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These are my memories of Taiko... I learned to say
words and numbers in Japanese. 1 is Ichi 2 is Ni 3
is San 4 is Shi and 5 is goo. Sura means begin
again.
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Every day Clayton and I helped Ester, the Taiko
lady, unload the Taiko drums out of her van. Some
drums were heavy and some were light some were
small and some big.
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When it was close to the end of Taiko we made masks
for the big Taiko performance. My mask was made
first out of the whole class.
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The way we stand to play Taiko is just bending our
knees. When we played the Taiko drums we had to
hold the sticks without using thumbs.
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The two songs we practiced were Bicentennial
Bayashi and Silk Daiko. Bicentennial Bayashi Esther
made for us to play at the big Taiko performance.
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This is what happened at the beginning of Taiko...
My favorite drum was a big black drum with a
picture of a dragon on it. Out of the whole Taiko
playing I liked Bicentennial Bayashi.
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Taiko drums are different because they're bigger
then regular drums and louder then regular drums.
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I was excited when I started to play Taiko because
it was the first instrument I got to learn. First
when I played Taiko I wasn't real good but everyday
I got better.
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When I first saw the Taiko drum I thought it was a
regular drum. Everyday I went to Taiko I got hungry
earlier and my head hurt.
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This is what I was learning in Taiko... When I
began Taiko it was fun. By the end, Taiko started
to get boring. When I played Taiko I sometimes went
fast. Sometimes when I played Taiko I forgot lines.
At the Taiko performance the drumstick fell out of
my hand.
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Now it is over... when I began Taiko I wasn't real
good at it but I got better everyday. I am still
willing to play Taiko even if it is over.
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When Taiko was over I still wanted to play Taiko.
Now I can play Taiko the best I have ever played
Taiko.
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Now that Taiko is over we are going to have another
performance on Martin Luther King day at the Martin
Luther King Parade.
I will remember in Taiko
the most is... How big the drums where.
I will remember the two
songs that we played in Taiko. Bicentennial Bayashi
and Silk Daiko where the two songs we learned.
Esther told us how Taiko started.
I will remember how
scared I was when it was time for the big
performance.
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