small drum bachi
earplugs
Intro
Aisatsu
Grip review
- Top fulcrum, first finger & thumb
- Keep all fingers on the bachi as much as possible
Strike technique
- Mostly wrists
- Palms down toward drum
- Let bachi bounce; not pressing into the drum
Basic jiuchi
- Ji = base beat
- Four ji patterns common to North American Taiko: Straight, Swing, Horse, Matsuri
Drills
- Alternating Strikes: left hand straight, right hand straight, left hand swing, right hand swing
- Timing :
- Pulse and Subdivision
- Hit Comparison: early, on, or late compared to the metronome
- Lead hand matches metronome pulse
- 1e&a Drill (single accent)
- 0, accent on 1, accent on e, accent on &, accent on a
- interlocking single accents:
- 0, 1, e, &, a
- 0, e, &, a, 1
- 0, &, a, 1, e
- 0, a, 1, e, &
Clean
Aisatsu