This semester I decided to take on learning and developing some the basic snare rudiments. This was a really challenging road because snare is something I consider to be far out of my comfort zone. However, I also found it… Continue Reading →
Assistive technology has the ability to play a big role in classroom teaching. Technology can help bring accessibility to a wide range of students and ensure that the learning environment is more successful for a variety of learners. Throughout my… Continue Reading →
This week I focused on learning and developing the ruff rudiment. This rudiment is essentially a drag/flam and a 4 stroke roll combined. Similar to drags and flams a ruff is an ornamented note, however, instead of only one or… Continue Reading →
This week was all about drags. This rudiment is very similar to a flam and really fun to play. They are both grace notes, however, a drag is two grace notes played as a diddle before the primary note. As… Continue Reading →
I have had a ton of experience with online communication because of the highly digital world we live in today. Not only that but COVID times have really put an emphasis on making connections online and from a far. One… Continue Reading →
This week I started learning how to play the Flam rudiment. A flam is essentially a grace note and requires one stick to hit just before the other. This is done by having different stick heights in each hand and… Continue Reading →
This week I attempted to learn the triple stroke roll. This has been a real challenge and to be completely honest I think it is outside of my current skill range. That being said, I’m proud that I am choosing… Continue Reading →
This week I took some time to explore the Open Education Movement. This is an incredibly relevant movement to myself as a pre service teacher and something I haven’t heard a lot about until now. I found this video Why… Continue Reading →
This year has brought a lot of distributed learning into my life, which isn’t something I expected to happen before the times of COVID-19. When I first found out that my PDP would be happening online I was really upset…. Continue Reading →
This week I came back from my midterm check in and started to focus on some new rudiments. This is the week of single and double stroke rolls. I turned to youtube to get some examples and instructional videos to… Continue Reading →