Josh

Josh is seeing great improvement with more consistent practising habit. We continue working on the few pre chorus bars. For this week the goal is to link up bar 34-36. As a reminder, bar 35 is a repeat of 34, and 36 is the bar that pairs with lyrics “like to say to you…”. Also work on the verse pattern as it comes back in later section.

Aleksander

We ended the class with a successful play through of the song Bring Me to Life. We will move on to Smell Like Teens Spirit next class. The score is available on the drive if he would like to start giving some read.

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Zico

We continued working on The Trooper. Through Stick Control practise, Zico is now in a good place to play the song. The section that could use some slow practising is the guitar solo 2 section, building up the endurance for the bass drum pattern. We will try a play through of the song next week.

Noah

We continued warming up with Stick Control. Seeing greater four way coordination with the drill. Then we segue into the pre chorus section of Smooth Criminal. Noah quickly picked it up, and with that I would like him to work through the chorus section this week.

Finn

Finn is seeing improvement in terms of the choppiness in his playing. The open hihat is now connecting smoothly into the buzz, creating a very cohesive timbre. Practise all the bracketed bars in repeat, and attempt connecting one to another, and we will work on building sections of the song next week.

Mateo

We spent the lesson putting some finishing note on Labios Compartidos. Once again I will like to reiterate, successful practising habit is highly dependent on picking out trouble spots and building upon it bit by bit, and getting comfortable with it. We will put a close to the song and move on to Sweet Child o Mine. Good job Mateo!

Koel

We went back to working on Fool in the Rain. While we work on this material, I would like Koel to also build upon this general technique working on the “Routine” Handout, and as fun, also work on the first 4 lines of the Samba Funk handout. In terms of the song, let’s now focus on Verse 4, and try out all the fills that John Bonham made up for each phrase ending.