Lila - Great first lesson today! Congratulations. Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles Technique: the grip and playing position (V-shape, dribbling the basket ball, backs of hands facing up) Basic Beat Level 1 Step 1) Count "1 2 3 4" Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the counts Step 3) [...]
Great to see you again everyone! I'm back from England and had a great time subbing for the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Midsummer Night's Dream at the Barbican. Click here to see some onstage concert footage! You'll see me and Harriet Riley, the two percussionists on the show, following along with the actors on stage, and playing all kinds [...]
Josh, Jan 7 Warm ups: warming up our hands and wrists by stretching Build up the groove for I Had Some Help by playing only the snare, then adding the kick, then adding the hihat. Always count yourself in out loud “1 2 here I go” so you play in time Start the metronome at 95. Play the groove at [...]
Reminder: The next three lessons will be with Thomas while I'm away. Happy holidays and new year! See you when I'm back (Jan 11th lessons). Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Practice four letter words (See the handout from today for two examples), try to come up with some of your own! 1) spell the word and write it out with [...]
Reminder: I'll be away until January. Lessons will continue with Jasmine as usual until I return. Happy holidays, and see you in the new year! Josh Warm-ups: --Hand and foot coordination: playing steady beats on the bass drum, play singles, doubles, and paradiddles with your hands on the snare drum. There should be two snare notes (ti-ti; eighth notes) to [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Today we spelled words from our new favourite song! Using the example I sent home with you today, and the rhythmic alphabet page, try writing out and playing some new words! --Play the resulting words along with "In Too Deep" Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Learning the beat (Bass-Snare-Bass-Snare) and playing along with the song [...]
Josh Post Malone: I Had Some Help --Good work on this! --To help get that main beat coordinated at performance speed, isolate the "2 + 3" portion of it, making sure to line up the bass drums with the hihats. When isolated, you do a great job of this at high speeds. Can you bring the same coordination to the [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Spelling "JACK" and "DYLAN" Using these words, play along to Sum 41: In too Deep Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Learning the beat (Bass-Snare-Bass-Snare) and playing along with the song while I play piano Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Koel Warmups [...]
Myles Drumset Musician p81 ex. 9-12 --Polish these off this week ***PLEASE PRINT***Weezer: My Name is Jonas --Drill the intro and main groove on p.1 --See worksheet for explanation of new bass pattern: master each exercise and then we'll put it in context next week --For next week, we'll warm up with some of these fills (V1 out fill) Xylophone: [...]
Josh Post Malone: I Had Some Help --Practice Visual Drums #9 in your personal folder to learn the main beat in this song --The pre-chorus fill (on the handout) goes flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass on all eighth notes ("1+2+3+4+"). Practice this to make it comfortable, and slowly build up the speed to match the song Myles - Xylophone week(Drums next [...]