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Date: 
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

facility tour

introductions
- name
- taiko experience
- hobby

"Yoroshiku onegai shimasu"
- coming late: "Sorry I'm late!" "Glad you're here!"

warmup with course overview
- Prereq.: no experience required
- Repetition: high
- Focus level: specific (particular rhythms vs more general musical skills)
- Physical exertion: low to medium (physical warmup, low stance)
- Goal(s): intro to taiko, performance of Orientation on week 12 (PEAC Week), fun!

first hit for video
- single hit
- follow the leader oroshi
- copycat
-- "don gon don gon"
-- "su don su gon su don su gon"
-- "don dogodon"

stance and strike copycat

kuchishoga copycat

oroshi fundamental skills
- sounding like a single drum
- following extremely closely
- using peripheral vision
- counting
-- R hand as "1", "2", etc
-- sets of 8
- don v de v da

orientation fundamental skills
- don doko
- daga su ga su ga su ga

A - O---|----|O---|----|O---|----|O---|----
B - --o-|--o-|--o-|--0-|O---|O-O-|0-o-|o-o-
C - ooo-|--oo|o---|--oo|o---|oo--|--oo|----
D - ----|O-oo|-o-o|-o-o|o-oo|-o-o|o-o-|ooo-

additional course info
- homework: encouraged, not required (Fri / Sat, looking at notes and playing on lap is genuinely helpful)
-- when necessary, will give specific goals like, "please have this memorized by next week"
- missing class: let KB know in advance, make-up on Wed
- KB contact info
- questions

oroshi ender

clean

"Arigatou gozaimashita"

oroshi Recital plan
SCHEDULE
Wed Nov 16 6:00-7pm teach arrangement, indiv. feedback, room available until 7:30 for additional practice on own
practice on own as necessary (Wed office hours avail., room rentals avail.)
Wed Nov 30 6:00-6:30pm final rehearsal
RECITAL LOGISTICS
Oroshi performance time: approx. 4:15pm
okay to return to seats to watch remainder of show (if tix already purchased)
or watch from green room
COSTUME
something you love, details to come

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, November 01, 2016 01
Tue, November 08, 2016 02
Tue, November 15, 2016 03
Tue, November 22, 2016 04
Tue, November 29, 2016 05
Tue, December 06, 2016 06
Tue, December 13, 2016 07
Tue, January 03, 2017 08 - coach
Tue, January 10, 2017 09 - coach
Tue, January 17, 2017 10 - coach
Tue, January 24, 2017 11 - coach
Tue, January 31, 2017 12 - PEAC
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