Lessons Description
- Discovering the instrument
- Learning the names of the various piece of drum equipment
- Basic hand technique
- Basic foot technique
- Learning basic rudiments (Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles, Flams)
- Basic rudiments applied to the drums
- Basic rhythmic sight reading (quarter notes, eight notes, sixteenth notes)
- Learning basic snare drum pieces (Podemski)
- Learning how to play basic snare drum duet with the teacher
- Learning basic coordination
- Rhythmic coordination in 8th notes
- Bass drum variations
- Learning how to play fills and how to structure them
- Learning how to play simple musical phrases
- Learning how to play with basic play-along tracks
- Learning how to play simple popular songs (We Will Rock You, Beverly Hills, Free Fallin’, Billie Jean, Seven Nation Army, etc.)
- And much more…
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Intermediates lessons
- Learning the Free Stroke technique
- Applying the Free Stroke to Stick Control
- Basic Lifetime Warmup by Tommy Igoe
- Intermediate Lifetime Warmup by Tommy Igoe
- Learning intermediate rudiments (Double and triple paradiddles, Drags, Flam Accents, etc.)
- Sight reading intermediate snare drum pieces (Wilcoxon, Podemski)
- Learning intermediate snare drum duets
- 16th note coordination
- Adding dynamics to the snare drum and hihat while playing 8th note grooves
- Basics of 4 limbs coordination (adding the hihat foot in quarter notes to your playing)
- Learning how to improvise fills with simple rhythms
- Learning basic triplet rhythms (12/8 coordination)
- Coordination in simple latin rhythms (bossa nova, cha cha, bolero, tango, etc.)
- Learning how to play intermediate play-alongs
- Learning intermediate popular songs
- And much more…
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Advanced lessons
- Learning the basics of the Moeller Stroke
- Advanced Lifetime Warmup by Tommy Igoe
- Advanced snare drum pieces (Podemski, Wilcoxon, Pratt, Schinstine)
- Learning advanced snare drum duets
- Finger technique
- Fat Back exercises by Gary Chaffee (advanced coordination)
- Advanced 4 limb coordination (playing the hihat foot on « & » and in 8th notes)
- Basics of jazz drumming
- Brush playing
- Advanced latin rhythms (samba, baiao, mambo, songo, etc.)
- Linear drumming
- Double bass drumming
- Learning how to improvise in specific musical structures (being able to play musical phrases of 4, 8 or 16 bars)
- Learning advanced popular songs
- Learning advanced play-alongs
- And much more…