nagado bachi (usually larger diameter, harder "kashi" wood)
earplugs
Intros
Aisatsu
Omiyage
Ten tsuku tsu
Don doko
Practice switching back and forth between these
- Be flexible -- technique of how you switch matters less than it being comfortable/musically solid
Practice RH technique for don doko (down- and up-strokes)
Learn first half of intro (half-time don doko with tags)
Jack Bazaar
Maracas review
- Various ways to end the Maracas pattern
Full Murder ji phrase
- Can choose to play as above or Dorotsuku pang tsu tsuku
Try sequence of Maracas + Murder
- In the context of an arrangement, we will usually play Maracas + 2x Murder
Basics & Drills
Complete Crosses & Shifts drill
ABC Accents (single-drum version), patterns A & B
- Play sequence of A & B (each pattern twice)
Clean
Aisatsu
Review these tutorials:
ABC Accents (Multidrum)
Crosses & Shifts