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welcome
- overview of course
-- goals
--- form: stance and strike
--- rhythms: M patterns, interactive
--- simple piece demo (kuchishoga)

arrangement
- P1 1 2 3 4
- all o 1o1o111
- P1 o 2o2o222 (crescendo)
- all o 3o3o333
- P1 o 4444
- all 444 kill it
- P2 1-interactive, 2o 3o 4o 1234 432o cue, others on ji
- P1 1-interactive, ... cue and kill it

warmup during introductions
- neck
- arms
- torso
- twists
- crazy jacks

stance
- leg warmup (sumo steps, slides)
- three variables: distance, angle of feet, "pie" angle

med strike and grip
- sets of 16 hits with pauses, gradually getting faster
- players alternating

L large strike feedback
- more torso rotation will increase L shoulder range
- keep L shoulder down
- higher arm angle at pull up, biceps to nose
- "intimate" bachi tip passes near neck
- angle of wrist determines path of bachi toward drum

R large strike feedback
- keep palm angle at top of strike in line with axis
- awkward R arm position at apex: stretch *away* from taiko rather than *back*

M-pattern details
- otsuri: RLR *R*, emphasize regular timing of R R R
- darker spot on bachi, equal volume R and L

M1 interactive, versions 1 and 2
- feeling a subdivision between the sparse strikes of M1
- hearing the "weight" of those subdivisions
- setting the tempo with otsuri

clean and close