Ben 20/09/18

Flam taps and flam accents to practice. Keep an eye on your thumb and index finger and use your back fingers to control your stick heights. 

Also two bars of 8ths into 2 bars of 16ths excercuse to build hand speed. Aim for good technique at 100-140 bpm. 

Spark the flame intro fill and first groove to 140bpm by next week! 

Lewis 20/08/18

Here is the new track we started. The groove was sounding great. Try working in the fill in bar 12 for next lesson 

Sam 20/09/18

Warm up this week with ex 14,15. This is a basic pattern but I would like you to work on developing your hand speed! 

Here is the first part of fall in to finish for next week. Fantastic reading this week Sam well done 

Archie 20/08/19

Warm up ex's are ex 11, 14 and 15 

Work in even fast 16th nite single strokes. 

Also here is the first 4 bars of your new grade 2 piece. Focus on the groove in the first two bars to start. Excellent reading today well done! 

Phoebe 20/09/18

Great first lesson Phoebe. 

Below are the two reading ex's we started with. Take your time and make sure you can play them evenly with a good sound. 

Also here is the first groove you learned and started playing to "slow dancing in a burning room" by John Mayer. 

Get used to the first half a bar (counting 1+2+) before trying the whole bar and then looping it. 

Charlie 12/07/18

Keep working in the fills from sweet emotion. You can play all of them well but loose confidence to the track. Try to practice each one at least 10 times, listen to the rhythm and the feel, see if you can play it with out looking at the music. This will help you internalise them and build your confidence in your ability. 

Sam 12/07/18

Open hi-hat ex from last week still needs practice. Lift your toe to create the open hi-hat sound! 

Doubles ex: much better. Check your grip and aim for 10-20 repeats at each tempo! 

The weight: this us ready for you to finish for next week now. Your improvised fills were really good. Nice work Sam!