Saturday, December 2nd

-Warmups (30 sec each)

-8 on a hand

-Singles; doubles; paradiddles

-Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon)

*Alfred Lesson 6 ex. 1-6

*New Song: Cupid by FIFTY FIFTY – try to figure out the main beat (challenge: HH splash)

Xylophone

Piano Adventures p. 33 Aloette

Call Me Maybe

Padwork:

Triplet ex. (*Goal Tempo=130)

Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal tempo = 90)

Flams Accents = ||:  lR-L-R rL-R-L  :|| (*Print PAS Rudiments Chart)

Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles – **goal tempo: 130bpm

Fall Out Boy – Dance, Dance *up until bottom of page 2

-work on getting the floor-tom groove up to speed

-get the line 2 measure 1 fill up to speed (LH-RF double strokes)

-We’ll do the crash cymbal variations on line 1 next week

-Extra foot exercises: 16th ex. with bass drum and doubles between LH-RF

-Warmups (1min each):

Triplet Exercise *110bpm

Sixteenth-note Exercise 90bpm*

Syncopation Book: p. 9 *16-bar exercise

Toto: Hold the Line

*work on two strategies for building speed (5 min ea)

*Opening drum fill (minus first note) “3 – a 4”

*Work on the verse groove bass drum: “trip-let 3…trip-let 1…”

-Warmups

*Triplet Exercise “1-trip-let-2-trip-let…” (1measure RH, 2 measures LH)–try for 1min straight

-Stick Control **33-42 (110bpm)

-Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon)

*Drumset Musician p 27 7-12 with Sweet Child groove

Sweet Child of Mine (126bpm): working on speed