Harry

  • Pleeeeease print this [<–– BLUE TEXT IS “CLICKABLE”] and bring it to your next lesson along with your other drum sheets.
  • Watch this video on note duration. The good bits are from 2:05 – end. It’s obviously made for people younger than yourself, but I think it does a good job of explaining things, especially in the song at the end.
  • Free play

Sam

  • Free play
  • Practise your chromatic scale exercises.
    • Practise at 200 bpm. You can find a metronome here.
    • If it’s too fast, start at 180 and work your way up.
  • Mallets: Arabian Dances, bar 84 – end.
    • Practise with a metronome at 135 bpm. If that’s too fast, start at 100 bpm and work your way up.
    • Pay special attention to bar 91 all the way to beat 1 of bar 93. Your roll should be continuous and not stop before each accent.
  • Snare: Arabian Dances, bar 84-end.
    • Practise with a metronome at 135 bpm. If that’s too fast, start at 100 bpm and work your way up.
    • Instead of making your rolling accents super loud, try making the non-accented parts quieter.
    • Make sure you’re doing the triplet roll.

Jonathan

  • Free play
  • “Jazz – Snare Offbeats” worksheet
    • Bars 4-6
    • Play along to jazz recordings from previous weeks or you can find your own.