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welcome
- space overview
-- LATI as guest
-- lights, air, whiteboard, music stands
- instrument use instructions
-- bachi
-- setting up drums
--- two per person, shime on R
- Omiyage history
-- 2003 by Shoji (composition), later Yuta choreography
- class structure
-- welcome
-- warmup: copycat / Bonanza
-- fundamentals practice
-- Omiyage jiuchi-specific
-- section run
-- individual practice
-- clean
-- circle and close

course overview
- improve hand dexterity
- intro to multi-drum
- learn Omiyage Shime/Okedo part

starting point video (measure of goals 1 and 2)
- ten tsuku
- tekke tsuku tsuku
- ten dokodon don

strike fundamentals: one key concept per person
- grip: thumb and pointer as fulcrum
- wrist position
- fingers / wrist / elbow
- bounce
- individual form feedback

Bonanza Drill

Structure

• 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
• Solo I, II - ten tsuku
• B - tekke dogodogo, w/ cutout
• Solo III, IV
• Kakeai
• Build
• Intro x 1
• River
• A x 4
• Ending

A Extended x 2: ten tsuku tsu ken x 1, ten ken ten x 1
Solo Tag
- ten teke ten ten dokon ko x 2
- tsu gon go tsu gon go tsu gon go
- don 2 3 4
Solo I, II: ten tsuku
B x 2: ten ken dogodogo
Solo III, IV
Kakeai x 2: tsuku teke teke teke
Build x 4: don tsuku
Intro x 1: half-speed don tsuku x 1, doko x 1
River: ten ken dogo dogo
A x 4: don tsuku x 2, don tsuku + ten tsuku tsu ken x 2
End: ten x 4 + teketeke

Kiai and A/B fills section

class pages at taiko.la
rules for individual practice time
- personal stuff
- no talking
- I'm outside "I'm not sure what to do..." "I'm bored"
- I'll come in at 2-till