Click here for the google drive. Please bookmark! Jack Puss in Boots drills (30sec each): 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Nova Warmups: --C [...]
Josh Visual Drums p14 1-6 --Great! --This week, work on #5-6. Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --Great! Keep tidying up everything up until the end of the guitar solo (ca. 2:30) --Moving onto the Bridge (ca. 2:50), you'll need to learn a new beat! [...]
Click here for the google drive. Please bookmark! Jack Puss in Boots drills (30sec each): 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard Playing cowbell on different counts: all the beats, all the [...]
Josh ACDC: Back in Black --Wow! Great Work!!! --Review the crash pattern during the guitar solo (parents, the sheet music may be helpful for you in this part (version 1) (version 2) Myles Warmups: --Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R) --8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome Drumset Musician: Next week let's do the remaining exercises QOTSA: Keep Your [...]
Josh Visual Drums Method book: p14-15 ex. 1-6 --Please learn, counting aloud --four times each ACDC: Back in Black --Up to end of guitar solo (see handout for the pattern) --Make sure to the fill during the verse lines up with the guitar lick --remember that the crash BECOMES beat "1" of the main groove Myles Warmups: --Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L [...]
Jack Puss in Boots drills (30sec each): 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Jack has really been enjoying watching the Montreal drummer Max Sansalone on Youtube (Channel: dimsunk)! He might like to watch more of his videos at home. Playing cowbell on different [...]
Josh ACDC: Back in Black --Great work! --Now work on everything up until verse three: Chorus section! Add in crashes on the "1", and on the words "Back in Black" --Great work playing along to the recording, and fitting the crashes into the beginning of the beat Visual Drum Method: We'll start on this book next week. Myles Warmups: --Flam [...]
Jack Puss in Boots drills: 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Jack has really been enjoying watching the Montreal drummer Max Sansalone on Youtube (Channel: dimsunk)! He might like to watch more of his videos at home. Nova Warmups: --Stick Control first 13 [...]
Myles Warmups: --Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R) --8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome (free app download, or purchase one at a music store) Drumset Musician: 12/8 Exercises (in google drive Frequently Used folder) --Learn the first 7 exercises --You can count this either "1-2-3-4-5-6-..." or "1-trip-let 2-let". Which one do you find easier? John Mayer: Gravity --Great! [...]
Jack Great work today! Using the Puss in Boots theme song (link), work on these three techniques: 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Tracie Goals for this year: --T: low expectations, leisurely, FUN! --Continue Deftones: Minerva (different forms of counting) Warmups: --Triplet exercise [...]