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Date: 
Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

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

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Evelyn Wu

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Thu, August 11, 2016 01
Thu, August 18, 2016 02
Thu, August 25, 2016 03
Thu, September 01, 2016 04
Thu, September 08, 2016 05
Thu, September 15, 2016 06
Thu, September 22, 2016 07
Thu, September 29, 2016 08 - coach
Thu, October 06, 2016 09 - coach
Thu, October 13, 2016 10 - coach
Thu, October 20, 2016 11 - coach
Thu, October 27, 2016 12 - PEAC
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