Date:
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 18:00 to 19:45
Room:
Large Classroom
Student should bring:
Nagado Bachi
Ear Plugs
Class syllabus:
Greeting: Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu
Basics and Drills
One-minute: wrists and elbows
- Short segments of individual playing to hear our own sound
Review of basic strike technique
- Various exercises to focus on clean, relaxed, efficient strike
4-8-16-32
Oroshi
- After roll, end with LR
Renshuu
Play patterns A-E
- Remember: strong hits in patterns C & D
- Remember: kiai in patterns A & E
Practice canon Renshuu
- Separated by two beats
- Separated by one beat
Canon Renshuu arrangement:
A/B together, A on beat/B two beats after, B on beat/A one beat after, end with Oroshi
Clean
Greeting: "Arigato Gozaimashita"
Teacher(s):
David Wells
Attendance:
Amy Yick
Carol Okuda
Michael Yamanaka
Miki Palm
Robyn Benjamin
Silvia Nena