Tuesday, July 18th

-Warmups (1min each):

          Triplet Exercise 95bpm

                  1 measure RH; 2mm LH

          Sixteenth-note Exercise 70bpm

                  One time through each pattern, then switch hands

Smells Like Teen Spirit

          *Good, work on this with the recording this week

Jazz – we’ll have to get to this next week

           *Come with a list of songs next week

*Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo = 100)

          1 measure RH, two measures LH

          1 minute without a break

*Sixteenth Note Exercise (goal tempo=80bpm)

*Stick Control Ex. 43-50** (120bpm)

          *Ex. 40 needs some work – pay extra attention the sticking

*Paradiddles Exercise

Joel Rothman Lesson 14

          *Next three lines on first page (2 repetitions of each rhythm)

          *Hand Exercises #3-4 (two repetitions of each exercise)

          *Rock Beats # (4 times each)

Xylophone

          -Ex. 1 and 2 from Lesson 1 in the GH Green book

          *G Major Scale

          *F Major Scale

          *New Scale next Week

Pad Exercises:

          *PAS Rudiments chart (in google drive folder)

          *Measured rolls next week

          *Singles, Doubles, and Paradiddles

          *Triplet Exercise (goal tempo=120)

          *Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=90)

*Syncopation Set 1 ex. 1-4 (handout) *Oh no, you forgot this here!

*Review the Bossa Nova

          a) my version (all eighths on ride)

          b) three-note groupings on ridb e

          c) three note grouping on HH with splashes on beat

Autumn Leaves drumless track:

          a) During the “head”, use the snare drum to play along with the guitar

          b) During the “head”, use the snare drum to play in the gaps left by the guitar

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgyiqvrZeiw&ab_channel=JazzDrumlessBackingTracks-MatteoPieravanti

**Basic Swing Brush Pattern

          *try at 80bpm – 120 bpm. Look for drumless swing tracks on Youtube and try it out

-Warmups (slow, med, fast):

          8 on a hand

          Singles

          Doubles

          Roll Exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) all single strokes

          *Paradiddles (R-L-R-R L-R-L-L…)

Basic Beat Level 5! Switchin LH and RH lead

          *New beat!  (bass drum on “3 +”) We’ll keep working on this next week

Fruit Salad Game

Worksheet – Alfred Lesson: Combination study

          *This week, let’s work on getting through this from beginning to end at a consistent pace without any breaks