Reminder: I’ll be away until January. Lessons will continue with Jasmine as usual until I return. Happy holidays, and see you in the new year!

Josh

Warm-ups:
–Hand and foot coordination: playing steady beats on the bass drum, play singles, doubles, and paradiddles with your hands on the snare drum. There should be two snare notes (ti-ti; eighth notes) to every bass drum note (ta; quarter notes)
Groove Essentials Play-alongs
–Rock groove 4 (track 7): great work! Count along as you play with the backing track. In the eighth measure, play the fill from “I had some help”
–Soca: nice work! Similar to the rock groove above, try playing along with the soca backing track and adding a three-note fill in the gap of the music. The drums come to a stop, and fill in the space with three notes.

Myles

Drumset Musician p81 ex. 9-12
–Polish these off this week
Weezer: My Name is Jonas
–Drill the intro and main groove on p.1
–See worksheet for additional exercises on Bass drum variation
–For next time, we’ll learn the other two prominent fills in this song
==Xylophone==
Warmups (***G Major):
–Scale, one octave, ascending and descending, saying the note names as you play them (G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G’)
–Arpeggio (G-B-D-G’-D-B-G)
–Broken thirds (G-B A-C B-D…)
Cirone Book: “Step Six” ex. 5-8
–Flashcards for note identification
–Next time we’ll do eartraining

Finn

Warmups (30sec each, counting aloud):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
–Great work! Make sure to play the regular beat during the chorus EXCEPT for that one moment when you play the triplet
Joan Jett: I Love Rock and Roll
–begins with “watermelon watermelon” on the snare
–Play the main beat (1+2 3+4)
Fruit Salad game
–Four fruits: pear, apple, blueberry, watermelon
–Each fruit has a rhythm. Experiment mixing up to four fruits together to create your own rhythms!
Visual Drummer: Drum Beats ex. 1-3
–Great work!
–This week, polish off ex. 4-6. Your goal is to be able to play them each four times in a row without breaks in between the repetitions

Francisco

Warmups:
–Stick Control first page ex. 1-8 (4x each, **120bpm goal tempo)
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–We are going to work on finishing the remaining two pages of this song in a simplified manner. Good work so far. For this week, focus on the following two passages:
–Everything on page 3, up until the end of the second-last line. Get it up to speed so that you can play along with the recording
–Work on the new groove from the Interlude section on the next page. The first measure of that section gives you an idea for the “normal” version, which will later have some variations.

Noah

Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Single paradiddles 75bpm
–Double Paradiddles 75bpm
–Triple Paradiddles 75bpm
–Combo exercise: four of each paradiddle w/o breaks
–This week, add an accent to the first note of each paradiddle***
Shuffle-train Worksheet
–Good work
–Now, use the accent patterns on the worksheet to create variations in your time keeping. Switch between the different exercises (or even create your own accent patterns) while playing along to the backing tracks below
–For backing tracks, try “That Was Your Mother” and “All Around the World” from Paul Simon’s album Graceland. These aren’t a perfect fit, but work well as a slower-tempo example for this beat. Give it a try!’
Paul Simon: Late in the Evening
–You’ll find the chart for this song in your google drive folder
–This week, just work on getting the groove up to speed. It is a tricky one, so be patient. Once at speed, begin playing along with the recording. Future lessons will delve deeper into the song