Lesson blog #7 - Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojo-ji (京鹿子娘道成寺), pt. 3 and Hatsune (初音) — by JF on Thursday, December 10, 2015

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After last week's issues with illness due to medications for my upcoming surgery, I was concerned about my ability to make it through th...

Lesson Blog #6 - Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojo-ji (京鹿子娘道成寺), pt. 2 — by JF on Wednesday, December 2, 2015

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This week was quite rough. Not so much in the music but in my health. I am preparing to have surgery in a few weeks, and sometimes the medic...

Lesson Blog #5 - Tanuki (たぬき), pt. 3 and Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojo-ji (京鹿子娘道成寺) — by JF on Wednesday, November 4, 2015

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This week, we completed Tanuki (たぬき) and began a new piece - Kyo Kanoko Musume Dojo-ji (京鹿子娘道成寺). In finishing Tanuki, I had to play and sin...

Lesson Blog #4 - Tanuki (たぬき), pt. 2 — by JF on Friday, October 30, 2015

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We had a two week gap in lessons due to illness. Whenever that happens, I am always concerned that I will do poorly since I usually forget e...

Lesson Blog #3 - Tanuki (たぬき) — by JF on Friday, October 16, 2015

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This week, we began a new piece titled "Tanuki" (たぬき). The piece is about a mother tanuki (known in English as a "raccoon dog...

Lesson Blog #2 - Echigojishi (越後獅子), pt. 2 — by JF on Wednesday, October 7, 2015

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This week, we completed the piece "Echigojishi". To read about last week's lesson on this piece, please click here . To be h...

Lesson Blog #1 - Echigojishi (越後獅子) — by JF on Thursday, October 1, 2015

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I'm going to start making an effort to make a post after each lesson. First, this allows me to have a written record of what we covered ...

Lots of updates! — by JF on Sunday, July 5, 2015

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I apologize for the long gap in updates, but I updated nearly every page on the website today. I added many diagrams that will be useful for...