04

Date: 
Sunday, November 16, 2014 - 16:00 to 17:45
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

Fundamentals: big strike
- comments review (Renshuu A)
-- Alex: neck tension, path of strike allows 100% energy
-- Jess: L grip more relaxed for increased bachi snap
-- Bevin: Timing of L upstroke determined by timing of hit rather than tempo
-- Jalynn: L strike weak in "doro"
-- Young: tension in arm, upper body causes shake at impact
-- Michelle: L "easing down" during 8th notes
-- Sam: L wrist tension interferes with whip of bachi

Fundamentals: Renshuu execution
- run all of Renshuu watching for notes
- likely outcome: no major notes. need greater challenges to tease out remaining issues
-- for fundamentals: drills
-- for grace and strike: naname movement
-- for wrists and timing: small drum

Fundamentals: med strike review
- loud v soft drill
-- all, 1
- 16's Drill
-- review feedback to individuals
--- Alex: distance from drum, small strike "whip"
--- Jess: height of L bachi
--- Jalynn: L whip
--- Sam: R upper arm cramped

Critique discussion
- "One Like and One Wish" (two sentence critique of critique)
-- AD: You leave it up to us whether the change is better. More opportunities to incorporate the comment into actual repertoire.
-- BC: You make it clear when something has changed, when we're successful. Yukai doesn't have the sensitivity to always see such changes.
-- JH: You offer different ways of saying similar comments. I wish we had mirrors.
-- JZ: You give us a chance to fix the issue.
-- MK: You frame the comment positively. Yukai lacks the same authority.
-- SS: When unsure, you facilitate experimentation.
-- YK: You give comments in specific, bit-size chunks. I'd like more comments for longer drills.

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Sam Suman
Michelle Kao
Bevin Chan
Alex Ito
Young Kang
Jalynn Zou
Jess Huynh

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Sun, October 19, 2014 01
Sun, October 26, 2014 02 - self-run
Sun, November 02, 2014 03
Sun, November 16, 2014 04
Sun, November 23, 2014 05
Sun, November 30, 2014 06
Sun, December 07, 2014 07
Sun, December 14, 2014 08 - small group