Nova Benny Greb's Rhythmic Alphabet --Play our sentence in steady time, no break sbetween the letters --Try putting the different letters on different parts of the drumset Groove 1 FAST --This week, play the first section (4x) switching between 8th-notes on the HH and 1/4-notes on the ride to give your RH a break! --Create fills to play every 16 [...]
Hello Everyone! Wow some awesome progress this week!! Noreet: Today we reviewed the D Major and A Major scales hands together. Noreet can continue to warm up with these, however please pay extra close attention to the descent of these two scales and review the fingerings slowly to ensure Noreet's fingers don't get tangled. Practice the descending pattern, [...]
Hakim Technical Exercises -Continuing with our A Major 2 octave scale, and our A Major triads with inversions (just HS) Practicing mostly hands separately, trying hands together if we are feeling confident Practicing blocked hand positions before stepping through - especially for 2 octave scales, it is very easy to lose track of our position in the scale! This will [...]
Lila Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles Review of grip: good. Keep skin contact with stick Basic Beat Level 3.5** same as level 3, but RH plays on the Ride Cymbal Step 1) Count "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + " Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the [...]
Happy Saturday Everyone! Berke: Please continue to warm up with both the G Major and D Major scale, playing them both hands together. Today we did some sight reading! I've uploaded a few more sight reading sheets to the google drive for Berke to warm up with. These exercises test how well Berke can read the notes on the [...]
Hello Everyone! Such fun classes today! Vida: Great work this week! Continue to warm up with the F Major scale, hands together. Continue to work on Rhino in the Mud. Don't forget the D in the right hand of measure 8, and review measure 9-11 (this phrase starts on a G!) You can feel free to record this song [...]
Jack Warmups: --Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Practice putting the letters of your new sentence of different drums --Use the drum set notation on the bottom half of the page to help with reading which drums happen when Beatles: Ticket to Ride --Keep working on the main beat of this song! Let's try to play along [...]
Josh Warm-ups: --Hand and foot coordination (see handout): playing steady beats on the bass drum, play singles, doubles, and paradiddles with your hands on the snare drum. There should be two snare notes (ti-ti; eighth notes) to every bass drum note (ta; quarter notes) Groove Essentials Rock Groove 5 --This week, add drum fills in every fourth measure --See handout [...]
Henry Fantastic work today Henry! Here is your homework for this week: How long to practice: 5-10 minutes per day What/How to practice: Heart and Soul- amazing work on swing rhythms! Keep playing with Zaidie :) Birthday Party- Review line 2; step-wise down and up from D, fingering: 2-1-2-3. Play loud. Sandman’s Near- Review line 2; repeat each bar twice. Bar [...]
Hello! I hope you all had a fun snow day! Noreet: When warming up this week Noreet can continue to play her G Major scale hands together, pay close attention to the fingerings in as the scale descends. D Major can be played 2 octaves hands together. Practice the A Major scale hands together slowly. We are still working on [...]