Date:
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 18:00 to 19:45
Room:
Large Classroom
Student should bring:
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
Greeting
Stretches
Review
Stance & Strike
Focus on details of each step of the strike
- Make good habits!
- Learn not to change what your body can naturally do correctly
Don tsuku Dorotsuku Drill
don tsukudorotsuku x 4
dorotsuku x 4 (crescendo)
dokodokodokodokodokodokodokodon!
● = Don
・ = tsu
● ・・● ●・・x 4
● ●・・x4 (crescendo)
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
M1-4
Review and Refine
Practice transitions from line to line
- Freeze after kara ka ka
- Body should be in the ready position to play the next line
Arm circles!
Review and Breakdown of circle technique
- Checkpoints: at the drum, prep pose ("V" or kamae), hitting position
Clean
Greeting
Teacher(s):
David Wells
Attendance:
Adele Curcuruto
Adam Shy
Alan Ng
Alexandre Johnson
Chizuko Midori
Christine Brown
Edward Jones
Eri Williams
Esperanza Orpia
Gail Kaneko
Krystal Young
Mari Kaneko
Noriko Lee
Patsy Matsushita
Robyn Benjamin
Shivaun Boyea