Josh's Drum Lesson Notes



double strokes on 1/16th note single stroke, w/ Bonham feet. Outkast - So Fresh, So Clean :06:00-:11:60 loop



blocks of rock, up down hats, 1/8th note click at 170. Bonham 3/4



blocks of rock, one handed 1/16ths. Tom Sawyer. Kicking on the downs and ups, 1/8th note click at 160



blocks of rock, one handed 1/16ths



Five stroke roll. Paradiddle groove and variation 1 and 2. paradiddle fills.



Fives, one hand and foot, left foot, two hits/one kick



Misty Mountain Hop. Fives, one hit, switching hands, two hits.



Misty Mountain Hop, accenting the quarter note on hats



single bass drum displacement 1/16ths, single kicks, two kicks, three kicks. Paradiddle Grid, right side, left side.



single bass drum displacement 1/16ths, single kicks, two kicks, three kicks.



single bass drum displacement 1/16ths



Building Blocks of Rock 53. Immigrant Song. Misty Mountain Hop.


Samba snare pattern, no ride. One handed Blocks of Rock page 11.



(injured arm) Samba foot patterns, 1/4 note hat, upbeat hat



more Building Blocks of Rock



Building Blocks of Rock: page 51 & 52



Building Blocks page 51, John Mayer Trio (Steve Jordan on drums) #11. Also "Paradiddle Groove", kick on first stroke of first paradiddle, third stroke of third paradiddle.


One Step Closer



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Date: September 28, 2009 6:02:04 PM MST

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blocks of rock - block #11


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Date: September 14, 2009 6:04:09 PM MST

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interlacing


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Date: August 24, 2009 6:01:30 PM MST

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More Moeller


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Date: August 17, 2009 6:04:31 PM MST

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Moeller Stroke - Jojo Mayer


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http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments/16singleparadiddle.html



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Date: June 17, 2009 5:42:03 PM MST

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7/8 paradiddle with ruffs


Stick Control page 11 with click 100 bpm


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7/8 Paradiddle...


:RLRR LRLL RLRRLL:  

:RLRRLL RLRR LRLL:  

RLRR  


:LRLL RLRR LRLLRR:  

:LRLLRR LRLL RLRR: 

LRLL



(No Drums 5/25 or 6/1)


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Stick Control pages 8 & 9 Triplets w/ click


Tom Sawyer @ 71%



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Date: May 4, 2009 8:33:21 PM MST

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Single Stroke Tripet = down, up, tap


Tom Sawyer w/ crashes



no drums last week of May (5/25), first week of June (6/1)


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Date: April 27, 2009 8:32:44 PM MST

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Moeller


single stroke triplet - accent


down - down  up - up


Tom Sawyer


Blocks of Rock - page 74


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Pu-du-da paradiddle


RLLRLLRLLRLLRLRR LRRLRRLRRLRRLRLL


RLLRLLRR LRRLRRLL RLLRLLRR LRRLRRLL


RLLR LRRL RLLR LRRL 



Tom Sawyer


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Tom Sawyer 


practice beats with 1/16th note hi hats



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Hugga Digga Burr: R L R L R R L L R R L L



4 Paradiddle Groove:


hands ---> R L R R L R L L R L R R   L R L L

bass 1  --> b b

bass 2  --> b b b b b b b b



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The (4) Strokes -


1) "Full" stroke: (bounce it) stick tip starts HIGH -> ends HIGH


2) "Down" stroke: tip starts HI -> ends LO


3) "Tap": LOW -> LOW


4) "Up" stroke:  starts LO -> ends HI



Single Stroke Roll with accents on the first two strokes (chugga-chugga):

down -   down - up - up

> >

R R L L



Paradiddles with accents:

> >

R L R R L R L L

down up  tap tap down  up  tap  tap



Blocks of Rock (we'll come back to page 15)

page 16

heel up, loud bass!



PRACTICE: Paradiddle Grid with accents


also


x x x x x x x x

s s

b b b b b b



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Date: March 2, 2009 9:03:54 PM MST

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Paradiddle Grid 

4 of each (Single Paradiddle, Double Paradiddle, Triple Paradiddle)

2 of each

1 of each

>     >

(Single Paradiddle  = RLRR LRLL)


Do: (2) grids a day, everyday, to start your practice session


Blocks of Rock 11-14


Peace Legions drums and cymbals


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Date: February 16, 2009 8:29:41 PM MST

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Building Blocks of Rock beats page 11


Drum set beats

Lessons at Monkey Mambo

2 months

Drums ?

Zildjian cymbals