LESSON ASSIGNMENT
June 10th, 2018
Free Strokes at 40 bpm set to quarter notes
Make sure your fingers stay on stick the entire time
8 on a hand on kit- use a metronome, starting at speed you are comfortable with
8 on RH, 8 on LH, put together as single stroke roll all on same drum
8 on hands split between two drums (4 on each)
8 on hands split between 4 drums (2 on each)
Use your wrists
Doubles exercise (four 16th note singles followed by four 16th note singles doubled)
Start at 140 (we got up to 160 bpm today, seemed like you could go faster) and speed up. Keep track of speed. Write it down so you don’t forget.
Double strokes should be even
Make sure to keep fingers on the stick
Use your wrists
3’s on a hand- start at 70 bpm set to 16th notes. Keep track of speed. Write it down.
2 measures worth on right, followed by 2 measures worth on left (8 groups of 3 per hand)
Goal is 120 bpm set to 16th notes
Do for 1 minute at a time
Make sure all fingers on hands are on stick, not just your thumb and pointer finger
Make sure all 3 strokes are even, don’t accent the first one
Dance of Eternity
Piece entire song together
Linear Drumming p.3 with Grid #1-3
Grid #1 on snare, next three notes on toms
Work out as many different variations as you can