Myles

Warmups (1min ea, as fast as comfortable)
–8 on a Hand
–Single Strokes
–Double stokes
Four kinds of paradiddle: Single (LRLL..) Double (RLRLRR..) Triple (LRLRLRLL..) and Paradiddle-diddles (RLRRLL or LRLLRR)
Alfred, Solo #2: *add fourth line to your practice routine
–focus first on the notes, then we’ll add more detail together
Drumset Musician Worksheet p. 12 ex. 8-11-please print**
ACDC – Back in Black – please print the chart (click here)
–add in the extra crashes at the end of the guitar solo
–learn the Bridge groove (on the handout)
Xylophone**
Basics of grip, playing position, identifying middle C, C Major Scale

Jonah

Warmups (1min/ea)
–Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=120)
–Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100)
–Stick Control: ex. 57-64 (160bpm)
Joel Rothman Book: Lesson 16
**1/8 note triplets with rests on the downbeat
**Hand ex. 7-8
**Rock beats 9-12
New Song: Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy: everything up until Chorus
***Please Print***

Josh

Warmups (30sec/ea, as fast as comfortable)
–8 on a hand
–Singles, Doubles, and Paradiddles
–Roll exercise
Alfred Book: Lesson 5 combination study
Xylophone: The musical alphabet; finding “C”; the C-major scale; Mary Had A Little Lamb

Noah

Warmups:
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH; 2mm LH) for 1 minute goal tempo=90 **wrist strokes!
–Stick Control: p.11 #1-2
–**Double-stroke progression: Natural rebound–>”pick it up” after 2 bounces–>drags/ruffs–>double-strokes
–Flams, Flam accents (careful that the LH flam doesn’t get reversed!), Flam Taps
No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age (please print)
–Drill the three fills from the verse: make sure you can play them comfortably in isolation and that when you play them in context you don’t lose track of the beat
–This week, work on everything up until the chorus

Robbie

Warmups (30sec/ea):
–8 on a hand exercise
–Single Stroke Roll (L-R-L-R….) playing smooth, even, controlled strokes
–Double Stroke Roll (L-L-R-R…)
–Paradiddles (L-R-L-L R-L-R-R…)
AC/DC: Back in Black**everything up until the Bridge (2:50ish)
–Think about the Guitar Solo section as four “lines”, “+ 3 … + 1” crashes at the end of each line
–There’s a weird fill into the last chorus. We’ll learn this next week! for now just continue with the chorus

Will

Pad Exercises (1min/ea):
–Triplet Exercise (goal tempo=135)
–Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=110)
–Roll Exercises (90bpm)
–Flams, Flam Accents, Flam Taps
–Rhythm exercise 40bpm
Syncopation***p. 39 “Exercise 2″*** please print if you don’t have it
Spanish Joint by D’Angelo: main groove and fill

Francisco

Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (eighths at 160)
–Paradiddles (eighths at 160)
Drumset Musician p12* ex 8-11* a) *
AC/DC: Back in Black***up until the end of the guitar solo + following chorus
–feel free to print the chart to help you remember everything
–make sure the “3+4+” bass drums are at the right time before the “Back in Black” crashes