Start from the Basics
- Drum Tuning
- Stick Technique
- Drum Notation
- Rudiments
- Snare Drum Technique
- Hi-Hat/Ride Cymbal Technique
- Kick Drum Technique
- Basic Grooves in All Styles: Rock, Jazz, Funk, Latin, Etc.
- Learn how to start reading music!
- Read Time Signatures
- Read Notes
- Read Beginner drum charts
- Read and play beginner rock, jazz, funk beats
- Learn to read and play with different stickings.
- Read Time Signatures
- Read Notes
- Read Beginner drum charts
- Read and play beginner rock, jazz, funk beats
- Learn to read and play with different stickings.
Applying The Basics
- Improvisation Techniques
- Concepts in the Following Genres:
- Rock
- Funk
- Swing/Jazz
- Latin
- Afro-Cuban
- Drum Corps.
- Hybrid/Odd Meter
- Etc.
Learn How to Play Along with Your Favorite Tracks
- Practice to play along books
- Learn how to understand song structures
- Practice playing with songs by ear
- Practice playing with songs by dictating (writing out) drum parts
- Learn how to understand song structures
- Practice playing with songs by ear
- Practice playing with songs by dictating (writing out) drum parts
Advanced Concepts.
- Work with books to enhance your knowledge of drum grooves and concepts.
- Learn new ways to approach and look at the drum set: Independence, Poly-rhythms, advance soloing ideas.
- Advanced foot petal techniques and sticking.
- Advanced reading (playing melody lines with different parts of the kit in various styles.)
- Kit Orchestrations.
- Use your learned knowledge to play with recordings, band charts, jazz standards and modern drumming music.