The Songo Track
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The Testing Rules:
1. Each can be attempted only twice during any testing session.
2. Each groove must be played a total of 2 minutes continuously to be considered “passing”.
3. You may administer the test all at once or lesson by lesson as you learn them.
4. You can either choose to test yourself, ask a friend or parent to monitor your test, or upload a video of your test to the Student YouTube Channel. If you do a video, please follow the testing rules. You’re only cheating yourself if you don’t.
SIDENOTE: Remember that the Songo is felt in CUT TIME (double time). So 100bpm would be 200bpm in cut time. These are PROFICIENT levels and practical/applicable tempos. If you feel like continuing to work on a particular lesson (and you should) then that is fine. However, once you reached these tempo markings with each assigned groove then I would consider you proficient in that groove and move you on in your lessons.
The Test
Session 1: Beginner-Play the groove consistently at 60bpm
Intermediate-Play the groove consistently at 80bpm
Expert-Play the groove consistently at 100bpm.
Session 2: Beginner-Play the groove consistently at 60bpm
Intermediate-Play the groove consistently at 80bpm
Expert-Play the groove consistently at 100bpm.
Session 3: Beginner-Play all ride patterns with groove 1 and 2 at 60bpm
Intermediate-Play all ride patterns with groove 1 and 2 at 80bpm
Expert-Play all ride patterns with groove 1 and 2 at 100bpm.
Session 4: Beginner-Learn all hi-hat variations. Combine each hi-hat variation with each ride cymbal variation. Apply to both grooves 1 and 2. Play consistently at a tempo of 60bpm
Intermediate-Learn all hi-hat variations. Combine each hi-hat variation with each ride cymbal variation. Apply to both grooves 1 and 2. Play consistently at a tempo of 80bpm.
Expert-Learn all hi-hat variations. Combine each hi-hat variation with each ride cymbal variation. Apply to both grooves 1 and 2. Play consistently at a tempo of 100bpm
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Session 1#153 The Songo Groove 1 [expand title=”Description”]Learn the various parts of a songo and how they function as a whole. This lesson will teach you Songo groove #1.[/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/livelessons/sds1_29_13intevng_sd12.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/livelessons/sds1_29_13intevng_hd12.mp4″]  |
Session 2#154 The Songo Groove 2 [expand title=”Description”]Learn the various parts of a songo and how they function as a whole. This lesson will teach you Songo groove #2.[/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/livelessons/sds1_31_13advaftrn_sd13.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/livelessons/sds1_31_13advaftrn_hd13.mp4″] |
Session 3#155 Songo Ride Patterns [expand title=”Description”]Now that we’ve got 2 different Songo grooves under our belts, we begin to expound on the various ride cymbal patterns that are possible within the Songo.[/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/feb2013live/sds2_7_13intmrng_sd5.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/feb2013live/sds2_7_13intmrng_hd5.mp4″] |
Session 4#156 Songo Hi-Hat Patterns [expand title=”Description”]In this lesson you will learn how to apply groove #1 and #2 with several different hi-hat options and ostinatos.[/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/feb2013live/sds2_7_13advaftrn_sd16.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/feb2013live/sds2_7_13advaftrn_hd16.mp4″] |