Lecture 1

Date: 
Sunday, March 24, 2019 - 15:00 to 16:30
Room: 
Large Classroom

Radiddlepa Lecture 1 - part 1

Radiddlepa Lecture 1 - part 2

Student should bring: 

shime bachi (usually smaller diameter "ho" or "hinoki" bachi)
notepad and pencil
earplugs

Class syllabus: 

prep
- cameras: full shot, shime closeup
- lav mic
- center shime with various bachi
- semi-circle chairs at side with shime on stands
- print kuchishoga periodic table
- zoom as backup recorder

Welcome
- setup: in circle around shime
- cameras: wide, closeup on shime
- unique sound, name, and describe "getting lost in something" (an activity)

The importance of tone
- Octatrack samples
-- when tones are interesting, even simple rhythms are beautiful
-- our job, is to be the Octatrack. And we can be so much more powerful than the OT!

Capturing ideas: memorization vs notation
- the challenge of composition is not: having ideas. it's *capturing* ideas.
- repetition: the body as notation
- assignment in pairs: four tones each, alternating

"Composition" leads fundamentals, but...
- fulcrum
- grip
- using bounce
- doubles

Radiddlepa sticking
- sensitivity: making up for taiko's forgiving nature
- sticking with partner, counting
- designing the learning environment
- practice on own
-- feedback on practice

Closing
- drill videos
- hello to long-distance students
-- Brandon at UCLA
-- Bryan in Seattle
-- Heathcliff in New Zealand
-- JJ in New York
-- Joe in Philly
-- Lisa in Washington DC
-- Urie in New Jersey
-- Zsolt in Hungary

Homework: 

Additional resources
drumstick grip and strike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s785ERpX3dE
doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT391K42AfA
"functional looping" practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUMdlbVJ8KQ
Leos Janacek "Sinfonietta": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAmuvFglu0g

Teacher(s): 
Kris Bergstrom
Attendance: 
Andrew Bordenave
Andrew Chabelal
Audra Palmero
Christine Brown
Eamon Marchant
Evelyn Wu
Jen Baik
Kathryn Iwanaga
Katie Durnbaugh
Lisa Rosenbaum
Nathan Wong
Ariel R
Ritsuko Gandy
Seiji Niwa
Vivian Lee
Wesley Rodriguez

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Sun, April 14, 2019 Lecture 2
Sun, May 05, 2019 Lecture 3
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