brianharman.ca
Gagaku Music
http://www.brianharman.ca/2013/11/04/gagaku-music
Music & Audio. Press & Awards. Brian Harman, composer. November 4, 2013. Ever since I visited Japan for a wind ensemble competition in 2009, I’ve been fascinated by Japanese culture and music. It was my first time in Asia, and I felt like I was on another planet altogether. Tokyo is deliciously overwhelming in every way, from it’s ultra modern, replaceable architecture to its complex spaghetti bowl transit system and it’s fluorescent pop culture. Bagata Shachu’s taiko performance setup at the gorge...
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HO ETSU TAIKO | Ho Etsu Taiko Acknowledgements
http://www.hoetsu.org/acknowledgements
News & Events. Membership in Ho Etsu. History of Ho Etsu. News & Events. Membership in Ho Etsu. History of Ho Etsu. Over the years Ho Etsu has been fortunate to have worked with many talented artists. We are grateful for their contributions to our growth as a performing ensemble. On Ensemble ( website. Fused Music Ensemble ( website. Nagata Shachu ( website. Tiffany Tamaribuchi ( website. Kristy Oshiro ( website. The Chicago Harp Quartet ( website. Paddy Homan ( website. Dennis Cahill ( website.
taikoreverberations.blogspot.com
Taiko Reverberations: Kimyōna Progress
http://taikoreverberations.blogspot.com/2012/04/kimyona-progress.html
Sharing my love of Taiko. Sunday, April 29, 2012. It was a long process, but I've finally gotten some heads stitched for the. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I am a member of a community Taiko group in California. I created this blog to share my experiences, my findings, and my love of Taiko, as so many others have shared with me. San Francisco Taiko Dojo. Isaku Kageyama Offical Site. North American Taiko Conference.
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Taiko Reverberations: Practice Pads
http://taikoreverberations.blogspot.com/2012/07/practice-pads.html
Sharing my love of Taiko. Saturday, July 28, 2012. I live on a 23 square mile island. A better way to think about it is that it's approximately five miles on a side. (it's not square, but this is for purposes of conversation) The point being that when I or the group I belong to practice taiko. Most of the island can hear it. Unfortunately, not all of my neighbors love taiko. As much as I do. So I needed a quieter way to practice. The solution? This is what I did:. I sanded the corners and edges to round ...
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Taiko Reverberations: October 2011
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Sharing my love of Taiko. Saturday, October 29, 2011. When the glue had dried on the body for the katsugi. After all the wedges were in place and the glue was dry I once again did my 'squish test' to see how rigid the body felt and there was significantly less flex. I don't know if it's going to be enough bracing or not, but I'm trying to keep the drums light so I'm hesitant to add more. I'll run with it and see how it goes. Thursday, October 27, 2011. Gluing the katsugi oke daiko. Moving On . . . I gues...
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Taiko Reverberations: November 2011
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Sharing my love of Taiko. Monday, November 28, 2011. Despite the fact that the drum head height of the shime. Higher. Since I love to experiment, a new design was in order. This stand places the top head of the shime. Four inches higher than the previous design. The construction was largely the same. I doweled and glued all the joins. The head of the triangle is held together with hinges so the stand will fold flat for storage and transport. And for a change of pace I painted it black. In addition to SF ...
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Japan
http://www.oh-no-not-again.info/japan.html
Maintains a very useful list of names. The photos below are from our trip in December 2000, to Kyōto, and were taken in the lush bamboo forest near Arashiyama, a short bus (or train) ride away. Bamboo forest near the train tracks of Arashiyama. Bamboo grove climbing a hill. Bamboo, with cedars in the background. Dense grove just off a path. Pepin Press, Amsterdam 2003; Jeanne Allen,. The Designer’s Guide to Samurai Patterns. Thames and Hudson 1990; Hibi, Niwa and Thomas,. Kodansha International, 2001).
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