Earwormed!

[gurdymonkey]

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

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[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.)