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It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts.
​It's what you put into the practice.
Eric Lindros
But time, focus, perseverance, and hard work do count. 

David

What Will I Practice Today? The Teacher's Regime

12/3/2020

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  1. Warm-up: singles, doubles, paradiddles over feet ostinatos with metronome.
  2. Rudiments, rudiments, rudiments. Today Flam rudiments are on order.
  3. Sight reading: Good sight-reading chops are required for all teachers. And, community band musicians. When I sub in a big band, fumbling with unfamiliar charts is out of the question. Sight-reading skills are one of the cornerstones of my professional success as a musician. Forty-five years and counting!
  4. Repertoire review: Pandemic will over next year. I will have my classic rock repertoire up to speed and ready to go.
  5. Double bass drum pedal rudiments: Single and double patterns.
  6. Drumming skills: Bebop vocabulary including fills, riffs, and set-ups.
  7. Review my students' repertoire and lesson plans.
  8. Work on a mix of a track I recorded with pianist Jacqueline Leung this week: New Music/Improvisation. 
  9. Transcribe a short drum groove from a current pop hit. I'll put it up here later today.  Say so, Dojo Cat drum groove. What a lot of fun that was. So simple, but so effective against the bass line.
David

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