Lila

Warmups:
–8 on a Hand
–Single strokes
–Double strokes
–Paradiddles
Basic Beat Level 3.5 same as level 3, but RH plays on the Ride Cymbal
Step 1) Count “1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ”
Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the counts
Step 3) Add in the Bass Drum with your Right Foot (RF) on “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”
Step 4) Add in the Snare Drum with your Left Hand (LH) on “2” and “4”
Visual Drumset Method: exercise 12
–great! Number 12 still needs a bit more work to be consistent and comfortable
White Stripes: Seven Nation Army
–Great job!
NEW SONG ACDC: Back in Black
–This week, practise playing the basic beat along with the song

Josh

Warm-ups:
–Learn to sing along to Teddy Bear’s Picnic. Then, play along to the melody on your snare drum while keeping the beat on your bass drum, just like you came up with in today’s lesson!
Groove Essentials Rock Groove 5
–This week, add drum fills in every fourth measure
–Practice the skill of knowing when to deploy each fill. Depending on how long they are, they’ll start on a different beat
The Beatles: Ticket To Ride
–Awesome! Let’s start thinking about a new song to learn

Myles

Drumset Musician p83 Twelve Bar Blues playalong
–See handout to help visualize the 12-bar Blues form
–Add in drum fills prior to the different segments
==Xylophone==
Warmups (Three keys):
–Scale, one octave, ascending and descending, saying the note names as you play them
–Arpeggio
–Broken thirds, ascending and descending
Cirone Book: “Step Six” ex. 5-8
Eartraining: identifying thirds and fifths
Tones and I: Dreaming
–See Worksheet in google drive PLEASE PRINT NEW VERSION

Finn

Warmups (30sec each, counting aloud):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
Visual Drummer: p19 ex 16-18
NEW SONG Bon Jovi: Livin on a Prayer
–The main beat for this song alternates between Visual Drummer ex. 13 and 1. Practice getting these up to speed to play this song
–Try learning the opening drum fill by ear

Koel

Warmups (1min each):
–Triplet Ex. 130bpm***
–Sixteenth-note exercise 95bpm***
–Sixteenth-note exercise ON THE BASS DRUM goal tempo: 70bpm
—-Try adding the sixteenth-note subdivision into your metronome to help with your rhythmic precision
Tommy Igoe’s Groove Essentials: Groove 14 Slow (in google drive)
–This week, learn the main beat
–as a bonus, try learning Variations A and B

Francisco

Warmups:
–Stick Control first page ex. 14-18 (4x each, 120bpm goal tempo)
–Play eighths ca. 120-160 bpm (gradually building up the speed) using accents on the beats to help with the push-pull strokes
Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials book: Groove 1 FAST
–See the cheat sheet I made for the solo section in your google drive folder
–This week, work on building this solo up. We’ll finish this song off next week
Begin working on Groove 14 Slow (Groove Essentials) in yoru google drive

Noah

Warmups (1min each)
–Paradiddle Combo Exercise with Bass Drum on Quarter Notes (goal tempo 126)
Groove Essentials: Groove 14 Slow (in your google drive folder)
–Learn the basic groove and Variation B, try playing with RH on the hihat and then hand-to-hand sticking
Please bookmark the following links:
Your personal google drive folder
The “Frequently Used Resources” Folder

Aviva

Warmups (1min ea) goal tempo = 150bpm, playing two notes per beat (aka eighth notes)
–Single strokes (LRLR…)
–Double Strokes (LLRR…)
–Paradiddles (LRLL RLRR…)
Accent Exercises worksheet
–Work on these with a RH lead this time
–Play ex. 5-8 like fills (3 measures of beat, then exercise, followed by crash)
Drumset Musician p12, ex. 11-15
–polish these off for next week
–feel free to go on to the following page
Groove 1 FAST
–Try playing along to this MUCH faster track using a quarter-note cymbal pattern (use the starred examples from your folder)
Groove 2 Slow (chart and track in your personal folder)
–Learn the main groove and variations for next week
–Ignore the left-food hihat “chicks” for now, we can add those in later
Hole: Celebrity Skin
–Work on flowing through the intro section (false start)
–Correct the rhythm on snare in beat 2s of the Chorus groove
–Learn and build up the speed of the Chorus fill (bottom of handout)