Harry Get a folder or binder. Ask your parents and remind them to get it throughout the week. Practice schedule:Tuesday after schoolWednesday after pianoThursday after schoolPractice the beats we wrote on the sheet from 2 classes ago along to a metronome. Set the metronome to 100. Once you can play ALL the drum beats we wrote down at that tempo [...]
Harry Practice the beats we wrote on the sheet from 2 classes ago along to a metronome. Set the metronome to 100. Once you can play ALL the drum beats we wrote down at that tempo (speed), raise the metronome to 110 and repeat. Then take the tempo up to 120. Keep increasing the metronome my increments of 10 until [...]
Harry Please get a folder.Practice the 2 drum beats to No Problem. Play the ride cymbal with your right hand instead of the hi-hats. Sam Here is the practice log. Please print it and fill out one of the sections this week.Play Turkish March up to measure 25 while looking at the sheet music.Loop the first line (2 bars) of [...]
Harry To the best of your ability, write out the 3 beats you created to Brass.Write out the other beat you made, too. Sam Focus your practise on the second part of Turkish March Jonathan Watch this sweet video of Toronto's very own Larnell Lewis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhHU_BZXSkHe learned to play at church!
Harry: Come up with 3 different drum beats to play over Brass. You should be able to switch from one beat to another when there is a change in section in the song (e.g., verse to chorus). Sam: Play the right hand part to the Entertainer on xylophone.
It was a pleasure meeting you all! Jonny will be back next week. Two things: How to use a metronome to practice: Plug some headphones into a computer/tablet/phone and pull up this online metronome. "100" is the tempo (speed) it is automatically set to. To adjust the tempo, click the plus and minus signs, or click and drag the blue dot. The [...]
Ezra Play triplets on the snare drum or floor tom (you choose), alternating your hands (left, right, left right, etc.). Count "1-trip-let, 2-trip-let, 3-trip-let" out loud as you play. Play along to a metronome at 50 bpm and try to get it up to 70 bpm. If you don't have a metronome, you can use this online one. Elora Make [...]
Hey Ezra and Elora, I already told Ezra this, but I would like both of you to come to your lesson tomorrow with at least 5 songs that you would like to learn to play (or that you just enjoy). The level of difficulty doesn't matter; I can teach you easier versions of the drum parts that still sound good [...]
Hey everyone. Sorry for the late post. Rob ___________ Kaden Do "horse gallop" rhythm with your right hand on ride cymbal while counting quarter notes out loud. Play along to Believer by Imagine Dragons. Mateo "Basic Beats" sheet Write which drum/cymbal you play next to each note. Use "H" for hi-hat, "S" for snare drum or "B" for bass drum. [...]
Aidan Keep practicing the fills to Arabella. Like we did in the lesson, play through the whole song while playing your hi-hat with your foot on every 8th note and improvising a fill every second bar. Play through it again except now fill on every fourth bar. Practice the bridge to Arabella to a metronome where each click is an [...]