Jack
Drums: “We will Rock You”
Djembe: Zelda themes (Talus Battle; Guardian Battle)
Jared
Warmups (1min/ea)
–Linear triplets: hi tom–>mid tom–>snare goal tempo 190bpm
–Triplet ex. (Goal Tempo=130)
–Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal tempo = 100)
–Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles – goal tempo: 130bpm
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–play everything up until the breakdown, we’ll learn that big fill next week
–Please print***
Josh
Djembe Lesson! Learning the basic strokes, playing low and high tones
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
–Three fills:
—-the “3 + 4e+” fill (“what what chicken butt”)
—-Flam on “4”
—-“I Saw a Hippopotamus” (“1e a2e+a3”)
Koel
Warmups (1min each):
–Triplet Ex. 120bpm
–Sixteenth-note Ex. 100bpm
–***Ride pattern exercise with basic beat (RH ride–>RH hihat–>LH ride–>LH hihat) two measures each
Syncopation
–Learn ex. 1-2 from p33 (in the google drive) playing the written line on the snare with the swing beat underneath***
Van Halen: Jump
–Play everything up until the end of the first verse
–Next week, we’ll learn the next section. Feel free to go ahead and start learning it on your own
Nova
Xylophone
–Alouette
–Row, Row, Row
NEW SONG Conan Gray: Maniac
Djembe
Xylophone/mallet playing
—Here’s an album of me playing some vibraphone/marimba
—Here is a playlist of some YouTube videos!
Tracie
Warmups
–Triplet Exercise 85bpm*** (1min)
–Rhythm Ex 60bpm–aim for one measure for each rhythm
SOCA BEAT! Me Porto Bonito
–Sound out the rhythm slowly; make sure the beat matches your counting
–Working to get things faster by drilling the “boom-chicka”
Deftones: Minerva
Will
Xylophone lesson!
Scales: C major, G major, F major
–Regular scale (ascending and descending)
–Arpeggio (1, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 1; eg: C-E-G-c-G-E-C)
–Broken thirds (eg: C-E-D-F-E-G-F-A-G-B-A-c-B-d-c…)
Up to page 42 in the piano
“Happy Birthday” by rote
–Saying the note names aloud with your playing (G GA G C B…)