Josh We worked on a beat to play with his sister for the song Baby Bear. The rhythm that I would like Josh to pair it with, is the Carol of the Bells rhythm, with bass drum and hi-hat played on left and right foot. I have come up with a small fill for Josh to end it with, however [...]
Jack We have been warming up with Visual Drumset Method, and continue working on Seven Nation Army. By the end of class, Jack was able to play the Interlude phrase. Next step for him, is to play the verse pattern at a certain amount of repeats, and transition into Interlude and eventually play that whole section with the music. Adam [...]
Josh We continue working on Wonderwall today. Our goal for next week is to play through the first eight bars until the first fill. Note that this first phrase doesn't follow the standard eight bar phrase, apparently because the drummer who initially played with the band forgot to come in at the right time, and the brothers liked it and [...]
My dear colleague Jade will be stepping in to teach this coming week on April 2nd. Josh We moved on to Wonderwall. Josh did Don't Look Back in Anger previously, and because the beat was so similar, at first he was relying on memory to play the first part of the two bar beat (see bar 24-25). This is a [...]
Josh We continued working on Numb today. We revised the hi-hat pattern and what seems to be hard for Josh is to remember about the paradiddle and its sticking after going back to bar 1. This has to do with the fact that Josh usually learn through his ears, and as a result, when he is asked to actively observe [...]
Jack Jack is again making progress with the Visual Drumset Method book. This time around I am happy to share that not only is he willing to use right hand for snare drum, but also willing to use the cross hand method to play beats with hihat and snare drum together. I am also easing him into reading actual score [...]
Jack Jack has been making great progress with the Visual Drumset Method book. Through encouragement, he now willingly uses his RH to play the snare drum (he likes to call it snake drum), and is getting in the habit to play a single beat on repeat without stopping, which is crucial for us to get into any songs in the [...]
Jack Seeing the new progress Jack has been making, I would like start him on the Visual Drumset Method book. This is rather similar to what we have been doing, visualising different drum patterns, but now these help transitioning him into more conventional grooves. Work on the page printed at the moment, and once we have the book, we will [...]
Josh We continued working on Numb today. We continued revising on the main groove. We should try not to tunnel vision on the last two beats of the groove. It is important to get it right, but also Josh should practise the bigger picture. Practise the two beats, then play it in the context of the second bar, then two [...]
Jack Jack was very motivated to play his four beat pattern today. It was encouraging to see his willingness to incorporate bass drum into his new beat. We will build upon that momentum to start talking about how to go from one drum groove to another. Then we will start creating phrases of a song. Nova We continued working on [...]