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Free Voice Lessons
In this first Podcast John Henny
covers the basics of Speech Level Singing (or SLS). Also covered are some initial terms and definitions, including chest
voice, head voice and mix.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Lesson 6 Vibrato
Thursday, April 27, 2006
In today’s Podcast, John Henny gives some simple exercises
to help create the sensation of vibrato in the singer. These simple, yet effective exercises can help establish a polished
vibrato, even in
Lesson 5 Building Strength
Thursday, March 30, 2006
In today’s lesson John Henny starts the process of slowly
building strength into the bridges or “mix”.
Narrowing Vowels
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
John Henny covers the “singer’s secret” of
vowel narrowing and demonstrates how it can create more ease in singing almost instantly. This is a key lesson for those
singers in need of a “quick fix”.
Lesson 4 Finding Connection
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Today’s lesson begins the process of bringing the vocal
cords together and maintaining vocal cord closure though the transition process. This will begin to strengthen the bridge
and eliminate breaks.
Finding Release
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Today’s podcast begins exercises to help find the “release”
or the sensation of letting go into the head voice. This will help build coordination and allow the student to change
and blend registers q
Lessons in Speech Level Singing with top SLS voice instructor
John Henny. Please visit www.johnhenny.com for more information and to schedule private lessons, either in-studio or by phone and webcam.
Free Bass Lessons
The Bass Greats Series
The Solo Bass Series
The Jazz Improvisation Series
The Slapping Series
The Tapping Series
The Sight Reading Series
The Transcriptions Series
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Introduction
to Drumming
This tutorial assumes that you know nothing about drums and have never even picked up a pair of
drum sticks. This page will explain everything from reading music to how sticks should be held.
First thing we need to talk about is how you actually play the drums. The great thing about drums is that you don't really
need a drum set to play. You can use a table top, your knees or even a friend's head!
OK, if you are a right-handed person you will be using your right hand to play the hi-hat, your left hand to play the snare
drum, your right foot to play the bass drum and your left foot to move the hi-hat up and down. If you are a lefty, then everything
is reversed...your left hand will play the hi-hat, right hand the snare drum, and so on.
Note: this is not a must, it is more important to play how it feels more comfortable than how you should
play the drums. I know several good drummers that are left-handed but play on a right-handed drum set up. For the following
examples we will use the right-handed style of playing.
Since we aren't using a drum set at this point we'll just use the desk you are sitting at. Tap your right hand on the desk
four times while counting to four. Next add a tap with your left hand on the third count. Take a look below for a more visual
sense of what you are doing.
count 1 2 3 4
R=right hand R R R R
L=left hand L
This is the basic hand pattern for 80% of drum music played in today rock/pop music. Repeat this pattern over and over
without stopping. When you feel comfortable with this, move on to the next section.
Now that you have got the hand stuff figured out, lets add a foot into the mix! Tap your right foot on count one. See below
for what this looks like to help with your counting.
count 1 2 3 4
R=right hand R R R R
L=left hand L
F=right foot F
Now your cooking! Once you have this hand/foot combination down and can keep up a steady rhythm for at least 3 minutes
straight you are on your way to becoming a drummer.
Lets take a look at some actual drum music and then talk about all the different parts of it. This is the same pattern
as above written out as a drum transcript. The right hand is playing eighth notes on the hi-hat and the foot and left hand
are alternating on the quarter note downbeat. We'll talk more about what eighth and quarter notes are later on.
Notice the MIDI Players above the diagram. Throughout all the lessons these will be available for you to hear
the example shown. This way you can actually hear what the drum pattern sounds like and let you know if you are playing it
correctly. Go ahead, try it!
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