Jack
We have been warming up with Visual Drumset Method, and continue working on Seven Nation Army. By the end of class, Jack was able to play the Interlude phrase. Next step for him, is to play the verse pattern at a certain amount of repeats, and transition into Interlude and eventually play that whole section with the music.
Adam
We worked on several things today. We worked through some stick control page 5, and I have assigned page 10 to him for this coming week. Moving on from just eighth notes, this is to train dexterity and rhythmic sense around 16th notes. Practise in repetition with metronome, and pay attention to which hand you land on after the 16th notes. Then we chose our next song, which is RHCP’s Under the Bridge. I would first like him to work on the rimshot. Keep the back end of the stick always on the drum, and aim for always one sound, slightly muffled. Let’s aim to get the first two lines down. Attaching the link to the drive again in case you have trouble finding the music.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XSqHcZP_SxYA0G4XB7aF2ZJOf4uSYwAn?usp=drive_link
Nicolas and Santino
The brothers worked on Uptown Funk together. Santino on drums, Nicolas on mallet. I taught them how to play the intro and the pre chorus and had them play it together. This is to train ensemble playing while building knowledge of basic rock patterns for Santino. We will try to link more sections together next class.