04

Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

warmup: don call and answer
- mimicry, things to watch for: elbow, snap, ending position
- 3x: straight-on, left-facing, right-facing
-- R R R R
-- L L L L
-- R R L L
-- L L R R
-- R L R L
-- L R L R

dogo call and answer
- Kris/all counting (counting confidently!)
- student/all 4x taking turns

combining "don" and "dogo"
- same structure as above

tsuku intro

bounce on "de"
what is "control"
- even spacing
- even dynamics
- even tone

counting fast tsuku
- align dogo R hits with metronome at 120
- speed up met to 200
- replace met with instructor bachi clicks and change tempo
- practice counting quickly with numbered sets of dogo, i.e. "5 dogo"
- try as group then quiz individuals

following the right hand
- how to speed up smoothly and confidently
-- feedback for individuals
- how to slow down smoothly and confidently
- 2x8 speeding up, 2x8 slowing down
-- follow instructor
-- each student tries leading

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Mary Letendre
Carol Fukuchi
Sharon Hayashi
Eric Lai

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Mon, February 10, 2014 01
Mon, February 17, 2014 02
Mon, February 24, 2014 03
Mon, March 03, 2014 04
Mon, March 10, 2014 05
Mon, March 17, 2014 06
Mon, March 24, 2014 07
Mon, March 31, 2014 08
Mon, April 07, 2014 09
Mon, April 14, 2014 10
Mon, April 21, 2014 11
Mon, April 28, 2014 12
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