Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Great work on “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers! It sounds really great in your lesson. Keep practicing it at home, especially the fill after the bridge, so that you develop a little bit more confidence in the timing between sections. Be careful of the timing of [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Keep working on the sheet that I gave you last week. Review beat #1-3 and also practice #4 which we learned this week. Remember to count the rhythm out loud before you play and while you are playing. This will help with accuracy and consistency. Start slow with each [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Keep working this week on #s 1 and 2 from your page of drum beats, and also add #3. Remember to count the snare/bass rhythm out loud so that you know how the beat should sound before you start. Also, review the rhythms that we have worked on and [...]
Hi everyone, Next week you will be having a substitute drum teacher. His name is Sam. He teaches at ABC on Monday evenings. I will fill him in on what each of you has been working on. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan This week, practice playing "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers along with [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Practice playing the two new drum beats that we worked on this week (#1 and #2 on the hand out). Review the things that we talked about in your lesson: reading each of the notes on the page, counting the rhythm out loud, and playing at a slow and [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Keep practicing the song “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Focus on the transition between the verse beat and the chorus beat. Make sure that you take it slow enough that you can get through the transition without stopping or hesitating. It’s important not to practice inconsistencies. [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Practice the new rhythm that we worked on this week: “1 e +.” Play it several times in a row on the snare drum while counting the rhythm out loud. Then try moving it around the drums. Also practice the rhythm combinations that I wrote down in your book: [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Sam Keep practicing the double strokes that we have been working on. It is important that you can isolate the roles of the wrist and the fingers: the wrist generates the downward force that causes the stick to bounce back up after it hits the drum. The fingers need to [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Practice playing your drum fill followed by the crash cymbal on beat one. Remember that the crash should be played at the same time as the bass drum and that leads you back into the regular rock beat. Also, it is important to make sure that you don’t speed [...]
Hi everyone, Next Saturday I will be out of town so you will have a substitute drum teacher. I will let the sub know what each of you has been working on. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Practice transitioning between the verse beat and the chorus beat in “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. [...]