Chappa Basics

Lesson 1 – Introduction

The first lesson in this series gives an overview of various Chappa styles, how they're used, and how to make...

Lesson 2 – Basic Exercises Pt. 1

In this lesson Shoji demonstrates some basic exercises that will help us build facility with the chappa.

Lesson 3 – Basic Exercises Pt. 2

In this lesson Shoji continues to build on the basic paradiddle exercises that will help us build facility with the...

Lesson 4 – Playing In Between the Double

In this lesson Shoji expands on the paradiddle patterns we've been working on and introduces the idea of playing in...

Lesson 5 – Buzz Sounds

In this lesson Shoji introduces the three different buzz sounds found on the chappa and introduces different ways to use...

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Lesson 6 – Getting to the Next Gear

In this lesson Shoji applies the idea of playing in different gears to all of the exercises we've been working...

Lesson 7 – World of Sound

In this lesson Shoji demonstrates some of the great sounds that are possible with the chappa and introduces simple patterns...

Lesson 8 – Accompanying the Swung Ji

In this lesson we begin to put the techniques we've learned so far into practice in real-world musical situations.

Lesson 9 – Accompanying the Matsuri Ji

In this lesson we use the techniques we've learned in this course and apply them to accompanying the Matsrui Ji.

Lesson 10 – Accompanying the Don doko Ji

In this lesson we use the techniques we've learned in this course and apply them to accompanying the Don doko...

Lesson 11 – Improvisation with Chappa

In this lesson Shoji uses a couple of the phrases that we used in this course as the starting point...