Yesterday I went to a Japanese Drumming Lesson with my sister. We went with our friend Risa and her three children.
It was my first time and I didn’t even know there were different types of Japanese drums. Some of them are small drums that are for getting everyone in the same rhythm and there are big ones for the main sound.
The teacher gave each of us individual drums to play. The drum sticks were short and thick. After trying our drums out we went round and played the drums that other people were using. I really like the smaller drums because the sound is less hollow. There were a few elderly people and all had a lot of energy and were playing the drums very hard and fast and I was quite surprised. The teacher showed us how to play the drums by moving our hands in a circular motion.
The teacher taught us how to play with a group with all of us playing at the same time. It was hard for some of the children but most of them were quite good.
It was a really fun first-time experience and I would really like to go to another one of the lessons again.
