Also the 3:4 phrases are sounding really relaxed.
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Thursday 29/11/18 6:30pm
Kitas five: well played today Toby. Really great feel throughout.
Dark matter: listen to some Keith carlock and will Kennedy. Hear the crispness the precision needed to play this track well. To achieve this practice each phrase aiming for the utmost control over your sound.
Thursday 29/11/18 6pm
Practice coordinating the fingers of your left hand with the movement of your wrist and the stick.
A relaxed bounce catch motion on the snare worked really well for you today!
Funky licous: first two lines are taking shape. Be careful you learn each bar properly. Do not worry too much about combining them at this stage! Just take your time.
Practice the Swiss triplet exercise!
Thursday 29/11/18 5:30pm
Started working on swing time this week. RLLRLR.... Ex to work on. Try then dropping out the snare drum leaving just the swing pattern on the ride.
Thursday 29/11/18 4:30pm
Technical wrk is the RRRR LLLL ex from this lesson. Aim for even notes with a real snap on the last note if each group.
Standard: intro and first fill played well. Keep working for a crisp and controlled sound.
Have a go at the groove at C for next week.
Monday, 26 November 2018
Monday 26/11/18 6:30pm
The sticks if mine you like playing with are victims firth sd10's!
Have a go at seven nation army for next week. Listen to each part. Re cap the different sections and put it together slowly.
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Thursday 22/11/18 8:30pm
Keep working on the tom groove from last lesson. This was sounding much more secure this week. Don't be afraid to increase the tempo a little. Bring the bass drum in from the start!
Here is the new groove you played today. Start with the second bar. As always start slow and increase the tempo as your confidence grows.
Thursday 22/11/18 8pm
Warm up: cross sticking ex. Relax the left hand especially on the transition to the floor tom!
Meet darth ear: 7:8 section just try to stay relaxed, the 16th not phrases need to flow so don't over hit.
The solo section has some really nice ideas coming through. Spend some refining a little to add clarity and expression!
Thursday 22/11/18 7pm
Warm up with ex 1+2 from p116 break beat bible but play the Rh part as 8th note triplets and the hand foot combinations as 16th nite triplets.
Hit me: start playing from the original track a little more. A clearer idea and execution of feel is the next challenge with this piece.
Check out some live versions for next week!
Thursday 22/11/18 18:30
Warm up:
RLRLBB RLRLRB (use the second pattern at the of a bar if you need to land on beat 1 with bass drum)
Coordination ex below:
Mind the gaps: section c break into parts and practice with purpose. Aim for quality and accuracy rather than just "going over" the same stuff every time.
Thursday 22/11/18 18:00
Warm up with the doubles ex. Below. Start super super slow and accurate! 
Funkylicious: first two bars to practice for next week.
Thursday 22/11/18 5:30pm
Warm up: the linear fills from last week are much better. Now just relax try and get the phrases to flow as you orchestrate them around the kit.
Dance dance dance: try not to okay too loud as it affects your feel bad timing wonders a little.
Fills were much better phrased this week. Have a go at developing the transition into the chorus.
Syncopation p33 ex 6 as groove syncopation on snare.
Thursday 22/11/18 5pm
Have a look at the first bar of this groove for next week. Really good reading this lesson well done!
First page of you know I'm no good to finish to the track for next week. Just keep an eye out for the change in the groove at the second half of the pre chorus.
Thursday 22/11/18 4:30pm
Warm up: bounce catch exercise. Start speeding it up a little. Just make sure you stay relaxed!
Standard: intro fill and the first groove (up to section c) to practice. Be careful with the sticking in the last bar at A. Start the 16th notes with your right hand.
Smooth: up to bar 32 to the track for next week! Watch your grip. Remember the aim to sound in control of every note!
Thursday 22/11/18 4pm
Linear fill 4:3:4:3 grouping but now around the kit.
Try the first two beats of window seat but keep a constant accented 16th note hi hat pattern over the groove.
Hold the line:
Recap the grooves and changes to practice to the track next week.
Thursday 15/11/18 9:00
Warm up: use this sticking ex to build some confidence in your left hand. Feel free to mix the stickings and once it is comfortable see if you can use the phrase to build some fills. 
