Preparing for Kaiden: Update 2 — by JF on Tuesday, June 11, 2019

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Another piece down for kaiden - Genroku Hanami Odori (元禄花見踊)! This is actually a nagauta piece that has been arranged for a jiuta ensemble. ...

Preparing for Kaiden: Update — by JF on Monday, June 3, 2019

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I was able to knock out two pieces in one lesson! I have now done Hachidan and Rokudan. Sensei also said that I don’t need to go back and co...

Preparing for Kaiden — by JF on Wednesday, May 29, 2019

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My sensei sent me the two versions of her revised curriculum, and after I complete a relatively small amount of pieces more, I will be able ...

Lesson Blog #24 - Mushi no Musashino (虫の武蔵野) — by JF on Monday, January 28, 2019

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This week, we reviewed the entire piece, and I have to say that I am not really pleased with my performance. I am frustrated mostly because ...

Lesson Blog #23 - Mushi no Musashino (虫の武蔵野) — by JF on Monday, January 21, 2019

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Despite the difficulty of this piece (for me, at least), I think we made good progress. We didn’t review the maeuta, but we did go over the ...

Lesson Blog #22 - Mushi no Musashino (虫の武蔵野) — by JF on Wednesday, January 9, 2019

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We started a new piece tonight, "Mushi no Musashino". This piece is a Tegotomono type and  has a lot of notes that meant to mimic ...