My friends, we have talked about this month’s transcription challenge in our lessons, and now finally, here is the answer key below. We will do another one of these in December.
Wednesday Throwdown November 11th
If you missed today’s livestream, you can view it below:
Transcription Challenge #1
For those who told me you wanted to work on your transcription skills, here you go:
Time signature = 4/4. The first note is the downbeat of beat 1, measure 1. There are 8 measures total.
These will get more challenging as we go along.
Assignment: transcribe this, send me a picture or scan of your transcription and I'll reveal the correct answer online this Friday (11/6/2020).
Student Video: Thomas L.
Here at groove, we use video a lot, because it is the single best tool for self analysis. Check out this play through video from Thomas L, covering “Rosanna” by Toto. This is a difficult song to play from both a technical standpoint and a feel standpoint, and takes a long time to get under control.
grooveTALK, Ep. 2: John Evans, principal timpanist Naples Philharmonic
John Evans, principal timpanist, is in his thirtieth season with The Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. He received a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University and a Master of Music degree from Temple University, where he was a student of Alan Abel, former associate principal percussionist of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
This is a great conversation that contains many lessons for aspiring professionals.
Wednesday Sermon: All That Matters
During the Wednesday Throwdowns, I try to lead the viewers through as many exercises as possible at varying tempi. Every so often a mini-sermon comes out, and this one I think is worth you time. (It’s all of two minutes long). You can tune in to our Monday live improv sessions and Wednesday Throwdowns on Twitch here.