Jack
We looked into the drum fill of Back in Black today, and though it is slightly complicated to grasp, Jack was able to do it at a slower speed. We will try to speed it up next time and play it in context!
Aleksander
Great job with Living on a Prayer! We have attempted to play with the song today and the same old spots are tripping us. Always remember phrases are mostly in eight bar cycle so if you are lost, just look to pick back up in the next cycle! In the track, listen for the bass pattern and during practise look into how you lock into that pattern. We will try to play through again and perhaps make a recording next week!
Tracie
We had a super duper fun impromptu lesson on All By Myself by Celine Dion! We learnt about the concept of playing the space(rest) and also explored some fun fills! Look forward to seeing you again after the break and when you have a chance this break, pull up songs that you like and see if you can just play along with it and invent fun fills!
Jonah
We worked on some Snare Drum playing together. Treat snare drum like a lyrical instrument! If there are phrases of 16th notes, phrase to the end of it, meaning get in the habit of crescendoing to the end. Please work on the assigned etude with the number 4 on the too of the page. Also work on the worship song and we will try to tackle it together in person next week!
Mario
For My Friends today, we went further into Chorus and the Guitar solo section. I mentioned this during lesson, this piece have a lot of tricky spots and I am very much inspired by your resilience in lesson, and one quick tip that I can give you is though it might seem like every section has a different 16 notes lick, its actually always the same rhythm (1 na), except every time its assigned to different instruments, sometimes cymbal sometimes kick. When in doubt, listen to the recording I made and re familiarise yourself with the 1 na rhythm played on hihat and snare (see fourth bar of chorus on first page) THEN relate that to the lick that you have trouble with. If the rhythm sounds similar, you are more or less on the right track :)