(Cliqueapostilas - Com.br) Rocksteady Drums Level 2

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Rocksteady Drums
Level 2
Chapters

 Warm-‐ups
 Reading Drum Notation
 Rock Beat Variations
 Fill Variations
 Crash Cymbal
 Final Mission

Complete all the missions for a Rocksteady Level 2
Certificate
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Rocksteady Drums Level 2
Warm-‐ups

Your Mission:
 Play these for one minute every time you sit down at the drums

Singles

Doubles

R = Right
L = Left
B = Both

Your Tutor will:
 Explain why warm-‐ups are important
 Show you how the warm-‐ups should be played
Tips for your mission:
 You don’t need a drum kit. You can even do them on your lap with your hands.
 Use you wrists, not your arms.
 Try using different drums, or different sounds on an electronic kit.
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Reading Drum Notation

Your Mission:
 Learn how to read a Floor Tom, Hi-‐Hat, Snare and Bass Drum.
 Complete the two exercises.

In Drum notation, the way the notes appear on the page tells you which drums to play and when.
Here is a guide on which notes mean which drum:

HI-‐HAT CYMBAL (Right hand, cross over)

SNARE DRUM (Left hand)

BASS DRUM (Right foot)

FLOOR TOM (Right Hand)

So on a sheet of music, this is how all those different drums look:

Hi-‐Hat Snare Drum Bass Drum Floor Tom

Exercise I: Fill in the Blanks

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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Exercise II – Match the Beat with the Drum Notation

Draw a line to match each Level 1 Rock Beat with the music. The first one is done for you!

Your Tutor will:
 Explain how to do the exercises.
 Explain how learning to read Drum Notation will help.

 Do these exercises where you can see a drum kit.
 Use a pencil in case you make a mistake.

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Exercise II – Answer Key

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Rock Beat Variations

Your Mission:
 Learn all four Rock Beat Variations off by heart
 Play each Rock Beat Variation in a song

Rock Beat Variation 1



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Your Tutor will:

 Show you how each beat sounds, and how to play it.
 Pick a game to help you practice.
 Choose a song for you to play each beat to.

 Remember you don’t need a drum kit to practice these – your lap is just fine!
 Start slowly and concentrate on playing in time.

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Fill Variations

Your Mission:
 Learn to play all 3 Coffee Fill Variations, and Coca-‐cola Fill
 Play the fills along with a rock beat variation in a song
 Create 4 new drum fills

Toms
All of the drum fills in this chapter use toms and snares. This is how to read them in drum
notation:

Coffee Fill Variation 1:



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Coca-‐cola Fill

Combining Drum Fills

You can make up your own drum fills by putting coffee and coca cola in a different order.

Example 1: Coffee, Coca-‐Cola, Coffee Coca-‐Cola

Example 2: Coca-‐Cola, Coffee Coca-‐Cola, Coffee

Example 3: Coffee, Coca-‐Cola, Coca-‐Cola, Coca-‐Cola

Now it’s your turn! Write down your new fills, and then play them on the drums

Your Fill 1: ____________ _____________ ______________ ______________

Your Fill 2: ____________ _____________ ______________ ______________

Your Fill 3: ____________ _____________ ______________ ______________

Your Fill 4: ____________ _____________ ______________ ______________

Your Tutor will:
 Show you how each fill sounds, and how to play it with a beat.
 Choose a song for you to play each fill with.
 Say COCA-‐COLA COCA-‐COLA or COFFEE COFFEE out loud while playing to help.
 Remember, RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT, not LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT.
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Crash Cymbal
Your Mission:
 Play a song using the Crash Cymbal in a Basic Rock Beat

The Crash Cymbal makes a “Crash” sound.

It is always played at the same time as a bass drum to give it a bigger sound.

This is how the crash cymbal is written in drum notation:

Using the Crash in a Basic Rock Beat

Learn to play this variation of the Basic Rock Beat:

Playing a Four Bar Phrase

Play these four bars:

Your Tutor will:

 Explain how the crash cymbal is used
 Teach you to play the exercises on this page
 Teach you a song that uses the crash cymbal
 There are three different types of cymbal – hi-‐hat, ride and crash.
 Get used to playing the crash cymbal at the same time as the bass drum.
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FINAL MISSION!

 Play the three exercise four times without stopping along with a
song.

Exercise I
Rock Beat Variation 1 Coca-‐Cola Fill

Exercise II
Rock Beat Variation 3 Coffee Fill Variation 1

Exercise III
Rock Beat Variation 4 Coffee Fill Variation 2

Your Tutor will:

 Break down each exercise for you.
 Pick a song for you to play along with.
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