Glad to hear you all had a great March break! Everyone is sounding great too, nice work! NO LESSON NEXT WEEKEND. I AM AWAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND, ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND SEE YOU ON APRIL 6TH Hakim Dummy! - RH part in G minor as written. *New* Raptors - up until star. This piece is in D [...]
Jack Counting Exercise: "1 2 3 4" --Put the "1" and "3" on the bass drum Fruit Salad Game (pear, apple, pineapple, watermelon) --Practice saying & playing the fruits, matching your rhythm to the syllables Nova Warmups (1min each) **keep thumbs on sticks--no boxing mitts --8 on a hand --Singles; doubles; paradiddles --Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) *Alfred Solo #2 --Working on [...]
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WELCOME BACKKKKKK! So lovely to see you all and here you had a lovely March break! <3 Liam Sonatina in G major - first part continue HS. Last line HT. The grace notes are supposed to be light short accents, not crunchy solid minor 2nds, so ensure you are just adding a little note before the main one, not smushing [...]
Myles ACDC: Back in Black--DONE!!! ***NEW SONG: Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi --Opening fill ("3e&a 4 & ") **Please bring a binder/duotang for handouts on this one. I'll be writing it out for you by hand Jonah Warmups (1min/ea) --Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=120) --Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100) --Stick Control: ex. 57-64 (160bpm) Joel Rothman Book: Lesson 17** Dance, [...]
Have an amazing March break everyone! *I WILL BE AWAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND. At our next lesson, PLEASE CONFIRM if you would like a lesson that day (saturday March 30) so we can line up a substitute if necessary.* Hakim *New* Dummy! - Notice the Bb and Eb, creating a G minor key signature. RH. Once you feel confident you [...]
Jack Congrats on your first lesson! Here's what we covered: -Basics of Grip: how to hold the sticks -Basic strokes -Names of the Instruments -Working on our first drum beat: bass drum on "1" and "3" while filling in the gaps GOOD WORK! Nova Warmups (1min each) **keep thumbs on sticks--no boxing mitts --8 on a hand --Singles; doubles; paradiddles [...]
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Have a lovely March break everyone! See you on the 21st. Liam *New* Sonatina in G Major - For now, leave the grace notes out and just play the main melody. When doing the "Alberti bass" in the LH (where it goes bottom-top-middle-top), *rotation* of the wrist is your best friend. Think about twisting a door handle and let the [...]
HELLO EVERYBODY! Next week is March Break. There will be regular classes on Saturday, March 9th. MAKE-UP CLASSES WILL BE: Wychwood - March 23rd Lawrence Park - March 23rd Dufferin Grove (College) - March 30th North Bramalea - March 23rd Newmarket Centre - March 16th & 23rd Stouffville - March 15th and 22nd SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE AND UPDATE After make-ups [...]