Myles
Drumset Musician p81 ex. 5-8**
–Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead
–Make sure that you’re not adding any double strokes between the fill and the crash
NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas–have a listen, we’ll start this one next time
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
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.
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger–WHOLE SONG
–The biggest thing is just knowing when to deploy the fills. Ask your dad for help!
–Fill a) what what chicken butt
–Fill b) Flam on “4”
–Fill c) I Saw a hippopotamus
–See chart in google drive for the roadmap to this song (Hull, Chris\Student Specific Resources\Finn Romeo)
Robbie
Warmups:
–Gminor and Bb Major arpeggios (G-Bb-D-G; Bb-D-F-Bb)
Canticum:
–First melody is great. Now we need to work on the second half
Snare drum: be sure to read the part! The answers are right there in front of you. Count each section aloud.
Francisco
Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90)
Stevie Wonder: Superstition–up until the middle of page 2 (big fill)
–Drills: R-L-K triplet rolls
—-Floor tom, Snare, kick, repeated
—-hi-tom, med-tom, snare, as written in the fill
Noah
Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm
–Rhythm Exercise (60bpm)
Green Day: American Idiot–up to the end of Coda 1
–Drill the tricky bits (you know which ones) at different tempos like we did in today’s lesson to help them be really stable
–remember, the end of Coda 1 is the same as the end of the regular Chorus section