Unlocking Your Rhythm with Our Unique Beat, Rhythm & Tempo (BRT) Approach
At BRT Music School, our mission is simple yet powerful: to get you playing your musical instrument with confidence, as soon as possible!
We believe that learning should be fun, engaging, and deeply rooted in the music you love. Here’s why we stand out as the ideal place to discover the world of drumming and percussion:
Our Foundational BRT Approach
We’ve developed the Beat, Rhythm & Tempo (BRT) approach, a unique system applied across all the instruments we teach. This method opens up a profound understanding of the patterns and rhythmic flows in music, making it much easier to grasp the fundamental concepts of timing and accompaniment. It’s the core of how you’ll connect with your instrument.
Expert Teachers, Personalised Learning
Our drumming teachers bring collective years of diverse experience from the music industry – including administration, teaching, performance, songwriting, and recording across various instruments, musical styles, and genres. They know how to read and teach drum music notation in a simplified way, enabling you to extend your skill set at your own pace.
The bottom line? Our teaching methodology is based on you having heaps of fun within a structured but informal curriculum, focusing heavily on the practical application of everything you learn.
Ready to Find Your Rhythm? What to Expect on Your Journey
Are you ready to truly find your rhythm? We’re here to chat and work out a plan that suits you, so you can kick off one of our Drumming & Percussion courses today. Here’s what you can expect to experience, feel, and see on your drumming and percussive journey with us:
Flexible Learning with Engaging Visuals
We offer flexible learning options including one-on-one and group lessons, as well as online tuition for students who don’t have access to a nearby music teacher. We are also busy developing a comprehensive series of online lessons featuring our unique BRT system.
These will help you understand and play different drumming genres, enabling you to master various percussion instruments and their application. Our goal is to get you out of the starting blocks and playing as quickly and confidently as possible, ensuring your musical taste and selection are as broad as can be.
Our Catchy Hook: Dive Straight into the Groove
We dive right in by focusing on and analysing the song’s chorus (its crescendo). Using a variety of well-known song case studies, we demonstrate how Beat, Rhythm, and Tempo impact a song as it builds towards a climax.
Our goal is to get your creative and inquisitive juices flowing from the get-go, creating an environment that builds energy, encourages your participation, offers great stress relief, and provides an ideal outlet for any tension or anxiety.
Science-Backed Benefits: Theory Meets Practical Application
You will have fun while learning new skills that are backed by numerous science-backed studies with proven benefits, including:
- Reading Drum Notation: Learn to read any drum notation to understand how patterns are created.
- Understanding the Drum’s Role: Grasp the fundamental aspects of the instrument and understand the vital role drums play in music, confidently and inspirationally.
- Stress Relief: Experience how the physical act of drumming releases endorphins and acts as a meditative practice.
- Brain Power: Discover how drumming engages both hemispheres of your brain (technical and artistic), significantly improving your hand-eye and multi-limb coordination.
- Focus and Concentration: Enhance your cognitive function, highlighting how rhythm impacts your memory and even improves problem-solving capabilities.
- Physical Activity: Remember, this is a “hands-on & feet-on” exercise! The added benefit is calorie burn, improved fitness, and enhanced coordination!
How to Make a Constructive Noise: The Art of Percussion
There is so much more to drumming than simply creating noise! Drum sets and percussion instruments (such as the djembe, congas, shakers, tambourines, bongos, cowbells, woodblocks, etc.) are powerful communication tools. They create a balance between Beat, Rhythm & Tempo through structured, melodic, and mood-sensitive patterns.
When used correctly, they produce a unique blend of sounds that form the foundational tracks for the music to ride upon.
- They offer the “punch” that carries and supports a song, helping to differentiate and accent its various structures.
- You will learn the nuances and moods created by different rhythmic patterns that serve to separate and enhance the intros, verses, choruses, bridges, solos, and endings from each other.
- We will teach you the essential skill of improvisation, so you’ll know how to seamlessly incorporate these elements into your music playing.
- You will learn how Beat, Rhythm, and Tempo are interrelated to the melody, lyrics, and theme of a song, and how they are applied in various music genres, from rock to jazz to world music.
REMEMBER: We are affiliated with Bothners, so we can advise you and help you with the selection of your perfect musical instrument today!
