Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Practice the metronome exercise that we worked on this week. Do it exactly how we did in your lesson. Start with the metronome at 120 and use that as your eighth note pulse. Play the exercise several times in a row with your right hand leading, then with your [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula If you are able to find opportunities to practice this week, review the beats that we have worked on so far. Practice playing each one at different speeds (slow, medium, and fast) and try to count out loud while you play. This will help with accuracy and consistency. Also, [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Nate Review the syncopation rhythms that we worked on this week. Make sure that you can count the rhythm out loud before you try to play it. Identify the types of notes and rests in each rhythm (quarters, eighths, and sixteenths) and see how they line up with the beats [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula Practice the accents exercises that we worked on this week. Focus on keeping your sticks low for the non-accented notes and raising them higher to prepare the accents. It is also very important to maintain a steady rhythm and pulse. Try moving the accents onto the toms in different [...]
Hi everyone, Next week I will be out of town so you will have a substitute drum teacher. His name is Adam. He’s a very friendly guy and I have told him about what each of you are working on. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Nate Review each of the drum beats that we worked on this [...]
Hi everyone, I will be away next week and you will have a substitute drum teacher. His name is Michael - He is very friendly and I have told him about what each of you are working on. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Will Practice playing through all the parts of the song that we have learned [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Great work so far on the beat from “Paradise” by Coldplay. Keep working on it this week and practice the transitions in the song when the beat drops out and then comes back in again. Remember to add a crash at the beginning of each chorus (and in the [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula Practice the rhythm exercises that I gave you this week. Focus on keeping a steady pulse with the bass drum. Make sure you know how the bass drum should line up with the rhythm so that it will stay in time. Also, practice the open hi-hat beat that we [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Nate Take a look at the review that we did in your lesson this week. Practice the rhythms by counting them out loud and then playing them while counting in your head. Make sure that each rhythm sounds even by keeping a steady pulse. Also, review the drum beats that [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula Practice the rhythm exercises that we worked on this week. Try to hear the rhythm in layers: first the bass drum playing quarter notes, then the right hand playing eighth notes, and the the left hand filling in the other parts of the rhythm. Also, practice playing along with [...]