nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Welcome
- personal updates
- coaching session feedback
-- breakthroughs
-- wishes
-- current feelings
Warmup
- while answering: Why do you play taiko?
- arm swings, full-body circles, side-to-side lunges, twists, jacks
- copycat
16's Drill
- discussion and suggestions for further work
Large strike feedback
- M1
8-em solos with jiuchi
- discuss structure
- practice cue repeatedly so it feels good, final, single "jya"
- backup solo: M1-4 x2
- backup to the backup solo: quarter notes, strong!
- everyone: M1-4
- one player: 8-em solo (first 4-em can be M1-4)
- repeat
- Kris goes last?
- end with M1-4 and cue x2
final thoughts
- next course preview
-- first class special time
- Taiko at CicLAvia, Bonenkai
- why do I play taiko?
clean and close