Date:
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 20:00 to 21:45
Room:
Large Classroom
Student should bring:
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
Aisatsu
Review
All four patterns
- Maracas
- Murder
- Slowplosion A
- Slowplosion B
Polish
Focus on tempo control
Tighten choreography
Murder sequences
- Create dynamics!
-- Contain the motions in the first murder
-- Allow the body to emphasize movements more and more with each murder pattern
-- First murder patterns can be played softer (in addition to being smaller)
Drill!
Play full sequence of learned patterns
- First time is extremely slow. Focus on fundamentals, body control, and musical accuracy.
- Gradually speed up with each run-through
- Goal is to maintain as much good technique as possible
Individual Practice
Clean
Aisatsu
Teacher(s):
David Wells
Attendance:
Akari Sunaga
Aki Imai
Alex Ito
Lee Stone
Caress Mauhili
Carmen Bran
Connie McOsker
Eri Williams
Derrick Quach
Yuko Tamura
Mandi Aoki
Mitsue Kajikawa
Cynthia Sato
Vivian Lee