Intro to Shime Daiko

With Kenny Endo

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Taiko master Kenny Endo teaches basic shime technique and patterns in this entry level series.

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Course Resources Include:

  • Cascara 1 MP3
  • Cascara 2 MP3
  • Cascara Combination MP3
  • Double Paradiddle MP3
  • Dynamic Exercise 2 MP3
  • Dynamic Exercise MP3
  • Hogaku no Shichome MP3
  • kaDON Introductionto Shime Daiko Glossary PDF
  • Kinjishi MP3
  • Mikoshi Bayashi and Hogaku no Shichome MP3
  • Mikoshi Bayashi MP3
  • Paradiddle Combination MP3
  • Samba 1 MP3
  • Samba 2 Exercise MP3
  • Samba 2 MP3
  • Samba Combination MP3
  • Samba Jam MP3
  • Shichome no Ji and Yatai no Ji MP3
  • Shichome no Ji MP3
  • Single Double and Triple Paraddile MP3
  • Single Paradiddle MP3
  • Triple Paradiddle MP3
  • Yatai no Ji MP3

Course Resources

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1 – Basic Terminology

Kenny Endo goes over the basic terminology for the shime daiko.

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Lesson 2 – Stretching and Warm Ups

Kenny Endo demonstrates stretching and warm up exercises.

Lesson 3 – Dynamic Exercise

Kenny Endo demonstrate a basic exercise that works on dynamics.

Lesson 4 – Mikoshi Bayashi and Hogaku no Shichome

Kenny Endo teaches Mikoshi Bayashi a ji pattern from Edo Bayashi and Hogaku no Shichome.

Lesson 5 – Kinjishi

Kenny Endo teaches the pattern Kinjishi from Hogaku Hayashi.

Lesson 6 – Shichome no Ji and Yatai no Ji

Kenny Endo teaches the patterns Shichome no Ji and Yatai no Ji from Edo Bayashi.

Lesson 7 – Paradiddles

Kenny Endo applies paradiddles to the shime daiko.

Lesson 8 – Cascara

Kenny Endo applies the Cascara pattern from Cuban music to the shime daiko.

Lesson 9 – Samba

Kenny Endo applies Samba rhythms from Brazilian music to the shime daiko.

Lesson 10 – Culmination

Kenny Endo brings all the patterns from this series together.