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August 4th Assignments

Jonah How many minutes to practice: 30 mins a day What to practice: Great job on Starlight Jonah!! This week I want you to practice the new version of the doubles exercise! How to practice effectively: Make sure that all of your strokes come up in the exercise, especially the doubles. The goal is to get the singles and the doubles to sound [...]

2021-08-04T21:16:25-04:00August 4th, 2021|

July 23rd Assignments

Jonah How many minutes to practice: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonah I want you to work on playing Starlight all the way through using the beat sheet and form chart. In addition I also want you to practice this doubles exercise. How to practice effectively: This week Jonah focus on practicing the whole song, especially the end. See [...]

2021-07-23T22:25:32-04:00July 23rd, 2021|

July 14th Assignments

Jonah How many minutes to practice: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonah I want you to work from the second chorus to the end of Starlight using the beat sheet and form chart. In addition I also want you to practice this doubles exercise. How to practice effectively: This week I want you to listen from the second [...]

2021-07-16T00:53:07-04:00July 15th, 2021|

July 7th Assignments

Jonah How many minutes to practice: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonah I want you to work from the chorus to the end of Starlight using the beat sheet and form chart. In addition I also want you to practice this doubles exercise. How to practice efficiently: For Starlight just try to connect which beat happens at which part [...]

2021-07-12T01:03:24-04:00July 7th, 2021|

June 16th Assignments

Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to write in the counts for the reading for Lesson 5 in addition to working on the beats! How to practice effectively: For the reading just write the counts in above the lines like we've been doing and then count out loud while you practice them! [...]

2021-06-17T20:10:03-04:00June 16th, 2021|

June 12th Assignments

Super fun teaching you guys today, great job!   Damian Recommended minutes to Practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: This week Damian I want you to practice the accent sheet but this time play the accented notes on the other drum. In addition practice this exercise sheet for Ruby Tuesday to help with getting the 16th notes in time. [...]

2021-06-13T23:57:57-04:00June 13th, 2021|

June 9th Assignments

Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on practicing the hand exercises for Lesson 4 as well as combining the beats together. How to practice effectively: For the hand exercises try to start and stop your stokes about 6 inches above the drum and count out loud by saying "R" and [...]

2021-06-09T20:00:36-04:00June 9th, 2021|

May 26th Assignments

** Next week I will be out of town so you guy will see Jonny next week!**   Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on playing all the beats in Lesson 4 4 times in a row, counting out loud. To do this, write in 1+2+3+4+ above each beat.  [...]

2021-05-28T15:20:46-04:00May 26th, 2021|

May 19th Assignments

Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on the hand exercises for Lesson 4! It will be on the second page of the document linked. If you have time check out the beats too! How to practice effectively: Go through and count R and L when youre playing. Also try to [...]

2021-05-19T20:01:38-04:00May 19th, 2021|

May 12th Assignments

Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to go through the reading for Lesson 4! It will be on the second page of the document linked. How to practice effectively: Go through and write in the counts (1+2+3+4+) above the notes for all of the lines on the page. Then after counting the [...]

2021-05-12T21:15:35-04:00May 12th, 2021|
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