Curriculum

Hand Position

• Matched grip
• Traditional grip
• Fulcrum
• The “cradle”

Drum strokes

• Arms | wrists | fingers
• Ergonomic movements
• Playing relaxed
• Coordination

Rudiments

• The building blocks

Groove

• Playing for the song
• Interacting and communicating with other musicians

Drum Set Styles — Learn Your Favorite Songs

• Rock
• Funk
• R&B
• Hip Hop
• Jazz
• Swing
• Brushes
• 3/4 time
• Bebop

Reading

• Snare drum notation
• Drum set charts
• Sight reading fluency

New Orleans Drumming

• Second Line
• Cajun
• Zydeco

 

Blues Drumming

• Shuffles
• Slow 12/8
• Boogaloo
• Blues Rumba
• Train Beat

Brazilian Drumming

• Bossa Nova
• Samba
• Baião

Afro Cuban

• Clave
• Son Clave
• Rumba Clave
• Mambo
• Cha Cha Cha
• 6/8 or Bembe
• Songo
• Guaguancó

Caribbean

• Calypso
• Reggae
• Soca
• Merenque

Odd time signatures

• Prog Rock

Transcribing

Learn to write down what you hear and what you play!