The following are points addressed in our Drum lessons, clinics and master classes:
- How to read rhythm and keep solid time
- Learn the appropriate sitting posture and the right way to hold drumsticks
- Cover the basic drum rudiments
- Introduce drumming to different styles of music
- Work on developing control and strength
- Build three, four and five way coordination
- Understand many types of drumset beats and rhythms
- Study the historical perspective of the style of music you like
- Learn good practice techniques through repetition
- Read syncopation, triplets and compound meters
- How to play in a performance setting
- Rolls, fills and soloing concepts
- Creativity and how to express yourself making art
Here are some concepts students leave with after their Percussions lessons:
- Learn how to build your own instrument
- A solid foundation in percussion techniques
- Perform in percussion ensembles
- Understand how to perform with a drumkit player
- Discover world rhythms
- How to play a rhythm on anything
- Keep solid time
- Explore different cultures of music
- Learn the oral tradition of non-western performance and practice
- Achieving space and how not to over play
- Learn to create and free yourself in rhythm
