Charlie Purdie BA (Hons) MA

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About Charlie Purdie BA (Hons) MA

Charlie Purdie BA (Hons) MA, a Surrey-based tutor & session drummer, offers informal/formal drum tuition, music theory & musicianship skills for students from 7 years of age with in-person tuition held at a professional recording studio & online tuition via the Online Classroom.

Beginner Lessons

Topics covered include basic subdivisions, metronome practice, 2/4, 3/4 & 4/4 time signatures, rudiments across single/double strokes & paradiddles & exploring multiple genres such as Rock, Pop, Funk, Reggae, Blues & Metal.

Intermediate/Advanced Lessons

Topics covered include advanced rudiments across the flam, drag, 5/7/9-stroke roll & ratamacue, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8 & 9/8 time signatures as well as grooves including the Shuffle, Reggae One-Drop, Soca & Bossa Nova.

Informal/Formal Tuition

Charlie draws upon his extensive experience as a Percussion Tutor for a groundbreaking orchestra initiative to create individually tailored lesson plans which facilitate the delivery of informal tuition in a relaxed & enthusiastic environment encouraging & supporting the development of a wide-ranging drumming vocabulary incorporating students' musical interests & aspirations.

Formal tuition follows the Trinity College London Rock & Pop exam syllabus. Charlie provides home exercises & recommends drum tuition takes place at least once a fortnight. In addition, Charlie offers a free 30-minute taster to new students as well as advice around purchasing drumsticks, drum kits & exam course materials.

Lessons promote the development & continuous enhancement of music theory concepts such as sight-reading, understanding/writing drum notation, counting note values across different note groupings & how to count time signatures. Musicianship skills such as creating a good sound, improving rhythmic accuracy, keeping time & developing practice routines are also featured.

About Charlie

Charlie graduated from ACM Guildford with a BA (Hons) First Class in Music Industry Practice & Distinction MA in Creative Industries Futures, studying under acclaimed professionals Barry Cook (The Drifters, McFly), Toby Drummond (Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Ray Davies) & Harry Younger (Chic-to-Chic, Hats Off to Led Zeppelin).

Charlie is a gigging musician, regularly playing across genres such as Rock/Metal, Pop, R&B/Soul, Regga...

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