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sbinderinclassEVERYday!
I
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nderinclass,y
ouwil
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oseyourparti
cipa
tionpointsfortheday.

EveryFri
da y
,youneedtoturni naSIGNED
practi
cerecord.Don’
tf orgettology our
practi
cetimeandhaveyourparentssign!

Cometocl asswithapenci
l,drumsti
cks,y
our
pra
cticepad,yourmusi
cbinder,andbeready
torock,becausewearedrummers,andthat’
s
whatwedo.

-Mr
.Mo
ral
es
 LESSON #1
T
apy
ourf
oota
ndcountoutl
oud.
Watchthenumbersa
syout
apy
ourf
oot.


T
apy
ourf
oot,countoutl
ouda
ndcl
apy
ourha
nds.


Dothi
sexerci
sema
nyti
mes.
Rea
lly
.Dothi
soneal
ot.

I
nExerci
se#3y ouwi
llbecl
a ngQu
ppi a
rte
rNotes(q).Ea
chqua
rternoteha
s
i
tsownnumber.
Countandcla
plikey
oudidinExerci
se#2!Bravo!

Tr
ivi
aTi
me:
Howma
nymea
suresa
retherei
nExerci
se#3?_________

OneQuarterNote=onebeatofsound.AQuart
erRes 
t()i
susedforabeat
ofsi
lence.
InExerci
se#4,y
ouwillconti
nuetotapy
ourfotontherests,but
youwi
llcountsi
lently
.


I
nExerci
se#5,wha
tbea
tsa
recountedoutl
oud?Wha
tbea
tsa
resi
lent?


REMEMBER TO ALWAYSTAPYOUR FOOT!
 Noti
cethedoubl
ebarlinea
ttheendoftheexerci
ses#1
-7?
I
tmeansthatthemusi
cisover!Stoppl
ayi
ng!


T
herepea
tsi
gn mea
nstorepea
ttheexerci
sea
gai
nwi
thoutstoppi
ng.

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CE
I
t’sduettime!Spli
tupintotwoequalgroups,onegroupf
oreachpart.
Rehearseunti
lit’
sperf
ect..
.andthenswapparts!ALWAYScountoutloud.

“You pract
ice,and you getbet
ter
.It
’svery s
impl
e.”
-Phi
lli
pGl
ass
 LESSON #2
Ahalfnote()getstwobeatsofti
me.Y
ourfootconti
nuestot a
ponev erybeat,
butyoucountoutloudonl
yonthebeatonwhi
chthenotebegins.Thehold-ov
er
beati
scountedsil
ently
.


h
ands
f
eet 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4

Repeattheaboveexerci
semanyti me:tapyourfoot,countoutloud,
nghalf notes,holdyourhands
andclapyourhands.Whenclappi
togetherfortwotapsofyourfoot.

 1234 12 3 4 12 34 1 2 3 4 12 34 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 12 3 4

Howdot
hel
astt
wome
asu
resof#2di
ffe
rins
oun
dfr
ome
achot
her
?


Hal
fnot
esha
veequi
val
entrests.
Thehal
fr 
_
est()getstwobea
tsofsi
lence.


Howa
rethef
irstsi
xmea
suresofexerci
se#6a
like?



Onemoret
imewi
thf
eel
ing!I
nmu
si
c,
weu
sed
yam
ic
stoa
ddf
ee
li
n
gan
dex
pr
es
si
on
.Dy
nam
ic
sre
fe
r
t
ot
hev
ol
umewep
l
ay,
ra
ngi
n
gfr
omv
er
y s
oft
tov
er
yl
ou
dF
.o
rt
e(f
)=LoudMe
. z
zoFo
rt
emf
( )=me
d i
uml
ou
d.
Me
zz
oPi
ano(
mp)=me
di
umso
ft
.P
ia
no(p)=s
of
t.
What
doy
out
hi
nkffs
ta
ndsf
or
?What
abo
utpp?

f
f____________________=_____________ pp____________________=_____________

mp

mf

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"
Kno
wle
dgei
sofn
ova
lueu
nle
ssy
oup
uti
tin
top
rac
ti
ce
.'
"
-
Ant
onC
hek
hov
 LESSON #3
WholeNot es(w)a ndWholeRests(∑)getfourbea
tsofti me.
Whencounti
ng,count
1outlouda ndcountbea
ts2,3,and4sil
entl
y .
Whenclappi
ng,holdy
ourhandstogether
foral
lf ourbeats.WholeRestsgetf
ourbea
tsofsilence.

1
12 3 4 12 3 4

Howdoesthewhol
erestl
ookdi
fferentf
romtheha
lfrest?

