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John: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
THE PACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADAMY'S
12TH ANNUAL TAIKO FESTIVAL HELD
ON MARCH 25TH AT 4:00 P.M. AT
THE PEARL CITYCLE TRAL CENTER.
THERE WILL BE TONS OF
ENTERTAINMENT AND TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE AT PACIFIC BUDDHIST
ACADAMY.ORG.
NOW IT'S TIME TO BRING ON SENSEI
JAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO TEACH MO ME HOW TO
HIT DRUMS.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY.
FIRST THING, WE GOT TO DRESS YOU
UP A LITTLE.
John: OKAY.
PUT THAT ON YOU.
John: A HEADBAND.
DO I LOOK AWE T AUTHENTIC OR
RIDICULOUS?
OR DO I LOOK RIDICULOUSLY
AUTHENTIC.
THERE YOU GO.
John: ALL RIGHT.
DRESSED IN BLACK.
THIS IS COOL.
TELL ME WHAT I GOT TO DO.
GET INTO A STANDING.
YOU WANT TO GET A FOUNDATION.
John: OKAY.
YOU WANT TO GET YOUR FEET
APART.
John: OKAY.
NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD
YOUR STICKS ABOUT AN INCH AND A
HALF FROM THE BOTTOM.
GRIP MOSTLY WITH THESE TWO
FINKERS.
CAN YOU REMEMBER CAN YOU
REMEMBER THEM.
YOU WANT TO KIND OF RELAX.
PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE TO GET
STRONG AND HIT HARD.
SO YOU BEING AN ATHLETE --
John: FORMER ATHLETE.
SO SNAP RIGHT THERE.
YOU RELAX.
RELAX.
TOGETHER.
THAT POINT IS WHERE YOU WANT TO
PUT YOUR SNAP IN THERE.
GOOD.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THE WAY WE LEARN TAIKO, WE
USE THE VERBAL SYSTEM.
BASICALLY, WE USE WORDS THAT
EMULATE SOUNDS ON THE DRUM.
IF WE WANT TO HIT THE DRUM HARD
IN THE MIDDLE, USE THE WORD
"DON."
IF WE WANT TO HIT TWO HARD HITS,
WE'LL SEE DORO.
TWO SOFT HITS, SAY TSUKU.
John: I WON'T REMEMBER
THIS.
YES, YOU WILL.
John: SOFT HITS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HIT, WE'LL
USE THE WORDS KARA.
PLAY DORO.
KARA.
DON FOR ME.
VERY GOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO LEARN THE SIMPLE
PATTERN.
USE THE WORDS, SU.
John: YOU SHOW ME.
WE'RE GOING TO PLAY -- HUP,
HUP, HUP.
John: HUP, HUP, HUP.
VERY GOOD.
NEXT.
OKAY.
WAIT.
SAY IT.
John: SUKU, DON.
SUKU DON.
VERY GOOD.
John: IF YOU REALLY WANT TO
HEAR HOW IT'S EVIDE SUPPOSED TO SOUND,
NOW IS THE TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
HERE ARE THE TAIKO DRUMMERS WITH
THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO SOUND.
TAKE IT AWAY.
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