Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the ending of Tom Sawyer from where it says “Verse” on page 4 to the end of page 5. How to practice it most effectively: As always, focus on the fills and transition points in the song. Don’t [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Elliot Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes per day What to practice: Practice #7-12 on the “Lessons 6” page and begin working on the beginning of “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin. How to practice it most effectively: With the half-measure patterns in Lesson 6, focus on keeping a steady pulse on [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the fills and transitions from page 1 and 2 of Tom Sawyer, then work on the new section starting at the last line of page 3. How to practice it most effectively: Focus this week on the things [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the first two pages of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush and start working on the new section at the end of page 3. How to practice it most effectively: The new section starts at the beginning of the last [...]

Hi everyone, Next week we will be having make-up lessons on Wednesday instead of Thursday. Please check the make-up schedule that was sent out by email and confirm whether or not you are available for your lesson time by calling the school. All drum lessons will be virtual next week as there will be two drum teachers teaching on the [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the first two pages of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush and start on the new section at the end of page 2. How to practice it most effectively: In the new section, we only got through the first five [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice up to the end of the second-last line on page two of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Work out the new 7/8 section slowly to ensure that you are not adding or missing [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice up to the end of the second verse of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Pay close attention to the 32nd-note rhythms in the bridge section. Remember that two 32nd notes fit within the [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the first page of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Play through the whole page a few times in each one of your practice sessions. Try to work in the open hi-hat notes in [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the first five lines from “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Focus on keeping a steady pulse on the hi-hat while playing the correct rhythms on the bass drum and snare drum. Remember that [...]