Jazz Drum Series by Tan Boon Gee
If you’ve always been into jazz, here’s the opportune time to get into the swing of things. Conducted by Tan Boon Gee, the resident drummer of jazz@southbridge, the series of eight drum workshops will touch on the various aspects of jazz drumming – from concepts and techniques to forms and structures as well as a detailed discourse on the evolution of jazz, influences, genres and crossovers. Engage in discussions, ask questions and of course, witness the lively demonstrations of the many facets of jazz. Here’s an outline of what’s to come:
SESSION ONE: A JAZZ INTRODUCTION
20 Jan Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• History & Evolution of Jazz
• The Various Genres of Jazz: African Roots; The Blues; The Swing Beat; Marches; Second-lines; Dixieland; Dance Band; Big Band; Bebop; Hard-Bop; Cool Jazz; Trad Jazz
• Listening Appreciation: Listening Skills, Time Keeping & Consistency
• The Triplet: 12/8; 6/8
SESSION TWO: THE RHYTHM SECTION
27 Jan Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Roles and Relationships
• Differences in Time/Triplet Interpretations
• Time Concepts: ‘Ahead’ VS ‘Behind’ and More
SESSION THREE: SONG FORMS & STRUCTURES
03 Feb Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Music Terms: Head, Tag, Turn Around, Trades, AABA etc.
• Forms & Structures: Blues, Standards, Bop, Modal, Modern etc
• Rhythm Changes
SESSION FOUR: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUE & EXERCISES PART ONE
17 Feb Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Concept of Swing Time
• The Swung Note
• Triplet Based or Implied
• Shuffle / Blues
• The Swung Eighth-notes
• The Dotted Eighths and Sixteenths
SESSION FIVE: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUE & EXERCISES PART TWO
24 Feb Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Anticipation
• Pushing and Driving Force
• Playing Ahead
• Common Attacks, Figures etc
• The Hi-Hat: Emphasis of 2 & 4
SESSION SIX: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUE & EXERCISES PART THREE
02 Mar Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• The Snare: Concept of Comping
• Accompaniment or Compliment
• Left Hand Independence
• Providing the Push in Comping & Backing a Soloist
• The Ride: Time
• Signature Sound with Different Drummers
SESSION SEVEN: CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUE & EXCERCISES PART FOUR
09 Mar Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Brushes: Basic Brushwork
• Ballad-playing & Up-tempos
SESSION EIGHT: JAZZ VARIATIONS, CROSSOVERS & INFLUENCES
16 Mar Sunday 11.30 am – 1 pm
• Latin Jazz
• Cross-breeding of Latin American Rhythms with Jazz
• The Electric Era: Advent of the Electric Keyboard & Electric Guitar
• Rock Influences
• Jazz-Rock, Progressive Jazz/Rock
• Fusion
• Smooth Jazz
• Modern Jazz
Tickets at $18 per workshop, $128 for the series of 8 workshops. Tickets are available at Anaki Records, jazz@southbridge and online via jko@anakirecords.com. To book, please email jko@anakirecords.com with your name, mobile number and session number(s) you’ll be attending. The workshops are held at Anaki Records. For more information, please call 6534 8016.
Bass Guitar Intro Clinic at Anaki Records
Bass Talk by Bani at Anaki Records
If you’ve always been interested in playing the bass guitar, come on down for a free beginners’ bass clinic on Saturday, 06 Oct at Anaki Records. Conducted by Bani Abdul Rahman, who has has collaborated with well-known musicians such as Tanya Chua, Art Fazil, Brinal Chua, Blindspot, Stoned Revivals, B-Quartet and Taufik Batisah, this introduction clinic is great as an orientation class for those who’ve always wanted to pick it up but never got down to doing it.
Electric Bass Guitar Clinic Outline:
• Bass Talk – 4/5-string, pickups, fret board, tone & volume knobs, amps, tuning the bass, understanding intonation and setting your tone
• Playing the Electric Bass – posture, fingering exercises, fret board notes, listening skills, time keeping, consistency and dynamics
• Role of a Bass Player – performing, recording, playing in time, locking with a drummer, the rhythm section and the bass clef
• Music Input – understanding major and minor, scales, spelling the chords, various basic grooves, eight notes rocks, building melodies on bass, and different groove patterns for funk, pop, rock & jazz
• Question & Answer
Day: Saturday, 06 Oct 2007
Time: 2.30 p.m.
Venue: Anaki Records, 58B Temple Street (Chinatown MRT station)
A registration fee of $2 applies. Limited seats are available so book early to avoid disappointment. Email jko@anakirecords.com or call 6534 8016 to reserve your seats.
Anaki Records presents Very Rock Series: Drum Workshop
Calling all drum enthusiasts who love the sounds of
the
doom-doom-dah-doomdoom-doomdoom-dah, come on down for a rock drumming
workshop held over two Sundays in September at Anaki Records.
Conducted by drummer Tan Boon Gee, who has played alongside luminaries
such as Ernie Watts, Eugene Pao, Marcus Printup and Aaron Goldberg,
the drum workshop is split over four time slots, which you can choose
to attend individually or as a collective of four. Limited seats are
available so book early to avoid disappointment. Email
jko@anakirecords.com or call 6534 8016 to reserve your seats.
Very Rock Series Drum Workshop
Dates: Sundays, 02 & 09 Sept
Times: 2.30p.m. & 4p.m.
Venue: Anaki Records (58B Temple Street, Chinatown MRT station)
Session One [2.30pm, 02 Sept 2007]:
1. Basic 8th Note Grooves
2. Single & Double Strokes
3. Basic Drum Fill-ins Using 8th notes
4. Hands-on Trial
5. Q&A
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Session Two [4pm, 02 Sept 2007]:
1. Introduction to 16th Notes
2. Basic 16th Note Figures
3. Basic Drum Fill-ins Using 16th Notes
4. Embellishments: Hi-hat Openings etc
5. Play-a-long Demonstration
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Session Three [2.30pm, 09 Sept 2007]:
1. 16th Note Permutation & Recognition
2. Application of 16th Note to Bass & Snare Drums
 in Beats & Syncopation
3. Application of 16th Note in Fill-ins
4. More Embellishments: 5-stroke Roll on Hi-hat etc
5. Q&A |
Session Four [4pm 09 Sept 2007]:
1. Combining Singles & Doubles for Beat Variation
2. Linear-drumming
3. Paradiddle Grooves
4. Creative Fill-ins
5. Ghost Notes |
Tickets at $12 per session, $45 for four sessions.
Limited seats are
available so book early to avoid disappointment.
Email
jko@anakirecords.com or call 6534 8016 to reserve your seats.
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