Family Taiko Sunday 1:15pm 2015 Summer Session I

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Aisatsu Song

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Respect your Sensei (clap/stomp/tap)

Respect your Dojo (pose)

Classmate! (clap/pose/highfive)

Instruments! (pose and say it with the voice of your favorite instrument)

and the Art of Taiko!  

Ichi - ni - so - re!

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Yoroshiku (clap clap!)

Yoroshiku (clap clap!) 

pause....... (pose)

YO-RO-SHI-KU O-NE-GAI-SHI-MA-SU (clap!)

Usagi Usagi

Usagi Usagi 

Nani Mite Haneru

Jugoya Otsuki-san

Mite Haneru

Rabbit Rabbit

What are you looking at when you jump?

On the night of 15th (lunar calendar) with the Full Moon

that is what I am looking at

Usagi Daiko

composed by Chizuko Endo

Section 1: Hop Hop Hop

Don Don Don  (teke te Ten te teke teke)

Don Don Don (teke te Ten te Ten)

Don Don Don  (teke te Ten te teke teke)

Don Don Don (teke te Ten te Ten)

Section 2: Squiring around looking for carrots  

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

Don Don Don 

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko 

Don Don Don 

  Section 3: Dance

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON DO DON

Family Taiko Thursday 2015 Summer Session I

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Aisatsu Song

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Respect your Sensei (clap/stomp/tap)

Respect your Dojo (pose)

Classmate! (clap/pose/highfive)

Instruments! (pose and say it with the voice of your favorite instrument)

and the Art of Taiko!  

Ichi - ni - so - re!

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Yoroshiku (clap clap!)

Yoroshiku (clap clap!) 

pause....... (pose)

YO-RO-SHI-KU O-NE-GAI-SHI-MA-SU (clap!)

Usagi Usagi

Usagi Usagi 

Nani Mite Haneru

Jugoya Otsuki-san

Mite Haneru

Rabbit Rabbit

What are you looking at when you jump?

On the night of 15th (lunar calendar) with the Full Moon

that is what I am looking at

Usagi Daiko

composed by Chizuko Endo

Section 1: Hop Hop Hop

Don Don Don  (teke te Ten te teke teke)

Don Don Don (teke te Ten te Ten)

Don Don Don  (teke te Ten te teke teke)

Don Don Don (teke te Ten te Ten)

Section 2: Squiring around looking for carrots  

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

Don Don Don 

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko

(teke teke) Doko Doko 

Don Don Don 

 

  Section 3: Dance

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON (te Ten Teke)

Don  Don  (teke Ten)

DoDON DO DON

Pineapple Huckleberry Apple Grape

(Group 1 Call) Pineapple, Huckleberry, Apple, Grape

(Group 2 Response) Would you like them in your milkshake?

(Group 1 Call) Pineapple, Huckleberry, Apple, Grape

(Group 2 Response) Would you like them in your milkshake?

(Shime call) Who want pineapple?

(everyone) Yes I Do!

(Shime) Who wants huckleberry?

(everyone) Yes please thank you!

(Shime) Who wants Apple?

(everyone) No thank you!

(Shime) Who wants Grape?

(everyone) No ~~~ Thank You!

(everyone, soft to loud) Pineapple Huckleberry milkshake yum!

Pineapple Huckleberry in your tum tum!

Family Taiko Sunday 2015 Summer Session I

Please click on the song title below for more details and videos of the song!

Aisatsu Song

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Respect your Sensei (clap/stomp/tap)

Respect your Dojo (pose)

Classmate! (clap/pose/highfive)

Instruments! (pose and say it with the voice of your favorite instrument)

and the Art of Taiko!  

Ichi - ni - so - re!

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Don Don Don dadidadadidum

Yoroshiku (clap clap!)

Yoroshiku (clap clap!) 

pause....... (pose)

YO-RO-SHI-KU O-NE-GAI-SHI-MA-SU (clap!)

Pineapple Huckleberry Apple Grape

(Group 1 Call) Pineapple, Huckleberry, Apple, Grape

(Group 2 Response) Would you like them in your milkshake?

(Group 1 Call) Pineapple, Huckleberry, Apple, Grape

(Group 2 Response) Would you like them in your milkshake?

(Shime call) Who want pineapple?

(everyone) Yes I Do!

(Shime) Who wants huckleberry?

(everyone) Yes please thank you!

(Shime) Who wants Apple?

(everyone) No thank you!

(Shime) Who wants Grape?

(everyone) No ~~~ Thank You!

(everyone, soft to loud) Pineapple Huckleberry milkshake yum!

Pineapple Huckleberry in your tum tum!

Here is a video of Manman and Amanda playing the "Pineapple" Song

Manman on the naname is playing mirror image, so you can easily play along while watching. 

 

Taiko Tots Sunday (Age 2-3) 2015 Summer Session I

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Hello Song (melody of "Skip to my Lou")

  Hello _____ How are you?

  Hello _____ How are you?

  Hello _____ How are you?

Welcome to taiko class! 

 

Aisatsu Song

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Respect your Sensei (clap/stomp/tap)

Respect your Dojo (pose)

Classmate! (clap/pose/highfive)

Instruments! (pose and say it with the voice of your favorite instrument)

and the Art of Taiko!  

Ichi - ni - so - re!

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Yoroshiku (clap clap!)

Yoroshiku (clap clap!) 

pause....... (pose)

YO-RO-SHI-KU O-NE-GAI-SHI-MA-SU (clap!)

