Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Birch anger: Tyler Ned

Song for next week guys. Sorry the picture is not great. The song is wake me up when September ends

Sacred Heart Oliver+ Lucy

Here's today's song. Practice all the parts for next week ready for the song!

Sacred Heart; Sean Sam

Today we learn't the parts for a new song. Please practice for next week! Great work guys :-)

Monday, 26 November 2012

Monday 7pm

This weeks fill ex based on a 3,2,3 phrase
We also finished the bossa nova

Fairfield: Izzy Dylan Jamie

So today we went over the milkshake cappuccino ex.
We also counted and played 1/4 note grooves from last week joining them up. And counting!

Fairfields : Dylan Ryan Jake

So today we went over all the parts of the intro and first verse for wake me up when September ends.
Also practice flams and flam taps for next week.

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Sacredheart: Oliver+ Lucy

This week we worked on groove2 for we are young by fun.
Check your bass drum pattern really carefully and count if you need to!

Christchurch: Freddie Jake+ Sam

So today we tidied all the parts if seven nation army to the song. By the end of the lesson all the changes were sounding really good. Now you need to listen to the song at home to really learn it! Good work this lesson!

Christchurch: Mason Henry Fred

Groove two to we are young needs learning for next week! Your not practicing or listening to the track enough between lessons!

Christchurch: Zack + jack

This weeks warm was the 8th note accents try 4 bars of each in a row.
This weeks task is to listen to moves like jagger and get really familiar with it!

Monday, 19 November 2012

Monday 7pm

Fill ex this week using 3,3,2 combinations. Enjoy! Also the boss's nova groove we built using the same 3,3,2 phrase.

Monday 6pm

So today we almost finished on call. All the grooves were really sounding solid along to the track. Play it as much as u can at home this week!
We also tackled the difficult part of the middle 8 which there is a transcription of below

Monday 5pm

Today we went over the first page of Tiberius. Take care with the bass drum pattern at b, making sure you differentiate between the 8th notes and 16th notes.
We also looked at the fill in the last bar again it's the bass drum that makes this work so take ur time!
Go over no-one knows chart and play as much as you can to the track for next week.

Monday 4pm

Warm this week is flams and flam taps. We are learning wake me up when September ends. Below are the three main grooves which you need to practice going from one to the other smoothly with out stopping!

Fairfield: Issy Jamie Dylan

This weeks warm up is milk shakes and cappuccino's round the drums we also learned the two grooves below

Fairfield: Ryan Dylan+Jake

Flams for a warm up this week
We also started the intro to wake me up when September ends by Greenday.

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

7pm

So today we started learning best of you. Start with the basic 3,3,2 rhythm get comfortable with the feel first. Then We looked at the first chorus section and began breaking down the solo at the end of the song. Take your time and try to hold the 3,3,2 phrase in your mind while you play it.

6pm

So Alex and Oliver great progress this week. Rattle snake was really conning together keep going over the last bar in line one with the syncopated snare drum part.
You also started z again the first two lines are taking shape.
Alex and zane can you look at line a and c of z for next week. Take care with your reading and counting!

Tuesday 5pm

Please practice 21 guns and the groove for what i've done including the open hi-hat.
Also we went over the first page of overatted. Watch the groove change @ c. We'll go over this again next time.
Have a look at the fill at the top of page two.

Sacred heart: Lucy+ Oliver

Flam taps are this weeks warm up and we went over 1/4 notes and 8th notes including their rests and how to count them.
Your task for this week is to practice the transition in we are young from groove one to two.

Christchurch: Freddie Jake and Sam

So today we refreshed at grooves for seven nation army. Try and memorise them for next lesson and practice going from one groove to the next.

Christchurch: Henry, Mason+Fred

This weeks task is to learn all three grooves by heart for next week! Really good lesson guys!

Monday, 5 November 2012

Fairfield: Jamie and Issy

Warm up of single strokes and double strokes. Try and memorise them for next week!
We also looked drum notation. Try and memorise which notes mean which sound on the drum kit for next week!

Fairfields: Ryan + Jake

So today's warm was accents in paradiddles. We the little hat is the accented or louder note. Once you have this play the right hand accents on Tom 3 and the left hand ones on Tom 1
Also we went over the grooves for cold play listening for the changes from chorus verse and intro