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 [...]
Dearest Saturday drum students, I mentioned this to as many of you as I could this past weekend, but I just wanted to make sure you are all aware that I'll be away this coming Saturday, Nov. 16th, at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis. My colleague Thomas Li will be filling in for me, and lessons will [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! 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 [...]
Aleksander Warmups (30 sec each) ***at metronome=120: --Single strokes (R L R L...) --Double Strokes (R R L L....) --Paradiddles (RLRR LRLL...) --Basic Beat level 3.5 ----Make sure that when two instruments play together they land precisely at the same time Drumset Musician p12 ex. 8-15 a) ACDC: Back in Black--everything up until 2:49 --Bridge section Josh 20241105 See new [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! 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 Nova [...]
Myles Drumset Musician p81 ex. 5-8** --Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead --Make sure that you're not adding any double strokes between the fill and the crash NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas--have a listen, we'll start this one next time Xylophone: --Review of C Major scale --***Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion "Step [...]
Jack Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Playing sticking exercises along with the beat of this song! Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet (find sheet in the Google Drive>Frequently Used Resources) --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" [...]
Josh Visual Drums p15 #5-6 --Polish these off this week! --Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --We need to review the guitar solo (ca. 2-2:30) --Use Visual Drumming ex. 24 (in personal folder) to help you prepare for the Bridge! Myles--Xylophone day Xylophone: --Review of [...]