Eric- Practice all variations of paradiddle and foot patterns. Also practice all variations of the independence exercise (shift where the feet play by a 16th note). Work on Immigrant song and try to get that beat up to tempo. If you have trouble, keep doing what we do in lessons: break it up by instrument (play only two of the [...]
Hey everyone! I had a great time working with you today, and saw some really great improvement. Everyone reached important milestones today in their own way, it was fantastic!!! Ella- Work on the opening beat and fill for Another One Bites the Dust. You can play the rhythms no problem, so I want you to really focus on getting the [...]
Hi everyone! Thanks a lot for working with me the past two weeks, it has been a blast! Let's show Jonny how well you've been doing when he's back this week. Aidan- Minutes: 30What to practice: Jazz ex. 2 with snare shifting the beat (the way jonny wrote it out) Bossa nova beatHow to practice: Slowly!!!! The jazz stuff is [...]
Thanks a lot, I had a great time and saw some good improvement today!! Just a reminder, next week you will be with Robert Kursch-Spring, another fantastic drum teacher at ABC. He will be all caught up on our progress together, and ready to keep moving forward. Ella- Minutes: 30What to practice: Drag exercises 1 and 2, Should I Stay [...]
Hi everyone! Great work today, it was nice to you all again. I'll be filling in for Jonny next week too, so we get to do it all over again! Here is what I'd like for you to work on until then. Aidan- Minues: 30What to practice: Bossa nova beat, Jazz patterns with kick drum displaced to last part of [...]
Hi everyone, good work today! We all got through a lot of material and its really shaping up! Ella- Minutes: 30What to practice: Alternating drags, Should I Stay or Should I GoHow to practice: Remember with drasgs, one hand buzzes and the other jas a single stroke. Try to keep both hands relaxed and your motions rather slow. Practice the way [...]
Ella- Minutes: 30What to practice: Finish up Should I Stay or Should I Go, work on dragsHow to practice: Listen and play along to the song a few times to help internalize it. Sylvie- Minutes: 30What to practice: Circled roll rudiments (open rolls), flam, flam tap, paradiddle, double paradiddle.How to practice: Work on the "2 for 1" stroke for open rolls. Each [...]
Hello everyone! Great work this week! This is what I would like for you to work on for next week. Ella- Minutes: 45What to Practice: All roll rudiments (I believe is it 6-15 on your sheet) as closed and open rolls. Finish up Should I Stay or Should I Go and be ready to play it with the track.How to [...]
Hello everyone! Thanks for working with me today, it was great to see you all! Here are some things you can do to show Jonny how well you did this week. Aidan- Great job today, some real improvement from Tuesday. Good luck at your audition!! Get a good rest and have a nice warm up in the morning based on [...]
Hello everyone! Good job today, it was great to meet you all! Here is what I would like for you to practice this week. Ella- Recommended minutes to practice: 45What to practice: Double stroke rolls, Closed rolls, Should I Stay or Should I Go. How to practice most effectively:Practice the written out double stroke roll exercise on the bottom oof your rudiments page, starting at 60 bpm and working your way up to 100 throughout the week.For closed rolls, practice single bounces at 60 BPM then play the roll exercise on the bottom the same way as the [...]