Percussion

Through individualized lessons focusing on technical exercises and challenging repertoire, you will build the skills to succeed at your own pace. Private lessons will allow your teacher to assess your current skills and weaknesses, building a personalized repertoire that is designed for you to succeed and grow as a musician. Our teachers are dedicated to working with you to set achievable goals to keep you on track and motivated.

Our percussion lessons primarily focus on your approach and connection with your instrument. Whether you’re learning snare or the drum set, it’s vital to start with proper technique and early understanding of important fundamental skills. Drumming requires coordination, timing, and rhythm comprehension. Establishing healthy habits and proper technique will help musicians continue to make progress.

Percussion lessons are beneficial to every musician– understanding and processing complex rhythms and technical coordination are important skills that all musicians are constantly learning. While rhythmic literacy is incorporated into all of our lessons here at Lott Music Studio, our percussion lessons are centered around rhythm and tackle much more complex rhythmic patterns. If you’re hoping to master any genre of percussion, one-on-one lessons will get you on the right track.

To better understand music is to better understand theory. Many of your lessons will include aspects of music theory to further your playing and comprehension of music. At your request, we can have a broader focus on music theory and how it applies to your instrument. Enquire about different options!

Here at Lott Music Studio, we want you to enjoy your lessons with us! We aim to have a welcoming and open atmosphere to include you and your needs in your lessons. We will work with you to achieve your goals, motivate you to learn something new, help you understand what we are working on, and give you the confidence to make music freely. Your lessons will be tailored to you!

Beginner students will focus on the fundamentals of playing a percussion instrument. Understanding rhythmic patterns and notation, proper technique, and many other tools that will be instrumental in continued music education and development. While all of this might seem daunting at first, your teacher will guide you with exercises and repertoire tailored to your learning. With dedication and practice, you can go far!

For more intermediate students, you’ll work closely with your teacher to learn more challenging and diverse repertoire, branching out into different genres and styles of music. Building off of established, foundational skills, you’ll have the opportunity to apply different musical techniques to enhance your playing. Your teacher will guide you through learning new music while reinforcing healthy technique and habits.

If you are an advanced musician preparing for an upcoming performance or audition, or you’re hoping to polish certain aspects of your technique, our teachers can help with that. For advanced students, lessons will include more collaboration between student and teacher. Bring in the pieces that you’re working on (or select new repertoire together with your teacher), and we can take a deeper dive into the style, articulation, and techniques that could be used to elevate your playing to meet your goals.