Discuss Catcher in the Rye
-train ride from Pencey
-the hotel in New York - sexual immaturity
-the women in the bar
Assignment
read next 2 chapters
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Blaize was prepared for class and continued our good discussion about Holden Caulfield. We're focusing on Holden's loneliness and isolation, and how his immaturity shows by the way he deals with himself and other people. Blaize has been an active participant in our discussions and I'm very pleased with his effort.
Linear beats, Mozambique hand pattern, sixteenth note rhythms.
Lesson Outline
Play through the sixteenth note exercises and the 12 bar exercise.
Continue developing linear patterns for the drum kit.
Practice the hand pattern for Mozambique style drumming.
Assignment
Practice the linear grooves, the Mozambique, and sixteenth note rhythms.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Very good session. Blaize is doing very well with developing and playing linear groove patterns. He is really coming along with his command of the sixteenth note rhythms we have working on from the Realistic Rock book as well.
Play sixteenth note rhythm exercises from Realistic Rock.
Begin working on the end of unit 12 bar exercise.
Begin developing some linear groove patterns.
Assignment
Practice the sixteenth note exercises and the linear patterns.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Blaize showed some great creativity in developing some very nice linear patterns that could be moved to different drum kit voices to create very interesting groove feels.
Discuss Catcher in the Rye
-Holden's place at Pencey
-Stradlater and Jane
-"people hunting hat"
-"Sleep tight ya' morons"
Assignment
read next chapter
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
I'm very pleased with Blaize's effort with the reading so far. He hasn't had one day where he hasn't read for this book and he seems to be very interested in Holden's character. We talked about how this book is all based on Holden's perceptions, and therefor needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Blaize has been very active in our discussions and I think he's getting a lot out of the book.
