We now have many ideas for drills and movement. And she also gave us some tips on playing 2 or more drums. We couldnвЂ™t really let Tiffany leave the UK without teaching us some more so we invited her to our practice session and she helped us find energy and spirit when playing Buchi Awase, one of our favourite songs.

Taiko Baka happened for the first time in the UK, 3 days of Odaiko playing. In August we had a break from gigs and group practice but some of us had gone to study taiko вЂ“ with Mark Alcock at his summer school for chappa and Yoko Uchi and then вЂ“ Taiko Baka with Tiffany Tamaribuchi. We also cut 4 triangles that are 3 sides, so you will need 7 long. We make 4 pieces of birch that are 18 long by 3 wide using a thick birch board. You can use poplar, but the birch holds up better as they get banged up a bit during transport. They had then played their hearts out for the bride and groom who enjoyed the show immensely. We make our flat stands with caster wheels from IKEA and birch wood. It is what we used to get for heavy pack sacks. It makes pretty good drum heads on large drums. Immediately after we went down the road and gave a workshop to the guests of a lovely wedding. Answer (1 of 4): There is a type of heavy nylon canvas called Cordura ballistic fabric. It was a bit more grim and the rain was absolutely pouring down but this didnвЂ™t stop us having fun and cheering wet people up. Indeed we have come a long way since we had been wincing to the thought of soloing in front of anybody!Дrum line and set list at the Gower Chilli FestivalДў weeks later we played at the Gower Chilli festival. This repeated 7 times вЂ“ the last of which we had taken turns playing improvised solos to the mitsu-uchi (don d0 ko) back beat. We gave them an вЂOroshiвЂ™ (a kind of a drum roll that conveys the feeling of wind swooshing down a mountain) to start the drinking and while they ran we played our pieces for the cheering audience. Tipsy runners of the beer mile relay in the Love Trails Festival. After the Tanabata festival we played for the Summer has been a busy time for us, with gigs almost every weekend of July.

It was a holistic mind and body day of exercising and learning.ДЄuthor Posted on 17th November 2018 17th November 2018 Categories News Tags Aber Taiko, Matsuri, Naname, Swansea, Taiko stands, Taiko Workshops, Ting-Chi Li Summer Taiko We practiced the basic stance and grip, worked on various drills and finally played the matsuri rhythm together. And she has been teaching us before and performed with us in our concert at the Taliesin. She has been playing with San Francisco Taiko Dojo for many years and has much experience playing Naname. And for Hiras there is always a chair that can be tied up. But of course, the Okedos can also be slanted on the various other stands we have: an x-Miyake stand would do, and the classical okedo stand can also work.

It has been a long time in the making вЂ“ but we have now arrived at the point of being mature enough to start learning to play the drums in the Naname style.

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