Category: #LearningProject

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!...

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...

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...

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...