Phoebe 18/10/18

Warm up: below is a page of exercises using 8th notes (1+ 2+...) and 16th notes (1e+a 2e+a). Pick three of these every tine you practice. Play through each one 4-8 times counting carefully to start with to make sure you are playing it correctly. When it feels concur table try pushing the the tempo. 

My name is: go through each section of the piece. Make sure you re-cap the grooves in section A and B separately first. Count them carefully out loud as you play! Your reading and playing to tracks was excellent today. Just be sure to learn each part accurately as you go!

Mason 18/10/18

Warm up: one bar of groove and a one bar fill for next week. Focus on your sound.a tight closed hi-hat and a confident bass drum are key to getting your grooves tight and in time. 

I want to break free: practice the groove fir this song to the track. Make sure your bass drum is correct playing +2 and NOT 3+! 

Rex 04/10/18

Warm up: groups of 2 and 4 around the drums focusing on starting with the Right hand! 

Billie Jean: excellent progress this week! Finish off the transition between the verse and prechorus. Take care with the crash! 

Also look at the fill going into the chorus. Start slowly and read the hi-hats v carefully! 

Phoebe 04/10/18

Warm up: 5-8 below. Try playing around the kit when you feel confident with each pattern 

Your challenge for this week is to be able to play the groove from last week and the new one from this week (below) to both tracks looping each one at least 4 times. 

Also practice the groove to fill transition we finished with guys week! 

Ben 04/10/18

Warm up: flam accents focus on keeping the back fingers supporting the back of the stick (especially in your right hand) and use the stick heights to create your flam dropping the sticks in to the drum. 

Use flam  accents to practice this. 

Start working on paradiddle diddles: aim for en even flow of notes and feel the shape of the phrase as you play it.

Speak the flame: intro fill is more confident but I want you to focus on being able to play it at slower tempos but much more relaxed as this will help build your control when playing at faster tempos! 

Use RLB ex around the kit to help develop your mechanics! 

Learn the groove at C2 for next week. 

Mason 04/10/18

Warm up: 8th notes around the kit keeping a good grip for the whole exercise adding a bass drum on the 1/4 (with the right hand). 

Tracks: practice counting out loud while you play. Play through all of your debut pieces to the tracks (find them on you tube if you need to) don't worry about playing from the book just jam along BUT keep counting all the way through and try to stay in time as much as possible. 

Sam 04/10/18

Warm up this week: 

Practice your double strokes for next lesson 

Also the warm up from last week. Really try to push the tempo as much as you can! 

Fallin: intro and transition were really good this week. You need to practice the verse a little more though so it feels comfortable and familiar for next lesson.