Josh
Visual Drums Method book: p14-15 ex. 1-6
–Please learn, counting aloud
–four times each
ACDC: Back in Black
–Up to end of guitar solo (see handout for the pattern)
–Make sure to the fill during the verse lines up with the guitar lick
–remember that the crash BECOMES beat “1” of the main groove
Myles
Warmups:
–Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R)
–8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome
Drumset Musician: 12/8 Exercises (in google drive Frequently Used folder)===PRINT===
–Learn the first 7 exercises
–You can count this either “1-2-3-4-5-6-…” or “1-trip-let 2-let”. Which one do you find easier?
QOTSA: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
–Begin learning the main groove (on the handout in your binder)
–Leave the open-hihat splashes out of it for now
Finn
Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–Try playing these at three different speeds (slow, med, fast)
Basic Beat LEVEL 3
–Same as Level 2, but the Bass Drum plays on “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”
–Nice work. Keep this up, drilling it to feel comfortable and like second nature
New SONG!!! Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
–This week, review Basic Beat Level 1 and play it along with the song (helps wtih the speed!)
—-Be careful not to add any extra hihat notes in there!
Noah
Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm
Green Day: American Idiot–up to the “D.S. al Coda 1” instruction on P. 3
–Make sure to keep the sixteenth-notes on the floor tom in time–tricky! but you can do it
–The last few measures in this passage are similar to material we’ve learned before…do you know what it sounds like?