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Date: 
Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 10:00 to 11:45
Room: 
Large Classroom

Karc Joan of Arc full arrangement 140819

Karc Joan of Arc - KarA1

Karc Joan of Arc - KarA2

Student should bring: 

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

Class syllabus: 

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

Supplemental materials: 
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PDF icon kara.pdf11.78 KB
Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Doreen Haramoto
Sharon Ishida
Young Kang
Airi Takashima
Aya Yoshida

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Sun, August 10, 2014 01
Sun, August 17, 2014 02
Sun, August 24, 2014 03
Sun, August 31, 2014 04
Sun, September 07, 2014 05
Sun, September 14, 2014 06
Sun, September 21, 2014 07
Sun, September 28, 2014 08 - coach
Sun, October 05, 2014 NO CLASS - CicLAvia!
Sun, October 12, 2014 10 - coach
Sun, October 19, 2014 11 - coach
Sun, October 26, 2014 12 - PEAC
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