2
12 3 4 1234

3 12 34 12 34

Thetwonumbersa
tthebegi
nni
ngofapi
eceofmusi
carecaledtheT
l imeSi
gnat
ur
e.
Unti
lnowallofthemusi
cyouhav
ecl
appedha
sbeenintheti
mesigna
tureof

Thetopnumbertel l
sy ouhowmanybeatswi
llbei
nameasure-i
nthi
sca
se,f
our
beats.Thebottomnumbertell
sy ouwhatki
ndofnotegetsONEbea
t-i
nthi
s
case,thequarternote.

5
Inthefollowi
ngexerci
sesadifferenttimesi
gna
turewillbeused.
Counta
ndcl
ap
caref
ully
!Wha tdoeseachnumbermea n?Howmanybeatspermeasure?

7
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 LESSON #4
Musi cnotesarewrittenonaMus i
cStaf.
fMostst avesconsi stsoff i
velinesandfour
spaces--eachlineorspacehavi
ngit’
sownl etterna me.Thehi gheranotei swri
tten
onast aff,thehigherthesound.I
npercussi
onmusic,weof tenpl ayunpi
tched
instruments.T
hesepa rtsca
nbewrittenon1 ,2,3,4,a nd5l i
nestaves.

3
r
epe
atpr
evi
ous
mea
sur
e

Rehearseexerci
se#3manyti
mesunti
lyourfoot,ha
nds,andcounti
nga
rewel
lcoordi
nated.
Movingforward,apl
ussi
gn(+)wi
lbeusedinpla
ceof“and.”

7
 ENSEMBLEPRACTI
CE
Musi
cwrittenfortwoequa lpartsi
scalledadue
t.Musi
cwrittenforthreeequalpa
rts
i
scalledaTrio.Ensemblepracti
cefromnowonwilli
ncludebothduetsandtri
os.

"Th
edi
ff
ere
nceb
etwe
eno
rdi
nar
yande
xtr
aor
dina
ryisp
rac
ti
ce
."
-
Vladi
mirHor
owit
z
 LESSON #5
Thefirstmeasureofsomemusi cma ybei
ncompl
ete.I
tma yonlyhaveoneortwobea ts
whenthereshoul dbefour. thenoteornotesofthi sincompl
etemeasurearecal
led
Pi
ckUpNo t
es.
T hebeatstha taremi ssi
ngi
nthef i
rstpartofthismeasurearealwa
ys
i
ncludedinthel a
stmea sure.Thus,thesumofthebea tsinthefi
rstandthelast
measuretotalonecompl etemea sure.

4 1
-2-
34 1 2 + 3-4 1 2 3 4 1
-2-
3-4 1
-2 3-4 1 2 3-4 1 2 3 4 1
-2-3

3 1 2 3+ 1 2 3

4 + 1 2 (
3) 4 1 2 (
3) 4

Exa
mpl
es:

1-2 3-4 1-2 3-4

 I
nsomeca
ses,notesa
reti
edf
romonemea
suretothenext.

1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4 - 1 2 3 4
Inexerci
se#8,Bea
t4iscountedoutl
oud,a
ndBea
t1i
shel
dov
ersi
lentl
y.Ha
ndsa
re
heldtogetherf
orBea
ts4a nd1.

1 2-3 4 - 1 2-3 4 - 1 2-3 4

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
 LESSON #6
TheDottedQuarterNote( .)getsoneandone-halfbeats.
Iti
sthesameasty
inga
quarternotetoaneighthnote.Adotpla
ceda fteranoteorrestisequa
ltoone-ha
lf
thevalueofthenoteorrestwi thwhi
chitiscombined.

Exa
mpl
e: Doy
ounoti
cea
nythi
ngsi
mil
ari
nexerci
ses1a
nd2?

(
1) (
2) (
3) (
4)
Exercise#8soundsverymuchli
keQuarterNotes.Toshowthedif
ference,y
ourhands
shouldonlybebri
efl
ycl a
ppedonthedownbeat--thenqui
cklyrel
easedontheupbeat.

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CE
 LESSON #7
T
herea
ref
ourSi
xteenthNotes( )ononebea
t.Twosi
xteenthnotesa
reequa
lto
oneei
ghthnote(=).Twosi
xteenthnotesa
recl
appedonthedownbea
tandtwoa
re
cla
ppedontheupbea
t.

=o
neb
eat

Ei
ghthnotesa
ndsi
xteenthnotesa
reof
tenmi
xedtogetheronabea
t.

=1Bea
t =1Bea
t
1 +A 1E +
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