Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula Practice the rhythms and drum beats that we worked on this week. Try playing the rhythms as drum fills by moving back an forth between the drum beats and the rhythms. Also practice playing the crash at the beginning of the beat after finishing a drum fill. We will [...]
Hi everyone, Next weekend I will be out of town so you will have a substitute teacher named Sam. He teaches at ABC on Mondays. I will fill him in on what each of you has been working on. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Keep working on the syncopated bass drum beats that I have written [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Paula Great work this week at your first lesson. Review the things that we worked on including rhythms (quarter notes and eighth notes), drum beats (using the hi-hat, snare drum, and bass drum) and the transition between the beat and the rhythm (moving around the drums). Next week we will [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Sabrina Practice the first four lines of Hungarian Dance this week. Try to smooth out the rolls as much as possible and maintain a steady rhythm throughout each phrase. Focus on stickings and make sure that your are doing them the same way each time. This will help with accuracy [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Great work this week on both the Bossa Nova beat and the new syncopated rock beats! Practice each of them this week in order to develop more consistency, especially at faster speeds. The way to do this is to practice them first at a slow speed, then gradually increase [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Practice the Bossa Nova beat that we worked on this week. Take it slow and approach it the same way that we did in your lesson. First play the right hand and left hand parts together. Then play the left hand together with the feet. Finally, play the right [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Sabrina This week, work on the first two lines of the Hungarian Dance. Pay close attention to stickings and try to do it the same way every time. Also, think about transitions and where your mallets are moving from one measure to the next. Also, continue to practice scales and [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments from now until January. I hope everyone has a very happy Holiday! Will Keep practicing the new beats that we have been working on from the sheet I gave you, especially #6. This is the main beat from “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer, which we will be starting in the new year. [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Will Practice the new two bar rhythms that we worked on this week. Try to always play them straight through without stopping. If there is one part of the rhythm that you’re having trouble with, then play just that part several times in a row until it is correct. Then [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William This week, focus on reviewing the drum beats that we have worked on so far. Play each one slowly at first and read the page carefully to make sure you are playing each note correctly. Then, once you have the sound of the beat in your ear, try playing [...]