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Date: 
Thursday, May 15, 2014 - 12:00 to 12:45
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

Greeting
- congratulations, next goal: Bonenkai
- "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu"

stance and strike
- pennies for feet positions
- increase distance from drum, lean slightly toward drum
- large strike upstroke: prepare the arm position to use gravity

call and answer

Homework: 

Loud vs soft hits
Hitting a cushion, phone-book, or other resilient surface, practice the following combinations of loud and soft "16th note" hits. Make sure there are no gaps in timing between the hits, especially in the tricky transitions between loud and soft. Practice each line on it's own, first with pauses to let the brain reset, then looped. Then combine the lines for a longer challenge.

DOGO poko poko poko
DOGO DOGO poko poko
DOGO DOGO DOGO poko
poko poko poko DOGO

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Desmond Tamaki
Susan Nishiya
Deborah Fukumoto
Alan Ng

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Thu, May 15, 2014 01
Thu, May 22, 2014 02
Thu, May 29, 2014 03
Thu, June 05, 2014 04
Thu, June 12, 2014 05
Thu, June 19, 2014 06
Thu, June 26, 2014 07
Thu, July 03, 2014 08
Thu, July 10, 2014 09
Thu, July 31, 2014 11
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