Josh

Post Malone: I Had Some Help
–Practice Visual Drums #9 in your personal folder to learn the main beat in this song
–The pre-chorus fill (on the handout) goes flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass on all eighth notes (“1+2+3+4+”). Practice this to make it comfortable, and slowly build up the speed to match the song

Myles – Xylophone week(Drums next week)

Xylophone:
–Review of C Major scale
–Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion “Step Six” p. 12-13 (in google drive). Use “Step 5” exercises to help you find the notes
–Flashcards for note identification
–Next time we’ll do eartraining
Drumset Musician p81 ex. 9-12
NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas
–Drill the intro and main groove on p.1
–Today, we muddled our way through the WHOLE SONG. It’s not super complicated, but we’ll continue to work on the details each week

Finn

Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–This week, practice putting a count (“1+2+3+4+) overtop of the Singles and Doubles.
White Stripes: seven Nation Army
–Great work! You’re a pro! Last steps now…
–Polish the syncopated variation in the chorus. Don’t forget to return to the basic beat afterwards!

Robbie

Warmups:
–Gminor and Bb Major arpeggios (G-Bb-D-G; Bb-D-F-Bb)
Canticum:
–Practice the notes with your index fingers on the piano to help with the sticking
–You know all the parts now, it’s just a matter of putting them all together
Halloween:
–Good work. Not too slow! Make sure to READ the variations in the snare drum part
Third Planet:
–“I don’t have a pen” rhythm at the end: be consistent

Francisco

Warmups (30sec/ea.):
–8 on a hand (80bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 145bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 100)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 100)
Stevie Wonder: Superstition–Everything up until the bottom of page three ***
–Play along and work out the fills you know. Next week we’ll cover the details that aren’t familiar
–Drills: R-L-K triplet rolls
—-Floor tom, Snare, kick, repeated
—-hi-tom, med-tom, snare, as written in the fill
–Listen to complete demo of “the big fill” in your google drive folder

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
Paul Simon: Late in the Evening
1)Memorize the sticking that holds this beat together
2) Master the sticking with the feet playing underneath at 75% speed (90bpm). Once mastered, add in the orchestration we learned today (find it in measure 2 of the chart in your personal gdrive folder)
3) Build the hands up to performance tempo (119bpm) without the feet. Start at 110 (today’s maximum) and gradually work your way up