Proud of my pupil!

[Big_Philly]

During the last few weeks I have seen my pupil progressing quite a lot in her playing. She seems to have gained a bit of confidence (though she refused to perform a song for her mom). Nutha_Jason's syncopation lesson (thread on DW) (http://drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36278) helped her a lot in independence and her "freedom" to play what she wants to play. We were studying a song by Nickelback, called "how you remind me", which is a pretty nice song to practise to. She doesn't play it perfectly, of course, but she got the essentials and starts coming up with her own fills even though she has only been playing since late august (it took much longer for me to work up the guts of just "letting loose" on my drum kit as a fill. Of couse her fills aren't as sophisticated as mine but at least she has the confidence to play them.
The next song we will be studying is Kayleigh, by Marillion. Along with studying songs I also have her play rudiments, groove- and independence exercises.

I just wanted to share this with you all. I am very proud, and it also inspires some confidence in myself as a teacher.

[NUTHA JASON]

that's so cool. i've found that my beginners have quickly caught up with the drummers i started teaching who had already been drumming for a year. makes me wonder what their previous teacher was doing with them. today Ruby (7 months drumming but has no kit at home) was given pat patrillo's 553 exercise. i told her it was easy and so she just went for it and played as smooth as butter. another pupil of mine drumming for two years battled to play from the left. but good old ruby just took it as normal that you should play from bith hands. later in the lesson she played when the levee breaks perfectly for me as well. its a great feeling watching them grow especially when those first painful slow lessons are fresh in our memories.

j

[burnthehero]

Congrats to you and your pupil on her newfound confidence! That's very important to a new drummer.

[Big_Philly]

Thanks guys! She keeps on progressing, and we're working on double strokes and double-stroke rolls now which is really tough on her but she's showing some good improvement. I expect that she will be able to perform rolls within a month or so.