DC Academy – Semester 3

This 16-week Advanced course includes 55 lessons (topics). This is where you will learn there is only one "Secret" to getting faster, Practice. There are some fundamental review lessons along with challenging exercises and vital information on how to combine the fulcrum, wrist, fingers and forearm so you can follow and motivate the bounce of the stick to play anything you hear.

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Advanced - Week 1 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: How Sanford Moeller Taught Jim Chapin the Moeller Method

2 – Foot Technique: Foot Speed Control Development

3 – Independence: Triplet Figures, Left Hand- 9 Permutations, Right Foot- Fig. 5 Ostinato

4 – Playing: Linear Funk

Advanced - Week 2 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: The Murray Spivack Roll Routine

2 – Foot Technique: 16th Note Triple Beats

3 – Independence: Triplet Figures – Alternate Hands 9 Basic Permutations, Right Foot Figure 5 as Ostinato

4 – Playing: Advanced Tom Patterns

Advanced - Week 3 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: 16th Note Quadruple Beats

2 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Right Hand 15 Basic Permutations, Right Foot Figure 10 as Ostinato

3 – Playing: The Purdie Shuffle

Advanced - Week 4 3 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: Warmup and Strength Building Exercises for the Hands

2 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Left Hand 15 Basic Permutations, Right Foot Figure 10 as Ostinato

3 – Playing: Brush Samba

Advanced - Week 5 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: Groups of 5 and 6 Beats

2 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Alternate Hands 15 Basic Permutations, Right Foot Figure 10 as Ostinato

3 – Playing: Batucada Beat

Advanced - Week 6 3 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: What You Need to Know About Ghost Notes

2 – Independence: Triplet Figures – Hands 6 Mixed Stickings, Right Foot Figure 5 as Ostinato

3 – Playing: The Cascara Beat

Advanced - Week 7 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: Groups of 7 and 8 Beats

2 – Independence: 16th Note Figures – Hands 6 Mixed Stickings, Right Foot Figure 10 as Ostinato

3 – Playing: The Mambo Beat

Advanced - Week 8 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: Exploring Pad Exercises for the Kit

2 – Foot Technique: Endurance Exercises

3 – Independence: Quarter and Eighth Note Singles

4 – Playing: Zigaboo Breaks Down “Cissy Strut”

Advanced - Week 9 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: 16th Note Patterns

2 – Independence: Quarter Note and Sixteenth Note Singles

3 – Playing: Learn to Play 7/8 in a Danceable Pop Feel

Advanced - Week 10 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: How Thomas Pridgen Warms Up

2 – Foot Technique: Combination Triplets

3 – Independence: Quarter and Eighth Note Doubles

4 – Playing: Clave Pattern On Drumset

Advanced - Week 11 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: Introduction – Floating Pedal Technique

2 – Independence: Quarter and Sixteenth Note Doubles

3 – Playing: Adding Dynamics to Afro-Cuban Patterns

Advanced - Week 12 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: Paradiddle Stairsteps Exercise

2 – Foot Technique: The Foot Movement

3 – Independence: Quarter and Eighth Note Triplet Singles

4 – Playing: Philly Joe Vocabulary

Advanced - Week 13 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: Floating Pedal Motion

2 – Independence: Quarter and Sixteenth Note Triplet Singles

3 – Playing: Tony Williams Tricks

Advanced - Week 14 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: Advanced Sticking Exercises

2 – Foot Technique: Bass Drum Accent Notes

3 – Independence: Quarter and Eighth Note Triplet Doubles

4 – Playing: Uptempo Ride Cymbal

Advanced - Week 15 3 Lessons

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1 – Foot Technique: Flams With Feet

2 – Independence: Quarter and Sixteenth Note Triplet Doubles

3 – Playing: Learn the Thrash Beat

Advanced - Week 16 4 Lessons

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1 – Hand Technique: Getting Around Your Set Fast

2 – Foot Technique: The Long Single Stroke Roll

3 – Independence: Course Review

4 – Playing: The Double Bass Shuffle

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