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Here are just a few of the many teachers offering Drum lessons in Brookhaven . Whether you are looking for beginner guitar lessons for your kids, or are an adult wanting to improve your skills, the instructors in our network are ready to help you now!
Instruments: Drums Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion
I love teaching drums. As an educator, my greatest joy is sharing in the success of my students, whether it be grasping a new concept, or mastering a particularly difficult technique. I believe in positive reinforcement, and acknowledging success. It is important for me to develop a trusting, encouraging relationship with my students, and I am often inspired to improve my skills and teaching techniques to better serve their needs. Read More
Instruments: Piano Voice Trumpet Saxophone Flute Clarinet Drums Synthesizer Recorder Piccolo Oboe Keyboard Acoustic Guitar
I keep track each week in a notebook of what their assignments are. I use many different books, learning by ear, learning by youtube, learning by rout, and I have developed my own music writing technique which decodes any song at any level to a much easier level because all students are unique, and deserve to have a teacher who can reach them. It is also very important to me that the student picks their own songs to learn as part of the curriculum, and I will help the student discover which style fits them the best. Read More
Instruments: Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Latin Percussion
For beginning students, I will start off with some basic rhythm sheets that I have created, and begin to asses the competency and understanding of basic rhythm. I firmly believe for any instrument that everyone needs a strong foundation of rhythm in order to progress into more advanced levels of playing and reading. At this point, I will begin to use Alfred’s Drum Method Books 1 and 2 interchangeably, eventually leading to Podemski’s Standard Snare Drum Method at the advanced level along with Rolls Rolls Rolls. Read More
Instruments: Piano Drums
I always tailor my lessons to the needs of the student. Sometimes students just want to get into learning specific songs, while others are interested in theory. Also, there is a massive backlash against the pharmaceutical industry for over-prescribing drugs for things like ADHD. Instead, doctors are now recommending music lessons to burn off that excess energy a child may have. Also, a teacher has to be able to have the social skills to 'read' a student. Read More
Instruments: Drums Mallet Percussion Orchestral Percussion Conga Latin Percussion Music Djembe
I have been playing percussion for at least 40 years and share my love for music through teaching and performance. I presently am a show group member of Samba New York where I am section leader for the third surdo section. I play many Brazilian percussion instruments as well. I am also the section leader of the North Shore Symphony Orchestra and the Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra where I play timpani. And though I presently play timpani, I have extensive experience playing mallet instruments, drumset, latin percussion and world percussion. Read More
Instruments: Piano Guitar Voice Drums
But once this stage is mastered, things become much simpler. I start off lessons slowly with simple technical studies where the student can focus specifically on technique to efficiently and confidently. To help support this stage I typically introduce basic note reading skills to acquaint the students with musical notation while introducing them to playing in time. Once the student reaches foundational proficiency we can finally start to have some fun! Read More
Instruments: Drums
What do you think is the hardest thing to master on your instrument?
The basics, one can never spend too much time on technique and the simple ideas. This is especially true when you're first starting out. Most people what to play fast quickly, but it is practicing slowly that leads to speed. It is build a foundation in technique and application that allows one to play with speed and finesse in a musical way. To this day I start every practice session that I have with very basic rudimentary exercises that allow me to warm up before I dive into a subject that I am working on. I have found it to be meditative and an excellent way to help me progress.
Do you use specific teaching methods or books? (Ex: Alfred, Bastion, Suzuki, Hal Leonard) Why did you choose them if you did?
I do teach out of books a fair amount, although I often find that the most important part of this is to pair them with additional material selected by the student. I teach out of many different books, I choose them all for a variety of reasons. What I look for is a book that will teach a universal concept that is applicable across all genres of music and that will develop the fundamentals, as well as move into more advanced technique.
From there it depends on the interests of the student, I have a variety of books that are much more targeted to jazz, rock, odd meter studies, snare drum studies, technique, and many other aspects of drumming.
I also encourage students to take what they learn from a book and expand on it themselves, this is something that musicians do constantly. How can I take this idea, that I have mastered, and push it further? Below I have included a list of some of my go to books for general learning as well as some more targeted books.
- Dave Dicensos "Rhythm and Drumming Demystified" and "Universal Rhythms"
- Benny Greb's "The Language of Drumming"
- Gary Chafee's "Rhythm and Meter Patterns" "Time Functioning Patterns" and "Sticking Patterns"
- John Riley's "The Art of Bop Drumming"
- Jon Hazilla's "Mastering the Art of Brushes"
- Florian Alexandru Zorn's "The Complete Guide to Playing Brushes"
What does a normal practice session look like for you?
Practicing for me can vary a lot, most of what my practice sessions look like depends a lot on what I am currently involved with. However, no matter what I will always start with some basic rudimental exercises that work on dynamics, time, coordination, and accuracy. From there I will move on to working on learning songs, these could be songs that I am performing with an artist, or songs that I love and want to learn to play. After that I will isolate small portions of those songs that I am having trouble with. Identify the core concept behind it, and find or create material to practice in order to help me learn that portion of the song. I did this constantly with music lessons, I would work on what we were learning in class and then subsidize it with a different approach in order to create a more well rounded lesson for myself. Often I found that the method I chose for myself, would often be the reason that I excelled in the class or lesson.
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