Are you gonna go my way:
Intro to finish for next lesson. Excellent reading and control.
Re-cap the fills all the way up to bar 16
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Thursday 15/11/18 8pm
Warm up : double paradiddle ex don't forget to play the hi-hat 1/4 notes underneath to work on your coordination.
5:4 ex's for the technical study
Thursday 15/11/18 7pm
6:8 coordination ex (pic on your phone)
Swing pick practice set up into an ensemble figure on beat 1 (set up to finish on beat 4)
Start simple.
Hit me: RLRLRLLR fir the first the set up .
Fill at the top of p2.
Thursday 15/11/18 6:30pm
6:8 warm ups
LBB variations as 6 note phrases.
Section C of mind the gaps coming together. Be precise with your sticking and left foot coordination.
Thursday 15/11/18 6pm
Warm up: first bar of the third tech study. Accents need to be clean and crisp, watch the stick height of your right hand especially.
London Town: songo groove and transition is coming together. Keep the phrase in bar 20 nice and crisp. Watch that you are confident in your sticking a for the fills especially in bar 14!
Thursday 15/11/18 4pm
Hold the line intro fill to practice. Make sure you count it carefully!
Below is the 7 note linear fill fir you to practice for next week.
Watch the bass drum placement on the way out of the phrase!
Thursday 15/11/18 5:30om
Linear 7 stroke phrase to start with this week.
Try the rlr and the rll alternative sticking.
Inverted paradiddle ex needs a little work.
Thursday 15/11/18 5pm
Great wrk on the bridge to no one knows.
Start working on the first two bars if the guitar solo!
Remember your sticking is R L RLLRLRL
Well played to the track this week. Start looking at the fill instrumental section before the guitar solo.
Monday, 12 November 2018
Monday 12/11/18 6:30pm
Warm up: have a go at this new rhythmic idea. Start slow and count carefully! When it feels confirtable try playing as a fill!
This week look at these two grooves for next week. In 6:8 and 12:8. 
Monday 12/11/18 6pm
T: outro/ coda of rollin to finish for next week. You played this to the track thus week so it's now time to start polishing each part!
S: the sticking for the intro to the 3rd tech study. Try practicing with the accents on the toms (RH on Floor LH on tom 1)
Monday 12/11/18 5pm
Today we looked at a linear BRL pattern
Then applied it as a triplet, 8th note and 16th note fill. 
Grade 2: y'all should be ready for the acoustic kit next week! If you are unsure of any parts make a nite and we will start with them next week.
If y'all is feeling good then go over Dora and bootsy.
Grade 3: up to the outdo if fall out should be ready for the acoustic kit next week. For some of yo pu that will mean some serious practice!
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Thursday 08/11/18 7pm
Warm up ex 1-3 using sextuplet sticking. Play all the accents on the rights hand. When comfortable try varying the voicing over the toms.
9 note linear fill for hit me for bar 9.
Work on groove in bar 37 and also fills on page 2!
Thursday 08/11/18 6pm
Warm up: paradiddlediddle sextuplet sticking to practice. Your double strokes especially with the left hand really started to come together with this excercise. Trust that you can do it!
London Town: so go groove needs shaping now! This means adding a but if weight to the bass drum and snare drum and a crisp definition between the bell and bow of the ride.
Tech study 1: practice the seven stroke roll section in bar 10. If you need to use the paradiddle diddle sticking to help establish your technique.
Thursday 08/11/18 5pm
Bridge of no one knows: go through each bar separately. Make sure your technique is good and gradually increase the tempo!
Also practice the groove from 3 you know I'm no good:
Thursday 4:30pm 08/11/18
Well done today!
Practice the first 16 bars of the solo that you constructed today. Remember to let each 4 bar section build in dynamics and complexity.
See if you can remember the 2nd groove idea you mastered for next lesson. (If you forget listen to the prechorus of "tine is running out" by Muse.
Thursday 08/11/18 4pm
Warm up: use the paradiddle ex below but accenting the 1/4 note with the right hand.
Also play around with the linear 7 ex. Watch out for the transition on the and of 4. Make sure you count carefully to start.
Hold the line: thus us coming together well. Watch the stick height of your right hand as if it is too high then the feel will suffer.
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