Tuesday, June 20th

-Warmups (slow, med, fast):

          8 on a hand

          Singles

          Doubles

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

*Basic Beat Level 5! Switchin LH and RH lead

Fruit Salad Game: keep it up

*Worksheet – Alfred Lesson 3 ex. 1-8

-Warmup:

          Singles, Doubles, and Paradiddles ****90bpm

                  *Focus on making Wrist Strokes

          -Sixteenth note exercise (80bpm)

                  *four counts each

Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go

          *Learn everything up to the first ending before the chorus

          **BONUS CHALLENGE: learn that first ending, listen to the track to help

Warmups:

          -8 on a hand exercise (three speeds, 30 sec each speed)

          -Single Stroke Roll (R-L-R-L….) playing smooth, even, controlled strokes (30 sec)

          -Double Stroke Roll (R-R-L-L…)

-Basic Beat

          -Level 4 – good work! Keep getting this more comfortable and a bit faster

                  -The same as 3.5, but now use your Left Foot to play a hihat “chick” on “2” and “4” – the same time as your snare drum

-Fruit Salad game (Pear, apple, strawberry, watermelon)

          -Come up with your own fruit salads by combining four fruits

*Alfred Lesson 3, ex. 1-8

***This week please pring PAS Rudiments Chart and Stick Control first page (ex.1-23)

-Warmups

          -Stick Control ex. 1-13 (Please print this from the google drive)

          -Flam, flam accent, flam tap, flamacue (30 sec each)

          -Paradiddle ex. (1min)

          -Ride pattern exercise

-Bossa Nova

          *Now do some variations: three-note groupings on the ride; hihat open/closed

*Bill Withers: Use me

          *Listen for the chorus/vocal section – what changes?

          *to work on your Hihat splashes, use ex. 3 from Drumset Musician p. 11 (in the Google Drive)         playing open hihats on:

          1) the “and” of “4”

          2) the “and” of “2”

          3) the “and” of “3”

          4) on “3”

          **each hihat splash should only last an eighth note

*Soca

          *a) wuarters on hihat

          b) eighths on hihat

          c) open hihat on offbeats

          d) playing all on snare

-Warm-ups

          -double stops

          -Singles, Doubles, and Paradiddles at 100bpm (1min)

-Swing beat

          -standard

          -Single beats on snare (4, 3, 2, etc.)

Back in Black

          *To End of song!

          *Bring in song ideas for next week7