Hello Drumming and Percussion Families! I am writing with a bittersweet bit of news, namely that Chris has proposed to his girlfriend and moving to England to be with her. This is great news, of course, as Chris is a great person in addition to being a great teacher. Chris will most likely be gone after March. We have been [...]
Hello Everybody! We are thankfully able to count the days to Spring! Yay! As you know many schools are going to be on March Break next week, so we want to confirm what this looks like for our programs. If you have any questions, please do call or text the office at 416-651-7529. LESSONS There are lessons on March 8th. [...]
Lila Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles 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 counts Step 3) Add in the Bass Drum with [...]
Hello! We had a really fun lesson this week! Berke: We learned a new scale today! Berke can move on from G and D Major and focus on playing A Major. Start by practicing this scale hands separately until Berke is confident with the 3 sharps and fingering for A Major, then practice hands together. We did some more sight [...]
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 [...]