8th Grade Drummers

Learning Targets:
I can play the rock, jazz, and cheater bossa rhythm on the drum set
I can play the cheater bossa and improvise fills effectively
I can play Superstition accurately on drum set and know about the "funk" style. 


Part One: Stevie Wonder's Superstition. Start with teacher model. Then break into teams (2 students on each drumset). There are online resources to assist on Google Classroom.

Part Two: Review drum assignments. Try and play through all of Superstition with one person on Drum Set

Part Three: Tradition of Excellence Book 2! Review page 5. Introduce page 6. Work on page 6 in teams.

 Part  Four: All three drum set styles! What is the fundamental subdivision? How can use rudiments and the fundamental subdivision to create fills.

Assessment! You all played the basic beats competently and well, keeping a steady beat and playing stylistically. Now we need to work on our fills in all three styles. We will check in our progress next week.


 Part Five: Online activities! We need to make sure we are all on Google Classroom and all have access to a device so that we can do our online music activities.