Everyone knows that the Drums are the heartbeat behind any band of all genres, from Rock and Roll, to Soul, Country to Hip Hop. And they may be the most FUN to learn! In our beginner to intermediate Drum lessons students will learn the origin of the drums and percussion, and how each piece of the drums is important. They will learn the basics of stick control, groove, rhythm, time signatures and technique. During weekly private lessons, or through our lessons online our students will be challenged and encouraged to reach the next level through practice! In our more advanced drum courses, students will learn more complex grooves, shifts and meters. We believe in inspiring our students by encouraging the use of their own unique imagination, and it is important to us that our students also learn what THEY want to learn. Students will be asked to select a few songs that they are interested in learning throughout the course of their lessons.
Here at the ELECTRIC MOON we realize that all students will be different, each will be interested in different genres, and all will learn at a different pace. We also understand that all instructors will have their own unique and creative way of teaching and inspiring the student. We encourage that! What we have included here is just a basic agenda, and areas we think should be reached. All of this is flexible and can be interchanged according to the students needs and interests. We want to encourage and inspire future leaders and give them the musical tools to change the World in their own way. That is at the heartbeat of the ELECTRIC MOON.
BEGINNER COURSE
*Include a checklist of all the things students are most interested in learning @ the top of class.
*1st 10-20 minutes in each lesson is used to get to know the student and go over what was taught in previous lessons, and how practice went.
*Next go over the new lesson plan and determine what will be practiced for the next lesson.
*Last 20 minutes discuss how these music lessons can be applied to everyday life and watch live performances of Artists that have influenced both the instructor and student to help inspire and encourage practice and future lessons. It is very important to the ELECTRIC MOON that everything that is learned in the lessons is applied to creating something new and unique that interests both the student and instructor. It is very important to the ELECTRIC MOON and the basis of our foundation that diversity is always front and center. We believe that just like in any profession, research and study should hold great importance to a well rounded musician. We want our students to be well rounded and all instructors are encouraged to include all forms of music, soul, blues, country, hip hop, jazz, metal, rock and roll, world music and beyond into their lesson plans.
SET GOALS TO ACHIEVE. DIVERSITY. REWARDS.
DRUMS
Everyone knows that the Drums are the heartbeat behind any band of all genres, from Rock and Roll, to Soul, Country to Hip Hop. And they may be the most FUN to learn! In our beginner to intermediate Drum lessons students will learn the origin of the drums and percussion, and how each piece of the drums is important. They will learn the basics of stick control, groove, rhythm, time signatures and technique. During weekly private lessons, or through our lessons online our students will be challenged and encouraged to reach the next level through practice! In our more advanced drum courses, students will learn more complex grooves, shifts and meters. We believe in inspiring our students by encouraging the use of their own unique imagination, and it is important to us that our students also learn what THEY want to learn. Students will be asked to select a few songs that they are interested in learning throughout the course of their lessons.
*The origin of the Drums.
*The backbeat and the importance of drums as the heartbeat of any band or group.
*Learning the mechanics and elements of the drums. Stick grips.
*Introduction to basic percussion.
*Hand warm-ups, hand strengthening, rudiments, technique, sticking exercises, accenting, dynamics.
*How to set up and tear down.
*Discuss the students’ favorite Drummers and study their techniques.
*Learning the drum rudiments.
*Basic fills and rolls are introduced.
*Coordination. Looking into grooves from different styles like Jazz, Rock, Soul, Hip Hop, World Music.
*Begin going through songs the student is interested in learning and picking a few from the list.
INTERMEDIATE
*Introduce Drum tablature.
*More complex fills, grooves and rolls are introduced.
*Grace and muscle is introduced. (Meditation and Chopping Wood)
*The basics of improv are introduced.
*Playing along to pre recorded music or with the instructor.
*Basic percussion introduced.
*Performing to a metronome.
*Triplets, shuffles
*Discuss the importance of discipline and practice.
*Continue to work on songs the student is interested in learning.
ADVANCED
*Assess the skill level of the student to dictate the course of lessons.
*Mastering of complex fills and rolls.
*Music theory.
*Continue to master songs selected from the songlist.
*Composing drum parts and drum solos with the instructor.
*Master songs that the student brought in to learn with the instructor.
