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[expand title=”Assessment”] Focus on learning the difference between singles, open stroke roll, buzz (press) roll, and sticky notes. [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2014live/sds505sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2014live/sds505hd.mp4″]  |
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[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play all exercises at 65bpm Intermediate: Play all exercises at 95bpm Expert: Play all exercises at 110bpm |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Watch and follow the tips in the lesson. [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/may2014live/sds415sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/may2014live/sds415hd.mp4″] |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Work through the individual exercises. Focus on making the ghost notes barely audible. There must be a significant volume difference between the ghosted and non ghosted notes. Exercise tempos… Beginner: 80 bpm Intermediate: 105 bpm Advanced: 130 bpm Learn all 3 fills. Practice them at a variety of tempos, focusing on keeping the ghost notes low. |
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[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play all triplet variations at 100 bpm Intermediate: Play all triplet variations at 120 bpm. Begin to put in as a fill within a groove. Expert: Begin to work all variations into sextuplets. |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play all triplet variations at 100 bpm. Move around kit as indicated in lesson. Intermediate: Play all triplet variations at 120 bpm. Begin to put in as a fill within a groove. Move around kit as indicated in lesson. Expert: Begin to work all variations into sextuplets. Move around kit as indicated in lesson. |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Memorize the sticking. Learn to count and play the sticking in 8th notes and 16th notes over a span of 5 measures. Move one hand to another sound source. [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/january2014live/sds357sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/january2014live/sds357hd.mp4″] |
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[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play 3 bars of time and 1 bar of fill at 80bpm for each of the 5 fills. Intermediate: Play 3 bars of time and 1 bar of fill at 100bpm for each of the 5 fills. Expert: Play 3 bars of time and 1 bar of fill at 120bpm for each of the 5 fills. |
[expand title=”Assessment”] There is really no goal tempo for these fills. Try them at varying tempos once you have mastered them. Some will sound better than others at different tempos. The most important thing is to memorize them and try to utilize them in a real life playing situation. [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2013live/sds322sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2013live/sds322hd.mp4″] |
[expand title=”Assessment”] There is really no goal tempo for these fills. Try them at varying tempos once you have mastered them. Some will sound better than others at different tempos. The most important thing is to memorize them and try to utilize them in a real life playing situation. [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2013live/sds323sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/november2013live/sds323hd.mp4″] |
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[expand title=”Assessment”] Memorize these exercises. Feel free to expand them if you have more than a snare and two toms. Go through them all with singles leading with the right hand and then the left. Then go back through them using doubles leading with the right hand and then the left. Speed is not the goal on this particular lesson. Consistency and accuracy are much more important. Beginner: 50 bpm Intermediate: 70 bpm Advanced: 100 bpm [/expand] [jwplayer config=”default” file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/april2014live/sds262sd.mp4″ hd.file=”https://s3.amazonaws.com/theselessonsdontsuck/april2014live/sds262hd.mp4″] |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play all patterns at 80bpm Intermediate: Play all patterns at 105bpm Expert: Play all patterns at 130bpm |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Work all variations up to 80bpm. Intermediate: Work all variations up to 100bpm. Expert: Work all variations up to 120bpm. |
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[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play sextuplets and all exercises at 60bpm Intermediate: Play sextuplets and all exercises at 85bpm Expert: Play sextuplets and all exercises at 120bpm |
[expand title=”Assessment”] Beginner: Play all exercises at 65bpm Intermediate: Play all exercises at 95bpm Expert: Play all exercises at 110bpm |