Harry
- Free play
- Fly (only bars 9-20) [LINK TO SHEET]
Sam
- Free play
- General note on Arabian Dances: Instead of making the accented notes very loud, make the non-accented notes a little quieter.
- Mallets: Arabian Dances, bars 15-28, 44-52 and 84-end
- Play along to a metronome at 120 bpm and work your way up to 150 bpm.
- Make sure your rolls flow into the note that comes after (don’t leave a space between the roll and the next note).
- Snare: Arabian Dances, bars 83-93
Jonathan
- Free play
- Practise bars 1-3 of the “Jazz – Snare Offbeats” sheet
- Start by playing “basic time” (swing rhythm on the ride, bass drum playing quarter notes, hi-hat on “2” and “4”)
- Add in the snare when you’re ready.
- Play the exercises along to both of these recordings: