Pat Alden Drum Studio

Drum & percussion instruction by Pat A. Graduate from The Crane School of Music (Potsdam, NY).

INSTRUCTION EMPHASIS:

-The basics of technique (can teach right or left handed and matched or traditional grip)

-Styles include: all types of rock, jazz, Latin, gospel, and classical.

-learn to read both legit music and charts

-How to increase speed

-linear coordination

-metric modulation

-learn phrasing

-the importance of voicings

-brush technique

-hand drums (bongos & congas)

-triangle and tambourine techniques

I live in an apartment and will have to travel to you. Travel rates vary and are negotiable within reasonable distance.