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Date: 
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom

Tally Ho 4-box builds

Student should bring: 

tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

improv as research
- what works in improv setting can usually be enhanced/heightened
- discovery of cool rhythms, moves; captured as "named phrases"

Tally Ho concept review
- R hand as groove
- L hand as increasingly complicated/surprising/funky patterns
- R hand eventually free

Simplified Tally Ho review
- one box
- four boxes

16th-note build challenge
- bold first statement
-- silence
-- new tone
-- confident (simple) repetition
- variations
-- silence: adding hits in specific, repeatable spots
-- new tone: adding one additional tone
-- repetition: being able to stray only a little, and return to original pattern; additional versions
- increasing freedom

recorded music as inspiration; searching for phrases
- "Sane Beats"

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Kuni Kondo
Charles Hsueh
Yoko Kawamura
Kaitlyn Higa
Doreen Haramoto

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Thu, May 07, 2015 01
Thu, May 14, 2015 02
Thu, May 21, 2015 03
Thu, May 28, 2015 04
Thu, June 04, 2015 05
Thu, June 11, 2015 NO CLASS
Thu, June 18, 2015 06
Thu, June 25, 2015 07
Thu, July 02, 2015 08 - coach
Thu, July 09, 2015 09 - coach
Thu, July 16, 2015 10
Thu, July 23, 2015 11
Thu, July 30, 2015 NO CLASS
Thu, August 06, 2015 12 - PEAC
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