Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice #7-12 from the page of 16th-note beats: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=sharing How to practice it most effectively: Keep working on the bounce technique on the hi-hat. Remember that after the down stroke, the stick should bounce up and then you pull [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the 16th-note beats from this page, particularly #7-10: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=sharing How to practice it most effectively: Keep working on the bounce technique on the hi-hat. Remember that after the down stroke, the stick should bounce up and then you [...]
Hi everyone, Next week I will be out of town so Gordon will be teaching you instead. I believe most of you have had a lesson with Gordon before. He’s great! I will let him know what you have been working on in your recent lessons. Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Focus this [...]
Hi everyone! Here are your assignments for the coming week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice getting the last four bars up to speed and playing all the way through Beggin’ How to practice it most effectively: Practice the last four bars several times slowly, then work on gradually increasing the speed. Focus [...]
Hi everyone, Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice playing all the way through Beggin’ How to practice it most effectively: Focus on keeping a steady speed throughout the whole song. This will mean playing the easier sections a little slower that you’re used to so that you don’t have to slow down when [...]
Hi everyone, Just as a reminder, unless you have a confirmed make-up lesson next week, you will not have your regular drum lesson on Thursday because of March break. Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the last page of “Beggin’” and work on playing all the way through the song without stopping. How [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]