Ben 15/11/18

Warm up: practice your double strokes catching the stick on the bounce with the back fingers. 

Focus on the first two lines of the first technical study. 

Spark the flame: groove at c2 needs some work. First task to get the 16notes between the floor tom and snare fluent. Second Task to be able to go straight into the groove at 130bpm with authority and feel. Use a click! 

Rex 15/11/18

Warm up: add a bass drum on the 1/4 when you practice your 8ths and 16th notes around the drum kit. When this feels comfortable try mixing up the subdivisions eg two beats if 8th notes and two beats of 16ths (1+ 2+ 3e+a 4e+a)

The three grooves below are sounding really good! This week focus on the 2nd and 3rd one especially. 

Practice playing three times in a row and then add a fill in the last bar! 

Huge improvement in your technique and control this week! Keep it up. 

Sam 15/11/18

Warm up: bounce bounce catch exercise to practice for next week. Really well done Sam. Remember not to hit too hard on the first strike!

Fallin: great work on the fill in bar 21. Now practice the whole transition into bar 22. 

Also have a go at the fill in bar 25 up to the flam on beat 3! 

Phoebe 15/11/18

Warm up: 

Doubles are looking good. Check that you are holding the stick keeping the thumb and first finger in contact with the stick to get the most bounce! 

Paradiddle: keep practicing this as a sticking. If you feel confident with it try a bar of groove and then RLRRLRLL as an 8th note fill. 

How does it feel: practice the groove in 6:8. Then try playing to the original track or see if you can okay along to "dangerous woman" by ariana grande. 

Keep working on my name is! 

Henry 15/11/18

You need still need to practice the bridge for no one knows. It is coming together well but occasionally you make a mistake with your sticking. Start by playing each line separately to remind your self how it sounds and to reenforce the correct sticking! 

Lewis 15/11/18

Your ficus this week is the two fills below for another one bites the dust. Remember to count especially if you think you have made a mistake! When you get these correct they are sounding really great. 

I have also attached the whole piece so once you are happy with the fills start to play through as much of it as you can. 

Phoebe 08/11/18

Warm up: with double stroke ex RRLL 

Also start working on the paradiddle sticking RLRR LRLL 

Practice the three bar groove 1 bar fill ex. See if you can vary the bass drum pattern in your groove by adding an extra bass drum after beat 1 or beat 3! 

Really good improvising this week.