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Grade 8 Bass Guitar this Week
Posted: 13/11/14
This week two of our top Grade 8 Bass Guitar students have been working on a simple groove using E min, D maj, C man and B7. We applied a Flamenco accompaniment alternating with a nice Bossa Nova pattern. In the video extracts below we see Katie experimenting with dissonance and resolution ( as Mrs Baker teaches to our little […]
Read more »Drum Demo at Burley Woodhead
Posted: 13/11/14
The Drum demo at Burley Woodhead School was great! All the children in the school were entertained by our Drumming. We had Jack Hendy in Year 9 with us who held his own with the Learn to Rock Drum tutors! In addition two of our Drum students at Burley Woodhead each played one of their Debut Rock School exam pieces […]
Read more »Our Classical Guitar Work
Posted: 11/11/14
Learn to Rock also works extensively with children playing the Classical Guitar and to great effect. Have a look at just how far one of our Year 5 students has come in just 7 lessons. The first example is one of his grade 1 pieces played with a traditional accompaniment. The second example features Jonny, the tutor, adding a Flamenco […]
Read more »Ilkley G and T Band First Recording
Posted: 11/11/14
The guys in the new Ilkley band have been rehearsing hard and after only two weeks of being together check out how great they sound! We even had MAL our new vocal singing with them!!!
Read more »Foxhill Drummers Preparing for Children in Need and Look North
Posted: 11/11/14
We worked very hard yesterday at Foxhill in our Drum rehearsals preparing for our non stop Music day on Friday 14 November in aid of Children in Need. Also in the hope that Look North will pop into our rehearsing on Friday to feature us as part of the evening news that night. Have a look at the amazing Junk […]
Read more »Foxhill Primary School Non Stop Music Day for Children in Need
Posted: 11/11/14
Foxhill Primary School is preparing for a non stop Music day on Friday 14 November in aid of Children in Need. There will be Music happening all day with children in Choir, Brass lessons and Rehearsals, Keyboards, Band and Drums. Then to top it all Look North will be visiting us at Foxhill to include our Music day as part […]
Read more »Our Year 1 Dixons Music Primary Drum Students
Posted: 08/11/14
We had a great day on Thursday at DMP in our Drum lessons as we continued to prepare for our Christmas concert on Friday 12 December. Two of our Year 2 students were working on their grade 4 renditions of Noisy Neighbour as can be seen on the video below. But one of our Year 2 students performed superbly to […]
Read more »New Band Started in Ilkley
Posted: 05/11/14
Our new gifted and talented band started in Ilkley last night and they did superbly! Watch this space over the next half term to see what they are working in and how well they do.
Read more »Beni Parradiddles Part 3
Posted: 05/11/14
Over the last few weeks we have been featuring Beni in Year 7 on the Drums as he prepares for his Rockschool Grade 4 exam. As part of this exam, Parradiddles play a big role in terms of extending a students’ technical ability. It is really challenging to get Parradiddles fast and sound even and smooth. To that end I […]
Read more »Arul is Preparing for Grade 1 Drums
Posted: 27/10/14
Wow!!!! Arul had a fantastic lesson today. After only starting to learn the Rockschool Grade 1 pieces three weeks ago Arul put two of the pieces with the backing tracks today and did excellently in maintaining a steady pulse, using the correct techniques and remembering all of the other technically demanding aspects such as syncopation, opening and closing the Hi […]
Read more »Burley and Woodhead C of E Primary School: African Rhythm and Dance Day
Posted: 26/10/14
What a brilliant day at Burley and Woodhead Primary School. Children engaged in a full day performance workshop led by Learn to Rock’s Mrs Baker, Miss Clough and Mrs Slattery learning about and performing African Rhythms. Activities included Bamboo Tamboo, Djembe playing and Zumba style dance. The day culminated in lots of excited and motivated children performing their Music and […]
Read more »Beni Parradiddles Part Two
Posted: 21/10/14
Great lesson today with Beni! We developed the Parradiddles from last week now using Hi Hat, Toms and Ride Cymbals. Look at how fast and smooth he can play them!! Then we grooved on the Latin beat! I’m thinking Beni (11) Jack (13) Reece (7) Jacob (6) me ( very old now) handsome Dan the tutor and cool Alex the […]
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