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Reading: Dynamics

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Joe Porcaro

Joe and Ralph emphasize the importance of reading with dynamics and give a lot of great tips that pros need to know.

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Lesson tags: dynamics, notation, sight reading
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1 - Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-Stroke) On Drum Set
Ralph Humphrey
2 - Independence: Basic Rock #4 with Bass Drum on 1, 3 AN
Chad Smith
3 - Playing: The Mambo Beat
Adam Kuns
4 - Reading: Dynamics
Joe Porcaro
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Beginner Semester 1 – Week 11

  • 1 - Technique: Outside Release Motion (4-Stroke) On Drum Set
  • 2 - Independence: Basic Rock #4 with Bass Drum on 1, 3 AN
  • 3 - Playing: The Mambo Beat
  • 4 - Reading: Dynamics

About the Artist

Joe Porcaro
Porcaro has recorded with Natalie Cole, Don Ellis, Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Gladys Knight, Madonna, The Monkees, Gerry Mulligan, Pink Floyd, Howard Roberts, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan. He has done film scores with James Newton Howard, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Danny Elfman, John Frizzell and his son Steve Porcaro. With educator and drummer Ralph Humphrey, he was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Music Academy (LAMA) in Pasadena, California.

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