So many times I see drum instructors pushing the basics without an end goal. In nearly a decade of private drum instruction, I have begin to develop an “enlightened” methodology that I use in getting a student on the path toward success and efficient learning as a drummer and a musician. I try to pay more attention to genre and specialty of my students. There are four basic steps in my methodology, and they are listed as follows:
<strong>These steps are not really to be “completed” per say, but my guarantee is that if a student follows these steps, takes at least weekly lessons with me and follows my instructions as closely as possible, I will have them playing confidently with other musicians within a month. </strong>
A student’s own personal voice on the instrument must be allowed to develop, and his/her creative intuition must not be smothered. Playing an instrument is fun, and is an outlet for personal expression. As a teacher, I vow to treat it as such and to convey every ounce of my own passion to my students. In every lesson, I will do my very best to touch on technique, music reading, music listening, creativity and most importantly music playing.
Posted on April 27th, 2015 by Sam Ward.
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