “3”
- Play the snare drum every time you say “2”.
- Play the snare drum every time you say “4”.
- Play the written Beat.
Break (5 mins): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun.
Exercise 2 (10 min): Basic Beats 5-9
- Starting with Beat 5 and moving to Beat 9, play each Beat slowly.
- If you are unable to play a Beat perfectly right away, use the “building a Beat” method.
Isobel and Ewan
Practice time: 30 min/day
Exercises:
- Basic Beats 1-4
- Basic Beats 5-9
Warm up (5 min): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun!
Exercise 1 (10 min): Basic Beats 1-4
- Starting with Beat 1 and moving to Beat 4, play each Beat slowly.
- If you are unable to play a Beat perfectly right away, here are steps to “building” a Beat. Note: The steps are cumulative; as you move on to new steps, do not stop what you were doing before.
- Start by counting “1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &” over and over again.
- Play the hi-hats on every number and “&”. Make sure that the hi-hats are closed (touching each other) by holding down the left foot pedal.
- Play the bass drum every time you say “1”.
- Play the bass drum every time you say “3”
- Play the snare drum every time you say “2”.
- Play the snare drum every time you say “4”.
- Play the written Beat.
Break (5 mins): Do what ever you want on the drums. Have fun.
Exercise 2 (10 min): Basic Beats 5-9
- Starting with Beat 5 and moving to Beat 9, play each Beat slowly.
- If you are unable to play a Beat perfectly right away, use the “building a Beat” method.