Nagado Bachi
Ear Plugs
"Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu"
Equipment Name(s):
bachi - sticks
Nagadou Daiko - Long bodied Taiko
O-daiko - Large Taiko
Chu-daiko - Medium Taiko
Stretches
Stance/Position/Prep/Grip
Stance - make a square with your feet
Height - Center of body = Center of Hitting Surface
Distance - Shoulder to tip of sticks straight - bachi tips touching center of drum
Grip - leaving about an inch at the bottom grip with Pinky and Ring Finger
4-8-16-32
Wrist (32)
Elbow (16)
Whole Arm Individual (4)
Wole Arm (8)
Practice how to count 32's (1 e + u)
4 - 8 - 16 - 32
Sounds and Symbols - Drills
● = Don/Doko/Doro
・= Tsu/Tsuku
X = Ka/Kara
● ●・・= Dorotsuku
● ・・= Don tsuku
X X ● ● = Karadoko
Renshu Daiko
Learn Lines A, B, C, D, E
10 minutes alone - "ignore eachother" practice of Renshu
Clean
"Arigatougozaimashita"
