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Welcome
- space overview
-- LATI as guests at ATUS
-- parking, early arrival, peg
-- lights, air, whiteboard, music stands
- instrument use
-- bachi: ho, smooth tips, taped
-- setting up drums
-- mutes
- course structure
- introductions (name, experience, weird)
- "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu"

Karc demo for video

Course goals
- learn and perform Karc / Joan of Arc
- love taiko, get to know one another

(Ancillary goals)
- left-leading
- naname body positions
- increased sensitivity to ka location
- copyleft advocacy

Skill hierarchy
- sticking
- rhythm
- tone
- dynamics
- movements

Today's goal: KarA

- basic sticking
-- exaggerating the distance
- hearing the 1
-- accenting the 1
-- following the shime
-- metronome
-- taking turns: 4, 2, 1, taking turns challenge
- changing tones
-- ka
-- don
-- darkening

Structure
KarA) LRLR " " "
KarB) LRLL RRRR LRLR LRLR
KarB-2) "
KarB-3) "
KarA-2) LRLR
KarC) LRLR LLRL RLRR RLRR
KarD) LRRL LRLR LRLR LRLR
KarD-2) LRLR LRLR

Final announcements
- homework
-- supported, not required
-- ways to practice at home: tire, no-taiko-required exercises
- class pages at taiko.la
- 15-min post-class practice, today, cleaning (quadrant 3)
- hand out coupons
- tofu delivery