How Long Does It Take To Do Drum Grades?
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
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You can download the syllabus for Trinity Rock and Pop drums here: www.trinityrock.com/instruments/drums/grade6
And Trinity College London here: www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/grade-exams/percussion
The duration of study chart is on page 5 of both syllabuses, and states the same times for both syllabuses.
Have fun please let me know if any questions,
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My daughter is 9 years old and did her grade 3 exams in 3 months. Went for lessons once a week and practised at home. Every other day on average.
Dear Mike,
I've praised your teaching before but I would just like to re-iterate how exceptional you are and say that this video is a classic of the Mike Barnes genre. You're an invigorating mix of musician, teacher and street-philosopher and, apart from using your walk-throughs of the Trinity pieces to guide my own practice and learning, whenever my confidence drops, I tune into one of your chats, like this one, and return to my practice room inspired. I'm 68, (badly) self-taught back in the late 60's/early 70 and now a couple of years into working my way through all the stuff I wish I'd learnt as a kid. I am also a teacher with over four decades of experience of teaching every age group, from nursery to post-grad. So not only do I know a good drummer when I see one but also a good teacher. And, to use your favourite word, Man: you are both.
Ah, thank you Geoff, appreciate it so much! Thanks for watching and saying so. Cheers :)
Picked up a cheapish electronic drum kit a little over a month ago and heard myself telling someone yesterday that ‘I’m not progressing as fast as I’d like’. Interesting to stumble upon this video today and put me in my place. I’ve come to this later in life than most (almost 42) and am notoriously bad at sticking things out when I don’t see progress. I will now reassess my expectations and go easier on myself. Maybe by the time I hit 50, I’ll be able to keep a beat 🤣 Thanks Mike.
I feel like this describes me! I tend to give up if I don't see progress and I'm around the same age. I generally expect to go into grading after 2-3 months. this is interesting to watch and see that others have the same expectations as me!
I wonder how things are going now, about a year later...
I start at 50 , I'm getting better, takes time and hard work but it's worth it, we gotta work on the hands every day though!
Great info yet again. Really appreciate all the work that you put in each of your videos. I’m sure most people have no idea of how much prep is involved every time.Keep it up buddy.👍
Great post...the psychology of commitment and persistence is key to anyone achieving anything. Good work fella. Nothing worth doing comes easy guys, but stay with it, it will come.
"Genius is perseverance in disguise". Cheers John!
You kept mentioning 'grades' in other videos of yours I saw when it came to Drums.. I have been playing on and off , casually for 20 years. and never had heard of the 'drum grades' .. . now I'm on a mission to find out where I stand.. it's appearing around grade 6 or 7 in a solid manner.. but we'll see.. Thanks Mike. From Canada.
Love the Mike Tyson quote about getting punched in the face. Great point you make about learning the rudiments and really nailing technique rather than just trying to learn the songs and get through the grades. My son's drum teacher always spends lots of time on exercises and drills to learn the rudiments and technique which ultimately helps with the grades!
Feeling guilty as I planned on doing a grade roughly every couple of months until grade 6! (Don't wanna be '60' before I get to Grade 8!!) I have been choosing my 3 favourite pieces from each grade to perfect and sight-read the rest but will now go over all other pieces more thoroughly having watched your video Mike! :)
Ha, nice one Jenny! It's only a general guide - you're doing amazing and just keep going! I would broadly recommend covering all the material in each grade if you can, talk about that here: ua-cam.com/video/tFPGG7zxxX8/v-deo.html
I would encourage a drummer at any stage to join mikes members page. There is so much “advice” on other drummers’ pages about drumming hacks and not bothering with rudiments, what’s the rush? Why deny yourself the experience of learning 👍
Much appreciate, cheers Dave! 🙏🏻So glad you dig and thanks for the great song suggestion :)
Wow. Super video. Interesting numbers. Good to know. Hoping to finish my Grade 1 book before my 50th birthday!
Cheers Ross! Just a general guide but useful for perspective I think!
This is a really interesting video and answered a lot of the questions I had coming into this. I wish I'd started when I was 15, but better late than never!!
Go for it Matt, yeah maybe, but then again you may well not have had the right mindset at 15! Go at it man.
Thanks for this. I'm almost 40 and mostly self taught, been playing for about 20 years.
I decided recently to see a teacher again and try go through the grades so I can qualify as a teacher. The man I saw has 35 years experience teaching, and after 1 lesson said at my level I could go straight for grade 8. (I learnt schism over 10 years ago and Rosanna about 5 years ago)
I said I'd rather work through the grades, honstly want it to take much less than 6 years though, seeing as I'm going into this with a solid foundation, I feel that with dedicated practice I can get through it fairly quickly.
Thanks for watching man! It does sound like with your experience you could go for a higher grade, or as you say at least move through the Grade level more quickly. Cheers!
