Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Practice the new rhythm exercises that we worked on this week. Focus on understanding the difference between quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes. Eighth notes are twice as fast as quarters, and sixteenth notes are twice as fast as eighths. Count each rhythm out loud before you play [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Keep working on the two beats from “Can’t Stop” by the Chili Peppers. Try to play both beats at the speed of the song (listen to thong if you need a reminder). With the chorus beat, focus on the placement of the crashes within the beat. Count it in [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: William Great first lesson, William! This week, you should plan to spend at least 5-10 minutes on the drums each day. Review the things that we covered in your lesson. Play the rhythm exercises by counting them out loud first, and then playing them on the snare drum. After that, [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Practice the two beats from “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Be sure to count the rhythms of the snare drum and bass drum out loud before you play anything. Also, remember that the hi-hat part is your time keeper. It should never change or speed up [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Isaac Practice the new rhythms and the new beat that we worked on this week. Be sure to count the rhythms out loud before you play them. Also, practice playing them around the drums like a drum fill. For the beat, be sure to play it several times in a [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Keep working at those new coordination exercises. Be sure to read the rhythm carefully before you play each one. Also, remember that the hi-hat always keeps a consistent pulse. This is the foundation of the beat and everything else needs to fit inside of it. If the hi-hat part [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Oscar Practice the new jazz exercises that we worked on this week. Focus on keeping the right hand and left foot really steady; these are the most important parts. Also, make sure that the rhythm you are playing with your left hand has a triplet feel so that it fits [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Keep working on the coordination exercises that we have been doing, especially the 3 new ones that I gave you this week. Focus on keeping a steady speed with your right hand on the hi-hat, and let the snare drum and bass drum parts fit in with the hi-hat. [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Oscar Practice the jazz exercises that we worked on this week. Play them slowly and make sure that each hand is playing the proper rhythm. Don't forget to include the hi-hat foot on beats 2 and 4. As the coordination starts to feel more comfortable, see if you can play [...]
Hi Sabrina, Since you said you didn't receive the lesson recap that I sent after our first lesson, I have copied here. Below that is some new stuff from our second lesson. First Lesson Snare Drum Practice the three types of rolls that we went over: single stroke roll, double stroke roll, and multiple bounce roll. For the single stroke [...]