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Everyone Can
Have a BLAST Learning Rhythm and Music with these DVD and ONLINE Lessons!
Play any
Instrument, Sing, Dance, or Drum more Rhythmically and Musically!
After more than nine years developing and teaching the www.CoreBeat.com SYSTEM for Mastering Technique and Rhythm -- Principles, Methods, and Exercises, it is now available in 2-hour and 4-hour DVD Packages from $11.45 with accompanying Instructional Booklets.
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Anyone
can learn Rhythm and Music with these Simple Guidelines!
With over 125 lessons to choose from, using drums and percussion to simply illustrate these revolutionary Principles and Methods, anyone - instrumentalist, singer, dancer, or drummer - can learn ALL types of rhythm and music FAST while having a BLAST!
“As
a professional musician I’m always looking for ways to improve my
musicianship. This is not only a
fun way to learn musical concepts, but using drums and percussion puts people
into the same groove, connecting with one another through the music’s
heartbeat.” - Amber
Gaia (www.ambergaia.com)
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“If
you had asked me 6 months ago if I would consider playing in a band, I’d
have laughed - a lot! ‘Introverted, shy, cowardly’ are words that
have described my personality, that is apparently until you showed me how to
play. Now, you can’t miss me. I am the one wailing away with a big
Cheshire-cat grin on my face. What an experience! I am so glad I overcame my
insecurities, and gave it a go. No looking back now!” - Lloydie
K.
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The Skill-Set is like the “floor” of the musical building, the
foundation for every music style, a common language for every instrumentalist, singer, dancer, drummer,
and percussionist. It’s an excellent tool for teachers (contact me for a 30% - 50% discount!) to help their students grasp the essentials for making
music quickly and have a BLAST doing it! Here, we’ll use drums and
percussion in the Exercises to simply
illustrate these Principles and Methods:
- Subdivision of time into notes and rests to form a rhythmic vocabulary for different music styles.
- Combination of musical ideas to convey the measure of time, pulsation, phrasing, and song structure.
- Methods for supporting, embellishing, and dialoguing with the essential groove in a section of music.
- Methods for building up tension and momentum toward a resolution, then releasing this to groove again.
- Layering of tone, rhythms, accents, and articulation to create musical texture, variation, and balance.
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à Meter/Time, beats (pulses,
downbeats, backbeats, offbeats), and beat subdivision to build measures of
rhythm.
à Complete binary and ternary
rhythmic vocabulary of notes and rests for "straight" and
"swung" Time-feels.
à Groove layering or support
(imitation), embellishment (fill-in setups and echoes), or dialogue
(countering) with it.
à Textural layering by: Tonal
and articulation variation, rhythmic complexity, syncopation, accents, and
dynamics.
à Drumming and body motions that convey the groove to the other musicians and audience.
“The tools and structure of the Krakatoa program has finally
allowed me to pursue my interest and passion for playing music. The
instructional booklets, ONLINE Lessons, and DVDs available on the Krakatoa website make
it possible for ANY person with ANY level of ability and experience to be more
musical. And along with that, the cost is so nominal that it makes it
affordable for me to be a part of this all! For me, this has literally added a huge
piece of happiness and joy to my life.” - Kim B.
Skill-Set Packages #2 and #3 Combined
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à Counting and singing
methods used to make the learning of rhythm and syncopation easier and more
musical.
à Note-groups and their
shifting or combining into measures, phrases, sections, etc. to build a
song’s structural form.
à Style time-feels based on meter, pulses, and phrases, plus using signaling setups/pickups and buildups to convey this.
“Being
new at this, we weren't exactly sure what to expect when we ventured out to our
first session. However, the instructor
is so successful at integrating beginners like ourselves that we immediately
felt a part of it all! Great fun!” - Sandy and John R.
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à Drum & percussion
techniques: Hand/stick/body motions,
articulation, accents, dynamics, texture, Ostinatos vs. Figures.
à General guidelines based on
instrument type for supporting, embellishing, and dialoguing with the groove.
à More about phrasing and
using setups/pickups, buildups, and syncopation to convey this (see also Skill-Set Package #3).
à Orchestration: Choosing instruments that balance the pitch, timbre, and dynamics within the band.
“I have had no other
instrumental training since school days and never expected to be playing at this
point of my life! Our instructor is a saint - the training adapts to suit the
needs of the students, explaining and demonstrating in a way we can all
understand. The website has a wealth of information, ONLINE Lessons, and DVDs so we can practice at
home, which is a great advantage to many of us. Everyone enjoys playing their
instruments so the atmosphere is electric, especially when everyone gets into a
groove! There are so many smiling
faces with a lot of foot-tapping going on!” - Pat K.
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Because all music has rhythm, all instruments can be
separated into six categories with their own Role-Guidelines. The key to
playing effectively in a band is to not only stand firmly on the
“floor” of the Krakatoa Skill-Set Packages (see above), but
also to understand the Role you play
within the band - knowing which one of the interlocking “walls”
you are that builds the “house” of music. If you do this, your
piece will interconnect with others to create a beautiful musical
“puzzle.” This requires watching and listening to the groove to
know how to support, embellish, and dialogue with it. Playing by
Role-Guidelines instead of from musical notation or memorization frees you to be more focused on other
musicians, the audience, your own body and spirit, the nuances of the music,
and other aspects of musicality, musicianship, and showmanship. Here,
we’ll use drums and percussion in the Exercises to illustrate the Principles and Methods.
"You learn a lot about music, not just drums and percussion instruments. The whole idea is to make you comfortable in any musical setting so you can ‘jam’ with the best. Mike's a great teacher and I highly recommend him for your rhythm & music needs.” - Louise C.
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à Introduction
on how Role-Guidelines fit players together into a musical “puzzle”
around the groove.
à Role #1 "Father" drum illustrating: Pulse and simple phrasing setups/pickups, echoes, and buildups.
“This
has been an incredible experience for me. The instructor’s high energy
and aptitude are incomparable. The comfortable and innovative environment
easily blends the novice with advanced musician.” - Sally S.
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