Chris Nordquist

Major: Fundamentals of Drum Performance in Blues Music
Level: Beginners to Advanced
1. Drum set-up / Making sure everything is in the right place.
2. Ergonomics / How to get the most out of your drums.
3. Tuning / Same drums - different sounds for different styles. (blues/ jazz/ rock)
4. Common blues rhythms Funk / Shuffle / Rock / Swing / 2-Beat / Bo Diddley.
5. Common blues forms / 8-bar, 12- bar, 32-bar, open, ballads
6. Blues Lingo / pick-ups, shots, fills, stop-times.
7. Reviewing what we know.
8. Introducing fills / Where to fill and when.
9. Cymbals / The most versatile part of your Kit.
10. Improvising / When to hold back and when to let go.
11. More Rhythms / Second-Line, Boogaloo, Country Shuffle.
12. Soloing / Drum soloing, Trading 4`s, 8`s, 12`s. What to do in a bass solo.
13. Dynamics / How to use volume or lack of to your advantage.
14. Some tricks of the trade / getting different sounds out of the drums.

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