tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
welcome
- mixed tour and introductions
-- during intro: name or nickname, why taiko, how's 2017 going?
- questions
-- number of siblings (one with most, esp youngest, goes first)
(ATUS - Harimaya Saemongoro Giro)
-- Has anyone lived abroad?
-- Has anyone made a surprising alliance recently?
(LATI)
-- Has anyone ever received great news by phone?
-- Does anyone work with a best friend?
(trees)
-- Is anyone a history buff?
-- Is anyone a space or science buff?
(Galileo - Sidereus Nuncius [The Starry Messenger])
-- Does anyone work with nature?
-- Does anyone make things; a craft? (shop)
-- Does anyone have experience teaching? (classes)
(me)
-- Has anyone practiced anything 10000 hours or more?
-- Is anyone doing anything very different than what they went to school for?
physical warmup
- circle w/ feet touching, arms w/ twists ffbbooOOtutututu
- jumping set
first hit for video
- okay to put password protected on class page?
stance
- how to rotate
grip
A - big strikes, time-keeping
- steps and kuchishoga when out of stance
B - upbeats, crescendo / decrescendo
ender
- create simple arrangement as group
closing
- no homework but practice encouraged
- class pages
- how to miss classes
- how to register
- Samba / Taiko event
- NO CLASS NEXT WEEK!
- dinner tonight