Drumming 1

City Lit

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£ 179 VAT inc.

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

As a beginner, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of drum set playing - starting with set up of the drum kit, posture, stick grip/control, some starter rudiments and essential co-ordination exercises - hand to hand and hand to foot. This training aims to teach kit drumming up to the standard whereby you can function in a band.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Demonstrate good posture and stick control
- Demonstrate a sound and varied practice routine
- Play a number of rudiments: paradiddle, five-stroke roll, double strokes etc.
- Demonstrate developed co-ordination skills on the drumkit, applying rudimentary forms to the drumset
- Play a variety of grooves, based on 1/8, 1/16 and triplet subdivisions.

Bring your own sticks, note pad; all practice pads and kit are provided. Written material (exercises and samples) will be provided by your tutor.

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Course programme

- Stick control exercises, warm-ups and rudiments
- Introduction to simple drum notation: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 notes, triplets, rests
- Basic co-ordination on drumset: hand/hand, hand/foot
- Rudimentary exercises
- Essential grooves
- weekly practice of playing together.

As much practical work as possible with practice pads. Some kit work where co-ordination exercises involve hand/foot techniques. Demonstrations and recorded examples, listening, playing along. Build a practice regime.

Additional information

Drumming 2, and later, intermediate. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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