But I was totally and completely wrong.
So Gabriel has been practicing a rock beat. It's like this:
On the hi-hat, with the foot pedal depressed, 8 beats to the ? measure? I don't even know. But it's 8.
On the bass drum, with the other foot, 4 beats to the measure.
On the snare drum, hit on the 2 and 4 for the bass drum.
So two hands and one foot are moving at different rates, but all together.
I know what this sounds like. I know what this looks like.
But when I sat down to try it...NO GO.
It was SO HARD. I know I'm old and the kid is young, but still.
It was impossible!
I mean, for me. Gabriel continues to make it look easy.
Spent $1,000 on a drum kit for him today. Obviously it's pretty nice for an eight-year-old.
Thank good ol' uncle Bill for a bonus, I guess!
Pics later...the card I'm using in my camera doesn't want to be read by my laptop, and I'm too lazy to go find a computer that will read it.
Oh, and in other, but related news: If you ever want to see a kid motivated to clean a stinky garage, promise a drum kit, complete with a little rug to put it on. Gabriel has never been so helpful before, and my garage has never been so clean. :-)
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Haha, that's great -- both that Gabriel is becoming quite the talent and that he's found his 'garage cleaning' motivation.
Yeah, I tried to play drums once too during school. I'd have better luck trying to balance on a wire with a 40lb weight in ONE hand.
This is just great to hear =)
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