Track Student Progress
Each term we will be tracking selected students to demonstrate their progress in one to one or small group lessons. Please check again soon for updates.
Reece and Jack Jamming Together Again
Posted: 04/02/15
As we are tracking Reece in Year 3 and Jack in Year 9 in their work together have a look at the video attached. Here the guys are taking a simple 16ths riffs and using a combination of double and syncopated Bass Drum patterns to create interest. Reece is working on developing Parradiddles in his grooves whilst Jack is perfecting […]
Read more »Ilkley Students Preparing for Graded Exams
Posted: 28/01/15
It’s the time now that students are preparing for their Easter and Summer session graded exams. We have many students in Ilkley preparing for a range of exams grades 1 to 8 with several Music examination providers. We will be tracking students until the summer now so we can show the progress they are making in their exam work. Some […]
Read more »Foxhill Year 3 Drummers
Posted: 27/01/15
It was another great rehearsal yesterday with the Year 3 Foxhill drummers. They have been learning how to play 16th beats. Then we extended this learning by looking at how to incorporate Parradiddles in a 16th beat pattern. To take this even further I got some students to use the Toms for half bar fills and for the ends if […]
Read more »Jack and Reece are working on Latin Drumming
Posted: 20/01/15
One of the most complex styles to drum is Latin. The rhythms are very tight but a laid back feel is needed and that combination is never easy. Add to this that characteristic double Bass Drum pattern at a fast tempo and you have to be a great drummer to achieve precision. Some Drum tutors avoid Latin styles until students […]
Read more »Year 1 Drumming at Dixons Music Primary
Posted: 18/01/15
One of our gifted and talented students at Dixons Music Primary made outstanding progress on Friday in his Drum lesson with Mr Hill. He has been working on playing Grooves with a selection of Fills in tempo. Typically we might expect a Year 1 student to compose Fills using crotchets or quavers but this student excelled in understanding the concepts […]
Read more »Tracking a Year 3 Drummer
Posted: 13/01/15
We are tracking one of our very gifted Year 3 drummers this term. This student has been learning Drums for 15 months now and is making remarkable progress. At Learn to Rock we run a Peer Mentoring scheme where invite older students work with younger students. This type of work has many benefits to the learning of the younger student […]
Read more »Drum Work Reece
Posted: 04/01/15
I am taking Reece to the next level of his Drum playing. Here he is for the first time playing Smooth by Santana. Watch this space over the next few weeks as we work in progressively more difficult Grooves and Fills for this song.
Read more »Bass Guitar Work: Jack
Posted: 04/01/15
We will be tracking Jack Hendy over the next few months as he prepares for his Grade 4 Bass Guitar exam. Here we see him performing one if his pieces for the first time with the backing track.
Read more »Ilkley Boy Band ‘Ark Eye’ have got their next song almost polished
Posted: 10/12/14
Ilkley boy band ‘Ark Eye’ have now got their next song in place have a listen to the two recording below. The boys are really working hard now on establishing a unique sound and I am really pleased with their professional approach. George, the boys band coach, has said once they have 5 original songs that he will be organising […]
Read more »Foxhill Band Sounded Great at the Dress Rehearsal
Posted: 08/12/14
Wow have a listen to our year 5 and 6 Rock Band at Foxhill Primary School. Today we were dress rehearsing for the concert next Monday and their rendition of this popular Christmas concert was fantastic!
Read more »Dixons Music Primary Musical Theatre Performances
Posted: 03/12/14
We had a great day today at Dixons Music Primary working on the Musical Theatre Performances with the children. Here are some highlights of the day.
Read more »Ilkley Boy Band Ark Eye Perform their New Song
Posted: 02/12/14
Wow, this evening I recorded Ark Eye’s first full performance of their new song…. It really is excellent. The boys are well on their way to getting a set of 5 songs ready for their first band support gig in Leeds during the Spring. Check here next week to have a sneak preview of their next song.
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