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Assignments for the Week of Mar 30 – Apr 5

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. [...]

2023-03-30T22:21:07-04:00March 30th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of March 9-15

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 [...]

2023-03-09T21:10:35-05:00March 9th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Feb 23 – Mar 1

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 [...]

2023-02-23T22:23:56-05:00February 23rd, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Feb. 9-15

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 [...]

2023-02-09T22:10:34-05:00February 9th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Feb 2-8

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 [...]

2023-02-02T21:31:59-05:00February 2nd, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Jan 26 – Feb 1

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 [...]

2023-01-26T22:55:54-05:00January 26th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Jan 19-25

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 [...]

2023-01-19T22:17:14-05:00January 19th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Jan 12-18

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 [...]

2023-01-12T22:22:26-05:00January 12th, 2023|

Assignments for the Week of Jan 5-11

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 [...]

2023-01-05T23:26:15-05:00January 5th, 2023|

Materials for the New Year

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 [...]

2022-12-22T22:10:43-05:00December 22nd, 2022|
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