Earwormed!

[gurdymonkey]

Great. I've got "Matsuri Daiko" stuck in my head. Four lines of drumming on a continuous loop............. 

Comments

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

There's one more line in the basic set! XD

Does the following look familiar?

1

&

2

&

3

&

4

&

1

&

2

&

3

&

4

&

Don

Don

Don

ka

ra

Ka

Ra

Don

Don

click

Don

Don

ka

ra

Ka

Ra

Don

Don

Don

ka

ra

Ka

Ra

do

Don

ka

Ra

Don

Don

ka

ra

Ka

Ra

do

ko

ka

ra

Don

Don

Don

ka

ra

Ka

Ra

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

Table-spaced for timing, may vary from your class's version in whether you put in more clicks or ka's in the blank spaces...) Does the timing match the way your class plays line 4? I think your class says "don" at the beginning of line 4, but as it's only an 8th note in duration, I usually say/write "do". (I also capitalize the quarter note "Ka Ra's", to distinguish them from the twice-as-fast 8th note "ka ra's".)

Sometimes people say/write "Kon" instead of "Don" to distinguish a left hand, so as not to have to write out all the R and L next to the note. (I usually write "Kon", just didn't do that here.) Also, on line 5, the kuchi shoga "do ko" might be said/written as "do ro" - there are many variations on the note terms. It's quite OK to learn it with whatever note-words - what's more important than the exact note-words is getting the timing. :)

I've slept since then....

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

I'd have to play it again next week to be sure - I was having so much trouble with Line 3, that Line 4 has sort of flown out of my head.

I also don't want to get too hung up on notation. I'm generally best by ear and memory to begin with, and by all accounts, that's how this stuff is traditionally taught and passed along anyway.

[karisu-sama.livejournal.com]

also don't want to get too hung up on notation. I'm generally best by ear and memory to begin with, and by all accounts, that's how this stuff is traditionally taught and passed along anyway.

Oh absolutely. I would never attempt to learn via notation. You need to hear and play it, to teach your body, and also go over the kuchi shoga when not near a drum to keep your brain on the rhythm.

However, people often make kuchi shoga notations for themselves as "quick study reminders" for songs they have already learned when they may at times in the recitation forget what part came next, especially in long complicated pieces. (Since I like notating rhythm timing as well, I put it in.)