Hi everyone, By now you have all heard that I won’t be returning as a regular teacher at ABC in the Fall of 2023. June will be my last month as I don’t have any students continuing through the summer. I wanted to let you all know that I have really enjoyed having each one of you as a student [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice playing along with the backing track for Autumn Leaves and listen to a few different recordings of the song this week. How to practice it most effectively: Remember to listen very closely to the “head” of this song—this [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Focus this week on practicing “Comp Example 2.” How to practice it most effectively: Pick out some of the comp examples that incorporate the middle note of the triplet and practice playing them with the right hand and foot [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the two-bar snare rhythms together with the ride cymbal pattern and foot pattern and work on adding in fills. How to practice it most effectively: Follow the same process that we did in your lesson: first play the [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review all the snare drum rhythm exercises that Chris and I have given you. How to practice it most effectively: Practice playing each exercise with the left hand while playing the jazz ride rhythm and a simple foot pattern. [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the scales and arpeggios that we worked on in your lesson today: C, G, D, A, F, B-flat, and E-flat. How to practice it most effectively: For each scale, first figure out how many sharps or flats are [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice up to the end of the second verse of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Pay close attention to the 32nd-note rhythms in the bridge section. Remember that two 32nd notes fit within the [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the first page of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Play through the whole page a few times in each one of your practice sessions. Try to work in the open hi-hat notes in [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]