MYLES
-Warmups (try at three speeds)
8 on a Hand
Single Strokes
*Basic Beat Level 4
Same as 3, but LH plays on the crash and Left Foot (LF) plays Hihat on “2” and “4”
Worksheet: Alfred, Lesson 1. Ex. 1-7 (please print from Google Drive)
*Combination Study next week
JONAH
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)
*Joel Rothman Lesson 15 – 2nd segment this week
Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna go my Way? (please print from google drive)
*Please learn the first page – play along with recording
Xylophone
-Ex. 1 and 2 from Lesson 1 in the GH Green book
G Major Scale
F Major Scale
New Scale next Week
*Pno book pg 42
JOSH
-Warmups (slow, med, fast):
8 on a hand
Singles, Doubles, and Paradiddles
Roll Exercise
New Beat: Smooth out the transition – the crash is “1” of the beat, so after you play it just slide your hand over to the Hihat and keep going
Fruit Salad Game
Worksheet – Alfred Lesson 4 ex 1-5
Xylophone- C Maj scale; reading C and G (p37 in piano book)
NOAH
-Stick Control first page ex. 1-8
-Xylophone
*New Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (please print from Google Drive)
*Work on the chorus beat that I wrote out for you, Spend a few minutes each practice session getting it up to speed
WILL
Pad Exercises (1min/ea):
Triplet Exercise (goal tempo=120)
Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=90)
Roll Exercises (80bpm)
Flams and Flam Taps (80-90bpm)**
***Paradiddles and Paradiddle-diddles WITH ACCENTS
Syncopation Set 1 ex. 1-8
Basic Swing Brush Pattern
try at 80bpm – 120 bpm. Look for drumless swing tracks on Youtube and try it out
First four exercises from Syncopation
*Zackgrooves thing – get comfy
*Ghost Note Exercises (Drumset Musician p.11 #5** this week)
A) on the “a” of 2 and 4
B) on the “e” of 1 and 3
C) Both A) and B)
D) on all the “e”s