Drum Classes

Drum for Beginners
Prerequisites: none – designed for absolute beginners

Course Detail:
- Explanation of music notation and note values.
- Basic rudiments pertinent to Brazilian rhythms.
- Reading 16th note subdivision.
- Coordination exercises.
- Overview of percussion instruments influences on drum set.
- How to play samba, bossa nova, choro and baião.
- Audio and Video analyses
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Drum for Intermediate
Prerequisites: basic instrumental technique, rudimentary reading skills, some performance experience.

Course detail:
- Improve 16th notes reading skills
- Reading charts
- Exploring different samba snare patterns
- How to play samba variations: samba funk, partido alto, samba de gafieira and ohers
- Improvement of hand technique (speed)
- Exploring northeastern rhythms: baião, xote, xaxado, côco, maracatu and others
- Bossa Nova brush work
- Introduction to improvisation
- Audio play along
- Audio and Video analyses

Drum for Advanced
Prerequisites: good instrumental technique, solid reading skills, extensive performance experience.

Course detail:
- Reading skills.
- Advance drum rudiments.
- Improvement of independence in Brazilian music. (orchestration around the drums).
- Application rhythms combinations.
- Application of odd meters in Brazilian rhythms.
- Improvement of hand technique (speed + accentuation on hi-hat and ride cymbal).
- Using percussion instruments together with drum set.
- Transcription of drum parts.
- Emphasize improvisation using Brazilian vocabulary.
- Rehearsal techniques.
- Audio play along.
- Audio and Video analyses.
Private class – All Levels
Class Schedule and fees

Course detail:

Sessions:10 weekly program – One hour sessions

Age: 11 and older

Class Size -Limited to 5 students per class, max of 10

Instructor: Adriano Santos

Fees: $ 350.00 – material included

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