Gareth Farr 1. Brief Biography of His Life: a. Gareth Farr was born on the 29th of February 1968 in Wellington. As a child he was extremely responsive to pitched noises (indicating his musicality). He used to spend hours at a time sitting in front of the washing machine listening to the noises it made. The “agitator” in particular fascinated him because of the whirring noise it produced with a variance in pitch. From a very young age he used to walk over to people’s houses and say “can
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Genine Marie Tacadena Dance 131 Taiko Drum and Dance; Little Things Do Matter I went to Kenny Endo’s Taiko Drum and Dance Saturday night thinking I was just going to see pieces with just dancing and just drumming. I did not expect to see what I saw and this performance completely changed my view of dancing/dancers‚ drummers/musicians/composers...artistry in general. The overall performance was good‚ but it were the little things‚ like having good posture and form while playing or dancing‚ or
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As I move on to eighth grade I reflect on the many great memories I have shared at this school. Seventh grade was a fresh new year‚ not like sixth grade‚ or fifth‚ or fourth. You do not have high school next year like the eighth graders‚ you are not the young new ones like the sixth graders. You are the seventh graders or as many refer to the “middle class.” At this school I have done everything from fun field trips to studying for hard tests. From kindergarten to now going into eighth grade.
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Interpretation‚ explanation | Claim | Both Shonen Knife and Puffy subvert the traditional perception of gender in Japan. | Sports and Music Assemble People (SMAP)‚ reconstructs the idea of masculinity by embracing their feminine sides. | Female Taiko drummers go against the social stigma that Japanese female must be gentle and soft. | Both Cogan and Chan examine the changing traditional women’s roles in Japan by showing how female artists redefine their positions in society through their works
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They began strumming traditional large-sized drums called the taiko drums. Tatsu and his bassists began playing and created a harmony‚ and soon the jazz component took the lead. I knew the style was now saturated with traditional Jazz instruments which focused on the saxophone‚ bass‚ clarinet‚ piano‚ violin‚ and congas. They began alluding to mezzo-forte and the taiko drums diluting its dynamics to pianissimo‚ and the musicians of these drums left after this transition
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claimed that Japanese music‚ "exasperates beyond all endurance the European breast."[4] Contents [hide] * 1 Traditional and folk music * 1.1 Traditional music * 1.1.1 Biwa hōshi‚ Heike biwa‚ mōsō‚ and goze * 1.1.2 Taiko * 1.1.3 Min ’yō folk music * 1.1.4 Okinawan folk music * 1.2 Traditional instruments * 2 Arrival of Western music * 2.1 Traditional pop music * 2.2 Art music * 2.2.1 Western classical music
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Nobunaga’s‚ country unification. To a large extent it can thus be demonstrated that Hideyoshi followed Nobunaga’s pattern for unification. Hideyoshi extended Nobunaga’s land survey by introducing a standard measuring system‚ called Taiko Kenchi (???)‚ named after himself - Taiko Hideyoshi‚ by which the exact surface area size could be known. Therefore‚ fair‚ exact tax could be calculated. Coupled with a status control law‚ called Mibuntoseirei (???)‚ allowed investigation into each family‚ therefore population
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by a companion‚ the tsure (stage left) and a secondary actor‚ the waki (far right). There is four different traditional musical instruments are used in the Noh drama: one flute called nohkan and three different drums called kotsuzumi‚ otsuzumi and taiko. Noh flute is the only one of the instruments that is capable of creating a melody. As three out of the four instruments are percussive‚ it is easy to see that the main characteristic of Noh music is that it is built upon rhythmic patterns‚ All of
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1.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost we would like to thank the bright and dedicated group members for putting in their very best effort to make this assignment a successful one. Secondly‚ a heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our lecturer madam …. for all the cooperation and toleration. Moreover we would also take this opportunity to thank our classmates and friends who have also contributed and gave us a helping hand. Completion of this assignment has given us the opportunity
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represent the character that they are portraying. The actors move slowly and have a musical ensemble playing in the background. The ensemble consists of three drums and a horizontal flute. These instruments are known as the fue‚ kotsuzumi‚ ootsuzumi and taiko. (Activities) The only prop used on stage is a painted pine tree. This draws the audience’s attention more to the actors instead of the surrounding area. Noh Theater has been declining in recent decades due to the slowness of the performance. The Noh
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