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 Drum Kit

Drum Kit lessons are taught using the 'Drumsense' tuiton programme on a Yamaha Electronic Drum Kit.

During a course of study lessons for beginners and intermediate players cover aspects of:

• Technique
• Reading drum notation and drum charts
• Co-ordination
• Rudiments and their use in kit playing
• 4, 8 and 16 beat drum patterns
• Time Keeping
• Playing with recordings and a click track
• Drum Fills
• Snare and Bass drum independence
• Odd time signatures
• Sight reading
• Improvisation
• All styles of music taught including, Rock,

             Pop, Swing and Latin

Advanced studies cover:

• Double Bass Drum technique
• Heel-Toe Method
• Advanced Hand / Foot grooves
• Transcribing drum parts from recordings

Drum Kit exams can be taken using either the Rockschool or Trinity Guildhall examinations 

 Percussion

Percussion lessons are tailored to the individual requirements of pupils depending upon the musical styles being played and cover the following areas of percussion playing:

   Snare Drum

• Sticking technique
• Reading musical notation
• Controlled rolls
• Rudiments
• Sight reading

   Tuned Percussion:

• Sticking Techniques
• Xylophone
• Vibraphone
• Marimba
• Glockenspiel
• 4 Mallet Technique*

*David teaches 4 mallet technique using the Leigh Howard Stevens method but will also teach using the Musser method if preferred.

   Auxiliary Percussion:

• Concert Bass Drum
• Clash Cymbals
• Triangle
• Tambourine
• Conga / Bongo
• Latin

Percussion exams can be taken using either the ABRSM or Trinty Guildhall Percussion Syllabus.