Great this video will be so helpful - I have just been practicing no one knows and I love it...... it is going great so far. Many thanks for your inspiring attitude... Anna 🙂
Thanks Mike, really liked the video. Came to know about the little self-check you gotta do if your practice hours are actually enough and effective for the Trinity Drums Exams. Probably, one never focuses about the detailed vital stuff you told in this video. Appreciate your efforts!!! Thanks a lot....
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Cheers man! 🙏🏻👊🏻
Thanks Mike👍
Hi Mike... thankyou for that information... unbelievable care and help you give everyone.
I wouldn't have done what I've done without your tremendous help.
I have been very fortunate to know you and have you behind me... supporting me through drumming lessons .. with HEAD .. HANDS.. HEART....all of those are equally important.
Also it's funny that I didn't start my learning with you until very late in life, in my seventies, but it's shown me that age is just a number providing you have the concentration skills and abilities through health to play.
So I just want to say Thankyou Mike...you are a fantastic young man, looking forward to coming to see you on 21st November for a lesson, and 5th December too.
Best wishes
Colin
Superb Colin, cheers!
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Thanx for this little reality check :) Good news is , I've now something to live for - a stated goal for sure ! :) ...
Ha ha, nice one Rob! Just a general guide for a bit of perspective! :)
Wow!!!
I've been playing for 5 and a half years and I'm only halfway through grade 6😢. I guess i have to practice way more but i cant because i cant put aside my studies
I’ve just done my grade 6 drums rockschool and logged the hours I done … from starting it till the day of the exam I logged 96 hours …. all self taught and for the exam I got a distinction ….. it’s not an easy thing to do it’s frustrating at times and by the time the exam comes round you are absolutely sick of the tunes your learning ….. but I’m now learning grade 7 …. I’ve logged 30 hours so far and learnt the songs really quick so it must be paying off the sight reading is getting a little bit easier …. Booked my exam for next feb I’ll be ready in plenty of time ….. I thoroughly recommend any drummer to have a go at grades as it’s an achievement and also gives you another way of playing using sight reading …. Good luck all🥁🥁
Very cool! Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to comment. Good luck!
@@MikeBarnesDrums thank you …. I’ve learnt family affair grade 7 from your video also cry me a river that six stroke roll at the end of the intro had me thinking until I watched your video so thanks …. It’s great to watch someone else play it and play it perfect … I learn from visual audio and reading it as well ….. I know over 100 cover songs for my band all learnt by ear but learning to sight read and play is a great skill to have I enjoy doing it and it has helped my drumming move forward …. Drums are a subject that is never ending which is great ….. thank you for putting so much great content on your channel it is brilliant and it’s what every drummer is looking for a bit of everything …. So thank you
My practice session has just becomes me jamming along to motionless in white songs. Reincarnate tho rly helping me with the double bass coordination
Head, heart and hands man! ua-cam.com/video/bESN5pwwkJA/v-deo.html
Mike can you do a video on double strokes with traditional grip
Hi Elliot, I'm not really the traditional grip guy tbh (although I do enjoy using it). Austin Burcham gives a first-rate explanation and demo on his channel here, really recommend checking that out: ua-cam.com/video/MkyMjJnbyqw/v-deo.html
@@MikeBarnesDrums thanks
I want to be able to play 16th notes at 200bpm for this part in thoughts & prayers. Have you got any practice tips to increase my speed ( double bass pedals )
Here's my perspective on how to increase speed with anything you're doing on the drums man: ua-cam.com/video/h765abWe_us/v-deo.html
I'm doing grade 7 piano...and that's taken me around 8 years... grade 5 theory took me a year on its own...I hope to get to grade 8 before I depart planet earth...I have been drumming for 3 years...I have no idea what level in drums I would be
The tough part, too, is whether or not your practice time is being well spent. It's very easy to use practice time inefficiently. Progress requires a good program, and usually a good teacher. It's very easy to get stuck at certain spots in the grades. Improving means you're spending a lot of time uncomfortable, concentrating hard, and struggling.
True! That’s why I write personalised practice plans for channel members, provide video feedback etc :) www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums
Mike you wont believe it but i did 3 grades during the lockdown !!!!
Cool! What marks did you get?
Mike what happens after we finish grade 8 big fan mike please reply to my comment
Hi Krishna, cheers man! Much appreciated. Please watch this video: ua-cam.com/video/tFPGG7zxxX8/v-deo.html - I address that question at around the 5 minute mark onwards :)
@@MikeBarnesDrums Thnks a lot mike I in grade 6 right now and I want to have a carrer in drums so I wanted to know what to do after we clear grade 8
@@krishnananda2799 Very cool. So I think of Grade 8 as the end of the beginning, you're then in a position to go and make music armed with the skills and knowledge you've built up! You could of course go on to further study at music college/University 👊🏻
@@MikeBarnesDrums I don’t have too much knowlege about it can you explain me in deatil what to do after grade 8
Edit - thnks for taking interest in my question big fan
Can you to step by step sweet child o mine please
I have! ua-cam.com/video/G6j9x5MyJVk/v-deo.html
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