2VIP Class Notes (Jack – Li)

Why did you want to learn to play the drums? What do you like about it? Tell me about an experience that you have playing in front of people.

Write a paragraph 

Vocabulary

parts of an instrument – what does it have?

top part/bottom part – bu wei/fen

a drum kit – parts of the drum

hand grip – wo fa

Not for beginners – not for new learners

hit/tap/beat  

genre – style/type

ex. rock/jazz/country/funk

(musical) theory – yue li

practical test/exam  – when you have to play or do sth

instruments – yue qi

competition – bi sai

performance – a show

ex. He was really happy about his performance.

band – a group

chance – ji hui

ex. Did you have any chances to perform?

Grammar

A sentence should have a subject and a verb

ex. He eats

but most sentences have a subject-verb-object  

ex. The dog likes meat.

adjectives describe nouns/you put adjectives before nouns

large dog

The angry, old man

adverbs are usually after verbs

He is a friendly person.

I sometimes go out with friends.

I go to school 5 days a week.

Tell you to identify a drum

Teaches you how to identify a drum/teaches you parts of the drum 

A basic kit

He is going to teach us basic drumming skills.

First you start with the hi-hat. Next you add the base drum. Then you add the snare drum.

He is telling us/teaching us some basic drum beats.

To practice hitting 8 beats on the hi-hat.

We are going to hit the snare drum on the count of 3 and 7.

They don’t teach you the basic skills. They teach you how to play.

I learnt some basic skills. Then I learnt how to play.