Date:
Sunday, August 14, 2016 - 13:00 to 14:45
Room:
Large Classroom
Student should bring:
nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
welcome
- course goals
-- 16-bar duets for O-ji
-- start with base solo, revise / personalize from there
- "yoroshiku onegai shimasu"
warmup with introductions
- name, taiko experience, something unique
drum setup
- "ki-pad": leather protector on side of taiko
- "kan": metal rings for lifting taiko
stance fundamentals
- variable 1: distance from drum
- variable 2: stance angle (line between feet)
- variable 3: "pie" angle (position on radius of circle)
large strike feedback, starting with otsuri
otsuri feedback
M1
ending
- arigatou gozaimashita
Teacher(s):
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance:
Lee Stone
Barbara Baker
Robert Wallace
Ysbella Dimaculangan