LEVEL 1
Your Mighty WHY. Be able to tell me your goals, what you love about drums, and why you play them!
The 2 Rules Of Drumming
The 5 Standards
The Natural Position (Your throne, your core center of balance, breathing)
The 2 Pillars Of Technique: REBOUND and MOMENTUM (Freestroke and Moeller Stroke)
RUDIMENTS: Where do they come from? What is traditional grip?
5 Rudiments: Singles, Doubles, Paradiddle, Flams, Single Stroke Four
HDS: The Hello Drum Solo (Tell a short story on the drums with a beginning and ending, theme, dynamics, and tempo)
GRIDS: 1's, 2's, 3's, and 4's (Quarters, 8ths, Triplets, 16ths) Play the basic groove for each
GROOVES: Know the 'core 4' Go-Round Grooves with variations. Be able to play them on all 'big 4' sounds, adding crashes anywhere with ease. Know the Go-Round Grooves warmup to music.
The 5 Endings
The Fill Matrix
5 Songs (They don't have to be perfect, but feel like you OWN them!)
*As soon as you've got these requirements down and you feel you're ready, book your live 1-on-1 testing session at [email protected], and if you pass you get your level 1 LTR DRUMMING certification!
