Date:
Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 18:00 to 19:45
Room:
Small Classroom
Student should bring:
tsukeshime bachi (usually smaller diameter, softer "hou" wood)
earplugs
Class syllabus:
warmup: 16s Drill
- last time 92bpm, today 96
-- next time, try counting, "so-re"
slow don tsuku review
- faster kiai
don tsuku increasing speed
- gradually speeding up, "sprints" when too fast
- individual practice
- alternating half and full speed
A Extended slowdown and reentry
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHtn9RrpoiA&t=436
structure thus far
- Kiai - half-speed don tsuku w/ fills A/B
- Intro x4 - half-speed don tsuku x2, 8th note crescendo x2
- cutout
- A x2 - don tsuku
- A Ext x2 - ten tsukutsu ken x1, no inbetweens x1 w/ slowdown
- Solo Tag - ten teketekke dogon su gon
multi-drum challenge patterns
- elements of Solo Tag (actual order AB AB BB CD)
-- A: ten teketekke
-- B: do gon su gon
-- C: don 2
-- D: wait wait
- taking turns improvising ABCD order and drum
Teacher(s):
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance:
Jack Hsiao
Nadine Skye-Davis
Eric Lai
Yeeman Mui
Andres Lopez