09 - coach

Date: 
Sunday, October 4, 2015 - 14:30 to 16:15
Room: 
Small Classroom
Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

Opening

Metronome work (90 bpm)
-all, individual practice while focusing on clicks and where everything is lining up

8 counts of quarters

8 counts of eights
-practice variation... 4 counts all hits, then only rights (while airing left) to listen to see if right timing is correct

Introduce and breakdown of 16ths
-8 counts of 16ths

Downbeat vs Upbeat
-4 downbeat, 4 upbeat
-talk about relationship w/ metronome
-downbeats vs upbeats relationship to eighth notes

4 - 8 -16 -32 w/ metronome

4-count copycat

Student led 4-count copycat

Start learning 1 e + u drill (70 bpm, 90 bpm, 110 bpm)
1s
2s
-played with metronome at half time to help learn patterns
-will up to normal tempo to practice actual quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc.

Teacher(s): 
Jen Baik
Attendance: 
Chris Johnson
Ritsuko Gandy

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Sun, August 09, 2015 01
Sun, August 16, 2015 02
Sun, August 23, 2015 03
Sun, August 30, 2015 04
Sun, September 06, 2015 05
Sun, September 13, 2015 06
Sun, September 20, 2015 07
Sun, September 27, 2015 08 - coach
Sun, October 04, 2015 09 - coach
Sun, October 11, 2015 10 - coach
Sun, October 18, 2015 11 - coach
Sun, October 25, 2015 12 - PEAC