Henry 17/05/18:

Technical ex: paradiddle fill but take the right hand fir a walk around the kit!

The intro groove to chop suey by SYstem of a down! Bring your phone next week so we can video the parts you need to practice! 

Henry 17/05/18:

Technical ex: paradiddle fill but take the right hand fir a walk around the kit!

The intro groove to chop suey by SYstem of a down! Bring your phone next week so we can video the parts you need to practice! 

Archie 17/05/18

Warm up with the first three lines on the 20 bar excercise. Count out the rhythms if you need to. Once it is comfortable try increasing the tempo or playing around the kit! 

Another one bites the dust: well played today. Just recap the fills and transitions. Remember that you identified that the flow is key to making it sound good! 

Katie 17/05/18

Drags much better this week. Aim for a clean single stroke for the accenting hand (thus hand should have a bigger stroke) use the back fingers to control the bounce!

Can't get enough: up to bar 29 to finish for next lesson. Focus on the transitions especially. Play through slowly making sure you are confident of the placement of the crashes 

Niall 17/05/18

Warm up with the sticking ex 1-4 below. COUNT each rhythm first then okay in the snare or pad. Remember that the sticking for the first beat of ex 1 is R  RL! 

Practice this groove for next week: take your time try not to over hit the snare on the 16th notes 

Sam 17/05/18

Warm up with ex 1,3 and 5 from syncopation below. Remember to count and clap the rhythm first. The. Work on the snare part before adding in the bass drum last. 

Uptown funk: first three lines if page 2 can all be played. Now they need to be joined up, so work in the transitions. 

Below us the fill from the third line but looped, which should help you get used to start ping in the right hand everytime! 

Lewis 17/05/18

Good to see you again this week Lewis! 

Warm up: play through the four exercises below. Start with just the sticking pattern and add the bass drums in when it starts to feel comfortable! 

Bille Jean: your task this week is to be able to play the first two fills on the first page smoothly first time every time! 

Uptown funk: work on being able to play the main groove four bars in a row by next week. 

Jake 03/05/18

Have a look at musicology for next week. You have the main groove and feel sounding good. Now have a listen to the original and check out some of the live videos of this track on YouTube. 

Josh 03/05/18

Have a look at the intro and first groove to "alive" by pearl jam for next week. 

Take your time going over the bass drums on the "e+" of beat 3. 

Charlie 03/05/18

Have a really good go at finishing are you gonna go my way this week. It's just the fills that need some work so go over each one 3 or 4 times slowly before you try playing it all the way through! 

We will start a new piece next week. 

Katie 03/05/18

Warm up: drags are looking good. Each component is sound but now they need to be closer together to create one sound. 

Can't get enough: first two lines of page 1 and 2 to try and memorise for next week! Good progress with the intro now secure to the track 4/5 times! 

Sam 03/05/18

Good work today Sam! 

Seven nation army is almost perfect now. Just make sure the transitions are secure first time every time 

Uptown Funk: all of the first page can now be played to the track. Your task for this week is to play the top 3 lines of page 2, with the correct number of bars and a clean transition from each line. 

Really good progress this week well done