Josh We continued working on Numb today. The 16th note bass drum note in bar 2 is what tricks Josh the most. I encourage him to continue zooming in to smaller chunks, practising the coordination slow, before trying to play the full bar. Look forward to introduce more grooves from the tune to him in coming lesson. Aleksander We started [...]
Jack Jack came up with a more complicated 4 beat pattern today and what was most impressive was his resilience to repeat it more than 4 times in a row, playing them back to back. We will try to add in some sort of foot coordination next class. There is a video of him repeating the pattern on the drive [...]
Josh Over the Thursday lesson and Saturday makeup lesson, we first worked out the 3 over 2 pattern on Ticket to Ride, then we started on Numb by Linkin Park. I encourage Josh to still practise the 3 over 2 pattern a bit at home, but next lesson we will continue working out Numb. Right now, the 16th note bass [...]
Jack Jack is making progress step by step! This class we went from counting to 67, to 9 beat pattern and now repeating a four beat pattern. Practise what is notated on the handout and let's also work on focusing in class. Keep up the good work. Nova Nova worked on the xylophone passage but wasn't able to practise the [...]
Francisco We did a play through of Smooth Criminal and I must say I am beyond proud of Zico for his effort learning this song. There were so many advanced concepts and challenging licks on this tune and Zico mastered them through very discipline practising. Though we did a play through, I would still encourage Zico to spend a bit [...]
Jack For a long time we built beats around 7 beats as Jack is obsessed with the idea of 6 7 and somehow was very effective in keeping him actively counting while playing. Today we tried adding more beats and now making beats up to 9 beats, which is similar to our usual drumbeat, a eight beat cycle and a [...]
Aleksander We are currently working on the Outro section of Can't stop. Aleksander has a good grip on the feel of the song. Now for this final section, pay attention to the quality of each sound, for example, the open hihat, make it ring for the full half note, before shutting it on the next hit. For the last crash [...]
Nova Blink Gone: we continue working on the guitar solo passage on the xylophone. While we are still trying to master the roll, I asked Nova to pay attention to several things in how the mechanism of our arm and our body. First of all, when playing something fast, like a roll, make sure our wrist is not raised, as [...]
Aleksander Can’t Stop: we are almost done working through the song. Our aim for next lesson is to try playing through the song. I would like Aleksander to pay attention to the final eight bars leading up to outro. Though this passage is simple, counting all the rest is crucial to being able to play with the music. If Aleksander [...]
Happy Holidays to all, hope you are all having a restful break! Jack We have been building basic notation/score reading skills. In lesson we have notated several beats including the basic rock beat. Though it is simple, it does require some practising in order to play it continuously. At home, can try setting up pillows and different beating spots and [...]