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Date: 
Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:45
Room: 
Large Classroom
Student should bring: 

small drum bachi
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

Intro
Aisatsu

Bachi choice
- Smaller drum/thinner skin ~> smaller/lighter bachi
- Larger drum/thicker skin ~> larger/heavier bachi
- Playing multiple drums = compromise; try to get a satisfying sound for all drums involved!

Review grip, stance, technique

Shifts
Play "teketekedokodoko"
- Just play in whatever way comes naturally to you
- We noticed that for RH leading, playing this pattern is easier switching from L drum to R drum than vice versa
- Lesson: in general, we want to "shift" our hands by playing the closer hand to the drum we're going to hit next

Don DoKo/Horse Ji
- All on one drum
- RH lead, shift RH back and forth between drums, e.g. Don teke
- LH lead, shift LH back and forth between drums, e.g. Ten doko
- Practice different combinations (including use of accenting/dynamics if students want additional challenge)

Crosses
Practice 1e&a drill with accents on low drum (on the RH side)
- In general, want to cross "over" rather than "under" because it's easier
- We noticed that the "e" and "a" accents will require a cross when using natural/serial sticking, e.g. RLRLRLRLetc.
-- Eventually, we will try to have multiple sticking options for every pattern so that we can naturally change drums/sounds whenever we want!

Crosses & Shifts
Use the "Crosses & Shifts" drill to practice moving flexibly between drums
Crosses pattern should be accented
Shifts pattern should be dynamically even
Practice RH and LH lead for both patterns
- Not including the last "Crosses" pattern (to switch our lead hand) -- we will practice this next week!

Clean
Aisatsu

Teacher(s): 
David Wells
Attendance: 
Debbie Lin
Jennie Gregg
Junko Maekawa
Mitsue Kajikawa
Miye Nakashima
Patrick Coyne
Sean Kobashigawa

Classes in this Course

Date Title
Tue, May 31, 2022 01
Tue, June 07, 2022 02
Tue, June 14, 2022 03
Tue, June 21, 2022 04
Tue, June 28, 2022 05
Tue, July 05, 2022 06
Tue, July 12, 2022 07
Tue, July 19, 2022 08
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