That’s a Wrap: Summary of Learning Project
This is my last official post on my learning project. I have appreciated the push that this assignment has given me to learn the drums! I wanted to learn the song “Creep” by Radiohead by the end of the semester. I was not able to do so, but I...
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Intro to Creep
For my final learning project post, I decided to learn the intro to “Creep” by Radiohead. Although I am nowhere near the skill level I need to be to complete the entire song, the intro only involves the kick, snare, and hi-hat. I have been practicing through drumming exercises...
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A Little Side Tracked
As I have said in my last few blog posts, I have been in the middle of the move and have not been able to practice, my drums as much as I hoped to. For this week, I was not able to access any of my drum sets. I...
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Bringing it Together
Although I have been making progress in learning the drums, I am struggling with playing three components at once. I decided to do some research this week into drum exercises that will help me out! I ended up finding a youtube video that covers three drum exercises that involve...
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Electric Change
I have some BIG news! I am currently moving to a new apartment. When I started my learning project, I was living in a house, so I did not have to worry about the sound of my drums. I had to do some research into how I can continue...
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Tuning it to the Limit
As I said in my last post, I found out that my drums needed tuning. A roommate of mine used to play drums, so he took a look at my drums and noticed they were not tuned. He offered to teach me how to tune my drums as long...
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Rocking On – Learning Project Week Four
This is my first week putting a video of myself playing the drums. I used Imovie to edit a video together. I will tell you about my experience using Imovie and its uses in the classroom. I included a youtube video of the finished project. Check it out below!...
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Changing Rhythm – Week Three Learning Post
I am quite proud of my progress this week! In my last post, I was following along with a beginner drum lesson on Youtube. I found that my tempo was very off and I struggled to keep up. I did some more research some tips and tricks to help...
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Beats me! – Week two Learning Project
This was my first complete week of playing the drums. Did it go to plan you might ask? No it for sure did not. I ran into a few problems throughout the week. The first problem was my dog, she would not stop barking every time I tried to...
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Drum Roll, Please! – Learning Project Week One
For my learning project, I choose to learn the drums. This Christmas, my sister, and cousin gifted me a drum set. I have not started learning the drums yet and this project came up and thought what a great motivation! So, I am very excited to get started and...
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