Walking Walking (melody of Frère Jacques)

Walking Walking (Don Don Don Don)

Walking Walking (Don Don Don Don)

Hop Hop Hop (ka ka ka)

Hop Hop Hop (ka ka ka)

Running Running Run-ning (doko doko Don - Don)

Running Running Run-ning (doko doko Don - Don)

Now we stop (Don Don Don)

Now make a pose! (Don Don Don+pose)

Five in the Bed

There's five in the bed and the little one said

ROLL OVER ROLL OVER

and they all roll over and one fell out

(click!)

There's four in the bed and the little one said

ROLL OVER ROLL OVER

and they all roll over and one fell out

(click!)

...

There is one in the bed and the little one said

GOOD NIGHT!

OYASUMI!

Rum Sum Sum

a rum sum sum a rum sum sum

guli guli guli guli rum sum sum

a rum sum sum a rum sum sum

guli guli guli guli rum sum sum

a-ra-fi a-ra-fi guli guli guli rum sum sum

a-ra-fi a-ra-fi guli guli guli rum sum sumx

Taiko Tots (Age 3-4) 2015 Summer Session I

Hi! Please click on the song title below to more videos and versions of the song. Enjoy!

Aisatsu Song

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Yoroshiku Onegaimasu! (clap clap)

Respect your Sensei (clap/stomp/tap)

Respect your Dojo (pose)

Classmate! (clap/pose/highfive)

Instruments! (pose and say it with the voice of your favorite instrument)

and the Art of Taiko!  

Ichi - ni - so - re!

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Don Don Don  dadidadadidum

Yoroshiku (clap clap!)

Yoroshiku (clap clap!) 

pause....... (pose)

YO-RO-SHI-KU O-NE-GAI-SHI-MA-SU (clap!)

Walking Walking (melody of Frère Jacques)

Walking Walking (Don Don Don Don)

Walking Walking (Don Don Don Don)

Hop Hop Hop (ka ka ka)

Hop Hop Hop (ka ka ka)

Running Running Run-ning (doko doko Don - Don)

Running Running Run-ning (doko doko Don - Don)

Now we stop (Don Don Don)

Now make a pose! (Don Don Don+pose)

Yamaoroshi

Don     Don    Don   Don  Don Don don don don do.........

(hop!) dodon!

Kizami Oroshi

(so-re) doDon (left-right)   doDon     doDon    doDon  doDon  doDon  doDon doDon dDondondondondondondodnodndo........

(hop!) dodon!

Usagi Usagi

Usagi Usagi 

Nani Mite Haneru

Jugoya Otsuki-san

Mite Haneru

Rabbit Rabbit

What are you looking at when you jump?

On the night of 15th (lunar calendar) with the Full Moon

that is what I am looking at

Usagi Odori

In Summer 2014, my friend Mika Yamazaki and I created this dance for Usagi Daiko. In this video, I was dancing in mirror image, so you can easily dance along as if you are looking at the mirror. 

Mochitsuki

original song "Mochi Megane"
adapted and arranged by Yuri Kanamaru

Mochitsuki Mochitsuki Pe-Tan-KO!

Mochitsuki Mochitsuki Pe-Tan-KO!

Pe-Tan Pe-Tan Pe-Tan KO!

Pe-Tan Pe-Tan Pe-Tan KO!

Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-Tan-KO!

Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta Pe-ta teki agari!

NATC15 Youth Program Workshop#2 Taiko FUNdamentals

The long awaited North American Taiko Conference 2015 was finally here! This time I had the wonderful opportunity to lead the Youth Program and taught 2 workshop sessions for the program. Here is the video from workshop session 2 "Taiko FUNdamentals" on Saturday 13 June 2015. It was a lot of fun for me to work with children from age 5-11. The challenge was to accommodate different age and taiko skill level in the same workshop. It was in fact a lot of fun for me to teach some games and materials that I have always wanted to try but never got a chance. Each session is 2.5 hours, that gives me a lot of time to develop the materials. They did really great!

 

Song: Mochitsuki

original song "Mochi Megane"
adapted and arranged by Yuri Kanamaru

(For Youth Program parents, if you'd like to review the song, here is the link to the blog post on Mochitsuki)

Hopscotch game as learned from Estêvão Marques in SF Orff Master Class 2013
Cup game as learned from Sofia Lopez Ibor in SF Orff Level I 2011

In the past 4 years of Orff training, I've learned a lot of great games and teaching skills from amazing teachers like Estevao and Sofia. Today being able to created my own version combining those games and songs for the youth taiko class has been a great achievement and experience. It is very rewarding to see all my students able to perform those skills within a short amount time while having lots of fun learning.

 

Another way to play the hopscotch is to jump in double time (similar to what Mio attempt to do near the end); and have 4 persons doing it on each side.

Shika Deer Iruka Dolphin

Shika Deer • Iruka Dolphin  • Usagi Rabbit • Uma Horse

 This is a pattern created by Stacy and Chevace Ohta from Family Taiko Thursday in Spring 2015. The following are videos of the patterns further developed as part of the Pineapple Song

I changed the order of the pattern for the instrumentation that work better with the Pineapple song

Group 1

Usagi Rabbit = Sumo

Shika Deer = odaiko

Usa-gi Rabbit   Shi-ka Deer

Group 2

Iruka Dolphin = maracas/shakers

Uma Horse = Suzu(bells)

Iruka Dol-phin  U-ma Horse

Manman and Amanda demonstrating Group 1 and Group 2 individually

 Group 1 and Group 2 play together simultaneously

manman (Usagi Rabbit - Shika Deer)

Amanda (Iruka Dolphin - Uma Horse)

 

Group 1 with Pineapple (incomplete)

Amanda (Usagi Rabbit - Uma Horse)

Manman (the Pineapple song without solo echo section)

Group 2 with Pineapple

Manman (Iruka Dolphin - Uma Horse)

Amanda (the Pineapple song without solo echo section)