Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Aidan Great work this week on “Travellin’!” This week, focus mostly on the second chorus and the end of the song. Review the fills and then see if you can play the song from start to finish with the recording. Be careful not to speed up... remember that it’s a [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Oscar Practice “Beat #2” from “I Got the Feelin’” by James Brown. Focus on keeping the ghost notes very even and rhythmic. Also, see if you can get “Beat #1” closer to the speed of the song. Each time you practice, play it a few times slowly, then try playing [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Aidan Keep practicing the sixteenth note beat from verse 3 of Travellin’. Remember to play the crash cymbal on beat 1 of the first bar, and then start the sixteenth notes on beat 2. Keep a steady speed throughout and try to make each accent on the snare the same [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Leonie Great work on the beat and fill from “Stressed Out.” Practice the new beat that we worked on this week. Also, try practicing the song along with the recording. This will help you to get familiar with the speed and the transitions. Nate Practice the accent patterns that we [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Aidan Great work this week on Travellin’! Practice the 16th-note beat from Verse 3 this week. Take it slow and focus on keeping the non-accented notes soft. Also, review each of the fills from the first page of your music. This will help keep it fresh. Next week we will [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Oscar Great work on the beat from “I’ve Got the Feelin’!” Keep practicing it this week and remember what we discussed about accents. The accents begin off the beat (on the “ands”) but on beat 2 of the second bar, they switch to being on the beat. Then they switch [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Nate Great work this week on the drum beats and fills that we worked on! Keep practicing them at home and focus on consistency. Try to play each beat at least 8 times in a row without stopping and make sure it sounds the same each time. It’s important to [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your homework assignments for this week: Oscar Practice the beat from “I Got the Feelin’” by James Brown. Break it down into parts - first bar/second bar, or even into half bars - and practice it slowly. Once the different parts start to feel comfortable, then work on playing through the whole beat. When you do [...]