This document provides instructions for students to create and implement a solo drumming activity. It outlines the steps for warming up, developing ideas, and beginning an improvised solo. These include practicing rudiments to warm up, developing a beat or rhythm to explore creatively, and gradually adding accents and random strokes over a basic shuffle beat. The goal is to encourage independent thinking and improvisation, which are core parts of solo drumming. Students are also instructed to record some of their practice runs, including their take on the opening groove from "Ain't That A Shame" as an example. References for further reading are also provided.

1. Week 4 Assignment
EDU 652
Thomas Wilson
Lisa Marie Johnson
Creating & Implementing a Connect-Type Activity
Demonstrating a Solo Demo Template For Our
Connect-Type Activity
August 19, 2013

2. How to start a Drum Solo
 It begins with an idea you the student have thought
of from some type of inspiration and you work over
a period of time developing it

3. The Drummer has begun by
warming up …
 by doing practice drills to their favorite practice
loop of music samples

4. Once the student has
become warmed up ….
 they should be loosened up, limber and able to
begin their exploration of their solo creative
process

5. Now to the template, how to
begin a drum solo…
 It normally starts with a beat in your head, a
rhythm you keep hearing and you cannot rest till
you write it down and then play it!

6. Now you are starting to do
some impromptu…
 jamming (playing) which will help you to think “in
the moment” the shuffle beat continues “boompabomp, boompa-bomp” you continue adding accents
(light strokes on the crash, or transitioning to the
ride and keeping time on it) on the cymbals. You
learn to add random strokes on the toms, called …

7. We have a reason for
everything we have you
do here! You are learning to play and improvise which
is at the “heart and soul” of solo drumming!

8. Congratulations! You have
just played …
 the opening groove to “Ain’t that a shame” by Bun
E. Carlos on “Cheap Trick-Live at Budokan”
 You should record one or more of your runthroughs on this groove.

9. Are we there yet? Almost!

10. We cannot tell you what to
do with you solo but…
 here we have provided you with enough “food for
thought” to encourage and motivate you!

11. References
 Anatomy of Drum Solo –Neil Peart
 (2005) Hudson Music
 Progressive Independence-Rock
 Ron Spagnardi- (2013) revised
 http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-
Independence-Comprehensive-Guide-Drumming/
dp/142347712X