Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the 16-bar exercise from Lesson One and practice the first seven exercises on the new page provided here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: Focus on keeping the ride cymbal and hi-hat steady and maintaining the accent [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the jazz ride pattern with each of the 15 exercises on the pages provided here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: First, focus on nailing down the ride cymbal pattern with the hi-hat foot. The accents on [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Elliot Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes per day What to practice: Practice beats #13-15 from the new page as well as the two variations of the main beat from “Watermelon Man” by Herbie Hancock: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10YGpSqgr9Z2SExyhXz7k1evG3C0t2VEc?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: With the new beats, focus on the control of [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review all your scales and arpeggios up to three sharps or flats, and also practice playing the scales in thirds. How to practice it most effectively: To play a scale in thirds, you start with your left hand on [...]

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: Focus on page 3 of Tom Sawyer, playing it both with and without the recording. How to practice it most effectively: The last step in learning this piece is being able to get through this middle section of the [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Keep working on the accent patterns, combining different patterns together to make new patterns, and try to tighten up page 3 of Tom Sawyer. How to practice it most effectively: Practice each of the accent patterns by playing the [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Continue to review Tom Sawyer by playing together with the recording and practice the accent patterns available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: Practice playing each accent pattern first on the snare drum and then with the [...]

Hi everyone, I’m not assigning any homework over the holidays as I think it’s important for everyone to take a break from time to time. However, there were some new materials that I wanted to give to some of you that I wasn’t able to since I couldn’t see anyone in person this week. These are just for you to [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice playing all the way through Tom Sawyer at a comfortable speed. How to practice it most effectively: Start by reviewing the newest material from page 3. Make sure you can play through page 3 without stopping. Then, look [...]