Trinity College 2014 Grade 8 Brazilian Overture

[@TheGrainer]

Grade 8 seems incredibly hard ,great drumming

[@daveodart]

I will get around to it shortly! Busy promoting book at mo and prepping for London Drum Show. Thanks for commenting :-)

[@alexsearle5961]

Thanks it really helped

[@daveodart]

Alex Searle Hey Alex, its a pleasure :-)

[@edg5626]

Great drumming! 😮

[@Natalieshehusings]

um the way I'm just watching this me being in grade 1 XD

[@lingtondaniel]

It's alright I've been through that Just keep pedaling hard 👍🏼 You'll get there in no time ❤️

[@mopurujayachandra3606]

Fantastic 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 groove

[@arasiah]

Excellent work. Enjoyed it.

[@daveodart]

Thanks Ajit!

[@Charl_Ed]

Can’t go wrong with a shuffle 👌😊

[@unnikrishnannn5249]

Why are the brushes used in between the song

[@daveodart]

Twister Dragon it is an overture encompassing a number of styles which each require different tones and textures to suit the music. It is also a good way of testing the adaptability of player taking the exam at this level I guess 😊

[@clarajeyaraj6397]

It's called brushing

[@daveodart]

@@clarajeyaraj6397 I have not heard it called that before but I guess it describes what needs to be done!

[@unnikrishnannn5249]

What is that other thing you use to play in between of the song

[@daveodart]

Unnikrishnan NN the brushes? Instead of sticks

[@arasiah]

Great playing! I am sitting Grade 8 in June and am finding the footwork challenging. What is the foot technique you are using for the Batacuda/Samba section? Is it toe slide, or is it toe-heel-toe?

[@daveodart]

Ajit Rasiah more of a toe slide I guess...

[@arasiah]

daveodart Thank You

[@arasiah]

Dave, thanks, I have just finished my drum exam and uploaded my attempt to youtube. Cheers.

[@tristanseow2970]

Dave any tips on the brush switch? Not really confident with that now

[@daveodart]

Tristan Seow yes have two pairs of sticks as when you place the first pair down quickly they rarely stay in place, get rid of the brushes quick and pick up 2nd pair of sticks!

[@ankitha316]

How many years are you learning to play the drums 🥁 🙂

[@daveodart]

Nandana Kaveesha I’ve been playing for 35 years now 😊

[@raghavendraraork7948]

Wow super sir 👌 you are now so experienced

[@arvindnandakumar2270]

What a performance

[@daveodart]

Thankyou Arvind!

[@alexbell6805]

how long does it take you to learn these pieces??

[@daveodart]

Difficult to answer that question as I spend a lot of time teaching the sections/techniques/styles etc to literally hundreds of students but never put together the performance as a whole myself, at least that was until I decided to record every piece for You Tube. I would finish my working day and give myself about 45 mins to prep. a piece before recording on my iPhone and uploading. I left out any fancy editing or correcting mistakes as I felt this was a more realistic approach and nobody's perfect yeh?! Dave

[@Rob-Bishop]

Nicely done buddy!

[@artsyrose3486]

Thanks matey :-)

[@unnikrishnannn5249]

Which is the easiest and toughest song of grade 8

[@daveodart]

old syllabus or new? If old syllabus easiest probably 'Odd One Out', hardest 'Brazil Overture' only my opinion obviously :-)

[@unnikrishnannn5249]

Excellent work sir .How much time do u take to learn this song?

[@daveodart]

Unnikrishnan NN Difficult to answer that question as I spend a lot of time teaching the sections/techniques/styles etc to literally hundreds of students but never put together the performance as a whole myself, at least that was until I decided to record every piece for You Tube. I would finish my working day and give myself about 45 mins to prep. a piece before recording on my iPhone and uploading. I left out any fancy editing or correcting mistakes as I felt this was a more realistic approach and nobody's perfect yeh?! Dave

[@unnikrishnannn5249]

Thanks Dave for the reply

[@joeclews9616]

Super helpful, thanks dude!

[@daveodart]

Joe Clews no problem 😊

[@chrisheather3391]

Awesome! Really helped!

[@daveodart]

Cheers Chris :-)

[@andreasy7370]

Sweet!

[@tristanseow2970]

Dave, do you have any tips on improvisation?

[@daveodart]

Tristan Seow just the obvious things really like playing along to records, studying techniques and rudiments that facilitate ideas on the kit. Taking a few lessons from players that inspire you ( I travel 400 miles for my lessons)! Benny Greb posted a lesson on improvisation which is an excerpt from his d.v.d and really hits the spot in terms of an approach, it's well worth watching and buy the dvds they really are top notch 😊

[@tristanseow2970]

daveodart Thanks! I was just looking out for any tips since my drum exam is this week and I'll be picking improvisation

[@daveodart]

Tristan Seow oh I see! Well I don't advise my students to take the improv. test tbh as i think it is harder to meet the assessment criteria. Has a teacher prepared you for the improvisation test? I'll try and do a vid on this as several people have asked 😊

[@nishdafish258]

Sounds... Brazilian

[@flstudiopresents]

hell yeah

[@daveodart]

STeve W Cheers Steve 😊

[@mgxadithyabalaji2831]

Thank u sir

[@daveodart]

Hydro Ghost pleasure 😊

[@CP22232]

you look kinda like J Fo from kse

[@daveodart]

Is that a good thing?! I think I have one of those faces tbh :-)

[@CP22232]

daveodart the guy has a great big ginger beard and is bald and I was like, kinda similar

[@daveodart]

he sounds like a dude :-)

[@Rohan-br6kw]

its really helpful thanks sir

[@daveodart]

Cheers Sam 😊

[@edshorter74]

give me all your scribers

[@georgelinwood949]

0 of p

[@jackbarron2000]

a) Great playing gunna take me ages to learn this bugger... b) Is that your son in the background at the end? Lucky child... c) This is a very late comment... I'm not expecting a reply haha xD

[@daveodart]

Yeh that was my lad! He was suppose to keep quiet whilst the camera was on ha ha!

[@jackbarron2000]

+daveodart Well he clearly couldn't resist the fame... Good luck to ya!