Nova Second week working on Hunting Soul! We worked out that the song is in Ab minor and we worked on identifying the notes through hearing the song and comparing it against the scale. We are now onto first line of verse, I encourage Nova to give it a try and try notating more of the verse using the same [...]
Jonah We have established the following goals for the coming school year: In terms of mallets, we will continue with weekly scales arpeggios, start mallet lessons with 10 minutes of sight-reading exercise Repertoire wise, we will be looking at rag times and build mallet dexterity with it. We will also always aim to play it at concert speed, and practise [...]
Jack So glad to have worked on Holiday with Jack today! We did a simplified version of the snare tom intro lick. We will speed it up and try to play it with the music next lesson! Jack loved the song! Aleksander We chose Holiday as the Green Day song to play! Good job picking up the intro so fast [...]
Jack We spent more time on the Back in Black fill, and Jack also got creative with creating a 8 beat rock beat to go with Back in Black! Some compositional genius! We will try to play it with the song at a slower speed! Nova We worked on sight reading Hunter Chorus today! Nova remembers music very fast, and [...]
Jack We looked into the drum fill of Back in Black today, and though it is slightly complicated to grasp, Jack was able to do it at a slower speed. We will try to speed it up next time and play it in context! Aleksander Great job with Living on a Prayer! We have attempted to play with the song [...]
Jack We started on Back in Black today! Got Jack to play the most common Rock n Roll beat and although I had to play the RH hi hat for him, he did a good job keeping the time and grasping the idea of a rock beat. We will look into Drum Fills next week! Nova Congratulations on a beautiful [...]
Jack We are making major steps in terms of making a drum beat and keeping it in time! Developing on our beat last week, we added extra hits on the eighth notes off beats. We also explored the three different sounds! Open/close hi hat through pedal, ride cymbal and the bell of a ride cymbal. We will look to move [...]
Jack Great job concentrating and keeping time this class! We created a cool drum pattern to play with Thriller today and we will look to get familiar with the pattern next class! Nova We have now fully learnt Cupid and our goal is to record a video next week with myself on accompaniment! If stuck on a tricky rhythm, count [...]
Tova Xylo week: Cupid by 50/50 is now fully transcribed for you. Try to find all the notes at home and give your best try to learn the rhythm. When in doubt, try to count out loud in 8th notes (1 n 2 n 3 n 4 n), listening to the recording for answer is our last resort! Rolls: I [...]
Jack Great Job keeping time for Jam by Michael Jackson today on cymbals plus toms! Also learnt how to play the rhythm in the drum beat. Next goal is to understanding how to identify sections and know when to add the "bam" on cymbals (fill) Tova Great job working on the Slow Groove #3 and variation A today. Always remember [...]