From today’s drumming practice at a local music studio here in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo - self-studying the intro fills for “Strawberry Fields Forever” (this is the easiest part of the whole song).

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Today’s quick drumming lesson update: Now starting to use a fourth limb (left foot for opening/closing the hi-hat). Things are getting more complex and I love it. 🥁 (Drumming teacher playing bass in the background).

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One of my 2026 resolutions is to continue to learn drumming. Last Saturday, I went to practice at my local studio in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo - it was a bit of a warm-up, and exploring ways to drum along to "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People.

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https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/singles/tokyo-japan-hasune-drumming-practice-2026-01-24

One topic of today’s drumming lesson was orchestration, i.e. distributing fills across different parts of the kit. Great fun. Here is a video with a very short example of a tune off of “Abbey Road”.

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Short clip of today’s drumming practice at my neighborhood studio. I worked on limb independence and hi-hat articulation; here is a short clip of playing along to “Wonderwall”.

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Short clip from today’s drumming lesson in Komagome, Tokyo.

Practicing some 16th note accents playing along to a classic Beatles track. Steadily improving my limb independence. Happy. 😊

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Short clip from today’s drumming practice at a neighborhood studio. I finally was able to keep up with the speed of Wilson Pickett’s “Land of 1000 Dances”. 🎶

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Happy Sunday from Tokyo!

Rainy and unpleasantly humid today, but in the afternoon I went to the local sound studio for some drumming practice. Here is a short clip of me drumming along to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”.

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New on my blog: Short write-up of yesterdays drumming practice with some photos and three short videos of songs that I tried drumming along with.

https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/singles/tokyo-japan-hasune-drumming-practice-2025-07-20

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Short clip from today’s drumming practice, when I played along to Deep Purple’s “Perfect Strangers”.

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