The innovation of new forms of electronic media such as DVDs, CDs, MP3s, video recorders, iPods, computer software and the Internet brings a greater diversity of choices to music teachers and students. At the same time, the integration of new media with existing forms provides an unprecedented opportunity for the advancement of music education. Hudson Music recently sat down with a group of leading drum teachers to assess the state-of the-art and learn from their experience…
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A General Guide to Jazz Drumming
Sherrie Maricle contributes this straight-ahead article on some proven methods for developing techniques utilized in jazz and swing drumming.
Making The Most of Your Practice Time
You put a lot of time, effort, and expense into learning to play the best that you can. And you know that the best way to get even better is the same way you get to Carnegie Hall (at least according to the old joke)-practice, practice, practice. But, bad practice is not much better than no practice at all. Make all your hard work pay off by practicing smart. Don’t just log in long hours of unfocused and unproductive flailing. Here are some suggestions to help you make the most out of your practice time. Follow them, and your practice will be more efficient, more effective, and (sometimes) more fun.
Teacher Guide: Groove Essentials
Part of a series of guides designed to help teachers integrate and utilize DVDs and new books with their students, these teacher guides are carefully constructed to give tips on using the source material, as well as supplemental books that will help to make a more complete educational package. Available in printable PDF format.
Technology for the Traveling Drum Teacher
In this month’s article we’ll deal with a subject that many of us face: what to bring to a lesson that you’re teaching in a student’s home. While the vast majority of my teaching happens at my private studio, I do have two students whose homes I travel to. Some of you teach exclusively “on the road”, and many of you have a combination in your teaching practices. With today’s technology, it’s pretty inexpensive and very easy to carry everything you need in a small briefcase.
Teacher Guide:Drumset Technique & History of the US Beat
Part of a series of guides designed to help teachers integrate and utilize DVDs and new books with their students, these teacher guides are carefully constructed to give tips on using the source material, as well as supplemental books that will help to make a more complete educational package. Available in printable PDF format.