Composition Basics

In this course Kaoru Watanabe teaches the basics of composing for taiko and fue.

Featured Instruments:

Bachi

Course Resources include:

In this lesson Kaoru gets us started in our composition journey. He takes us through how he thinks about scales...

In this lesson we take the phrase that we came up with in Lesson 1 and we start to develop...

In this lesson Kaoru takes us through different ways we can notate our music and gives us a crash course...

In this lesson we learn how to transcribe our music so that we can share it with group members and...

In this lesson Kaoru takes us through how he conceptualizes fue phrases and teaches us how we can create more...

In this lesson we learn about different kind of musical structures and how we can apply them to our own...

In this lesson Kaoru takes us through his approach to improvisation and how it relates to composition.

In this lesson Kaoru introduces time signatures, odd meters and polyrhythms.

In this lesson Kaoru talks about drawing inspiration from traditional sources and how we can approach tradition in a respectful...

In this lesson Kaoru talks about his own personal journey as a composer and musician.

In this bonus video, Shoji and Kaoru discuss Kaoru’s development as an artist and his journey as a composer.

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