Course:
Date:
Monday, May 8, 2023 - 19:00 to 20:45
Room:
Small Classroom
Required reading:
We won't discuss technique, subdivision, or dynamic control much, so do your best with any basic small drum drills you've learned to keep these skills alive.
Student should bring:
Bring small drum bachi, and printouts of relevant exercises if needed.
Class syllabus:
Recap on Checkerboard with double, paradiddle, and triplet variations
Improvising drum changes using checkerboard variations
Polyrhythms
2 over 3
Swiss triplets and fours
Apply these skills to improvising on set
Homework:
Checkerboard with double, paradiddle, and triplet variations
Polyrhythms
2 over 3
Swiss triplets and fours
Teacher(s):
Blaine O'Brien
Attendance:
Aki Imai
Daniel Olsen
Fred Visaya
Kara Drapala
Katie Durnbaugh
Maggie Chiang
Mei-Ling Laures
Patsy Matsushita
Peter Schaedler
Sarah Gilbert
Sean Kobashigawa