using drum set in worship

Daily warm up

1. Ergonomic Set Up of the kit

- Are you comfortable?

- Are you sitting high?

- Are you playing down into the drum?

2. Proper drum/cymbal/implement choices

- Are your drums the right choice for the music? (Specifically snare drum)

- Are your cymbal choices appropriate? (Thin, Large, Cymbals with wash)

- Are your sticks, or brushes too heavy for the room or song selection?

3. Tuning

- Are your drums tuned for the music? (Gospel vs. Praise and Worship)

- Are you using any kind of dampening?

4. Dynamics

- Can you hear all parts of the group?

- Do you have your mix set?

- Can you identify (sing) everyone else's part?

1. Right to Left hand coordination

-. Stroke style, hand to hand combinations, evens of subdivisions.

2. Multi-Limb coordination

- Employment of "The Grid" and all variations

- Foot Coordination within a Groove

3. Listening coordination

- Listen to a variety of new musical styles and concepts

- Listen to learn chord changes and key changes

- Listen for time signature differences