Taiko workshop for Punahou studens

Published on Tue, 2018-04-24 10:04

introductions
- name
- an experience when you felt useful

"don dogodon gon" jiuchi
- sticking: R RLR L
- tone: center vs edge vs rim
- stance, how to hold bachi when not playing
- starting and stopping
- one person vs many (arrangement)
- swipes on skin
- "fills" 1 and 2
-- dogo dogo dogo dogo
-- don gon don gon don gon don gon

Taiko Center of the Pacific naname workshop

Published on Sun, 2018-04-22 11:25

welcome
- introductions: name, recent inspiration
- today's workshop: "Why naname rocks"

fuchi: 360 degrees of options
- glancing blows
- changing direction
- incorporating strikes
- dealing with dorkiness
-- what's a dorky move?  why is it dorky?
-- for me: "relevance"
- teach Murder chunks 1 and 2

closing
- importance of naname (why 45 degrees is different than beta)

 

Tribeca

Naname move, useful in a "Matsuri" context.  Created by brainstorming many arm-swing options for "chi dogodan gon" rhythm and combining the ones that fit together.