1ST SESSION

*PARTS OF DRUMSET AND DIFF STYLES OF PLAYING

*QUARTER NOTE GROOVE/BEAT THEN SHIFT TO STRAIGHT EIGHT NOTE GROOVE/BEAT
*BASIC NOTE READING (WHOLE NOTE TO SIXTEENTH)
*FILL EXERCISES (SUZUKI METHOD HEARING THEN PLAYING) USUALLY QUARTER TO SIXTEENTH

SELECTION OF SONG/S (FOR LISTENING AND TRIAL PLAYTHROUGH):

BILLIE JEAN – MICHAEL JACKSON
WE WILL ROCK YOU - QUEEN
SWAY – BIG RUNGA
RADIOACTIVE – IMAGINE DRAGONS
SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE – CREAM (SIMPLIFIED)
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU – U2 (SIMPLIFIED)

2ND SESSION
*GROOVE AND FILL EXERCISES (3 MEASURES GROOVE 1 MEASURE FILL)
*INCLUSION OF REPEAT MARKS AND ENDINGS (STAFF READING)
*ENDURANCE NO 1 EXERCISES (EIGHT NOTE AND SIXTEENTH NOTE EXERCISE) AND RUDIMENTS

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

TREASURE – BRUNO MARS
BACK IN BLACK – AC/DC
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST – QUEEN
BOYS DON’T CRY – THE CURE
SEVEN NATION ARMY – WHITE STRIPES
BEAT ON THE BRAT – RAMONES
THINKING OUT LOUD – ED SHEERAN

3RD SESSION
*ROCK GROOVE VARIATIONS (EIGHT NOTE BASS DRUM EXERCISES)
*HI-HAT EXERCISES (LEFT FOOT) AND RIDE CYMBAL EXERCISES

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

YELLOW – COLDPLAY
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS – GREENDAY
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE – THE POLICE
CLINT EASTWOOD - GORILLAZ

4TH SESSION
*ENDURANCE NO 2 (TRIPLETS)
TRIPLET GROOVE INTRODUCTION (TRIPLET BEAT AND SHUFFLE GROOVE)
*BASIC NOTE READING 2 (SIXTEENTH AND EIGHT NOTE GROUPINGS) WITH ADDITIONAL RUDIMENTS

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

I LOVE YOU – CELINE DION
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL – GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
BLACK FRIDAY – STEELY DAN
TUSH – ZZ TOP
5TH SESSION
*SATISFACTION GROOVE (4 ON THE FLOOR BASS AND SNARE BEAT)
*BASIC NOTE READING 3

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

I CAN’T GET NO (SATISFACTION) – ROLLING STONES
PRETTY WOMAN – ROY ORBISON
STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE – THE SUPREMES
SWEET SOUL REVUE - PIZZICATO FIVE
SUGOD – SANDWICH

6TH SESSION
*REGGAE GROOVE (BASIC GROOVE AND VARIATIONS)
*ADDITION OF ENDURANCE NO 1 FOR RIGHT AND LEFT FOOT EXERCISES

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

I DON’T WANT TO WAIT IN VAIN – BOB MARLEY
NO WOMAN NO CRY – BOB MARLEY
ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK – STING
DE DO DO DO DE DA DA DA – THE POLICE

7TH SESSION
*SIXTEENTH NOTE HI-HAT GROOVE AND VARIATIONS
*BASIC NOTE READING NO 4

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

IISANG BANGKA – THE DAWN
SALAMAT - THE DAWN
SHAPE OF YOU – ED SHEERAN
SMOKE ON THE WATER – DEEP PURPLE
ZOMBIE – CRANBERRIES
ORANGE CRUSH – R.E.M.
LOVE WILL TEAR US APART – JOY DIVISION
ROCK WITH YOU – MICHAEL JACKSON

8TH SESSION
*GROOVE DISPLACEMENT/ORCHESTRATION (INCORPORATE TOMS INTO GROOVE)
*ADDITIONAL RUDIMENT EXERCISES
*ADDITIONAL TRIPLETS NOTE READING (SEXTUPLET OR 16TH NOTE TRIPLET EXERCISES)

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

HEART SHAPED BOX – NIRVANA
ENTER SANDMAN - METALLICA
MY SHARONA – THE KNACK
COME TOGETHER – THE BEATLES
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU – U2
21 GUNS – GREENDAY
ALL THE SMALL THINGS – BLINK 182
9TH SESSION
*ONE HANDED HI-HAT GROOVE (ROCK STYLE AND POP STYLE)
*BASIC NOTE READING NO 5

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

IN BLOOM – NIRVANA
AFRICA – TOTO
GEORGY PORGY – TOTO
I KEEP FORGETTIN’ – MICHAEL MCDONALD

10TH SESSION
*OPEN-HANDED DRUM METHOD/STYLE (LEFT HAND WILL PLAY HI-HAT) OR

*INTRODUCTION TO HALF TIME SHUFFLE GROOVE AND VARIATIONS

SELECTION OF SONG/S (AUDIO PLAYTHROUGH AND/OR JAM WITH TEACHER):

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN – JOURNEY (OPEN-HANDED)

GRAPEVINE FIRES – DEATHCAB FOR CUTIE (HALF TIME SHUFFLE)

FOOL IN THE RAIN – LED ZEPPELIN (HALF TIME SHUFFLE)
ROSANNA – TOTO (HALF TIME SHUFFLE)