Date:
Thursday, October 11, 2018 - 18:00 to 19:45
Student should bring:
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
Introductions
- Name
- Something surprising you learned (for those that didn't share last week)
Aisatsu
Warm-up
Don (su) Don (su) | Don Don DoKo (su)
- Keep Dons same strength even though they're played successively closer together
Dokokara drill
- Focus on accuracy of kas, not letting tsukus become too loud, and phrasing (correct number of beats)
- Practice the last line: kas need to "meet" when switching from RH-side of the drum to LH-side and vice versa
Sequence
Build
- Review all parts of sequence
- Everyone practices parts B, C, and D together
- Practice "Pineapple Tag"
- Play Build lots of times!
Clean
Aisatsu
Homework:
Example video from Recital.
Teacher(s):
David Wells
Attendance:
Chris Olson
Hiro Hirashiki
Holly Thomasson
Jeri DeCastro
Maria Gordon
Michael Thomas
Nina Ota
Owen Camerino
Roberta Denis
Stephen Duprey
Steve Vilicich