Approaching or entering a battle, the taiko yaku ( drummer ) was responsible for setting the marching pace, usually with six paces per beat of the drum ( beat-2-3-4-5-6, beat-2-3-4-5-6 ).

* Multi-drum, one player ( 複式単打法 )-one drummer plays more than one type of taiko.

* One drum, one player ( 単式単打法 )-one drummer plays only one type of taiko.

Budgie first worked with the Japanese taiko drummer Leonard Eto, the basis of the album being a spontaneous drum duet between the two.

A Taiwanese taiko drummer

There, the sake flows, enhancing the pounding of taiko drums as people wearing " happi " ( festival ) coats and brightly decorated umbrella hats perform the Shirakawa dance.

In October of each year, Rikuzentakata hosts a taiko festival which draws both performers and spectators from all over Japan.

Large crowds attend the major annual events at Narita-san: Oshogatsu in January, Setsubun in February, the taiko drum festival in April, firelight performances of Noh plays in May, the Gion Festival in July, Obon in August ; Shichigosan in November ; and the annual burning of amulets in late December.

The festival takes place on the downtown streets of Obihiro and includes a taiko drum performance that spans multiple city blocks with teams from all over Hokkaidō, an energetic night-time parade called Yume Furu Ya ( 夢降夜, " The night of raining dreams ") which expresses hopes for a good harvest, and a 2 hour long O-bon dance that includes an open section for anyone to jump in and dance along with all the other groups who are competing for first prize.

The Tokorozawa Matsuri is a festival held each year in October and features traditional Japanese parade floats ( mikoshi ), taiko drums, and samba dancers.

It is a popular spot during festival seasons, and especially during the cherry blossom bloom ( hanami ), when the sprawling castle grounds are covered with food vendors and taiko drummers.

The festival also includes taiko shows and typical dances.

There are many small local traditional festivals, and since 1988 a major yearly arts festival, called the Earth Celebration, has been run by the taiko group Kodo.

During the Chinese New Year, the Chinatown Plaza hosts Las Vegas's annual Asian food festival with lion and dragon dance performances ( performed by a local Shaolin group ) and Japanese taiko drum performances as well as martial arts demonstrations.

The Nisei Week festival is held every August, and includes a large parade, a pageant, athletic events, exhibits of Japanese art and culture, a taiko drum festival, the Japanese Festival Street Faire, a car show, and other events.

One such is Hanadaue, or rice-planting festival where men play flutes and taiko while women sing and plant rice.

Other Japanese taiko include the " uchiwa-daiko " ( 団扇太鼓 、 fan taiko ), " hira-daiko " ( 平太鼓, flat taiko ), " minariisa-daiko " ( fun time drum ), " konisawa-daiko " ( tight / hard / tense drum ) and a host of percussion instruments used in Japan's traditional noh, gagaku, and kabuki ensembles.

Types of wood: Japanese name-English equivalent ( if any ), and use in taiko, antiques, etc.

Other Okinawan instruments include the sanba ( which produce a clicking sound similar to that of castanets ), taiko and a sharp finger whistling called.

By that time, the present ensemble composition had been established, which consists of three wind instruments – hichiriki, ryūteki, and shō ( bamboo mouth organ used to provide harmony ) – and three percussion instruments – kakko ( small drum ), shoko ( metal percussion ), and taiko ( drum ) or dadaiko ( large drum ), supplemented by gakubiwa.

Some of the nationalist ideas can be attributed to nationalist ideologue Kita Ikki 北 一輝 ( 1885 – 1937 ), an Amur Society member, in his 1919 book Nihon kaizo hoan taiko ( 日本改造法案大綱 General Plan for National Reorganization of Japan ).

* Kodo ( taiko group ), a taiko drumming group based in Japan.

Miyake is a traditional Japanese taiko drumming style that has become known through works of a taiko group Kodo, and is formally called " Miyake-jima Kamitsuki Mikoshi Daiko ".

A traditional hayashi band of taiko drums, cymbals, shamisen, and Japanese flute follow behind.

There are many traditional events as well, such as taiko performances, omikoshi carrying, and the parading of Dashi floats through the streets.

, also known as kuchi showa or kuchi shoka, is an educational musical notation for traditional Japanese drums, particularly the taiko and the tsuzumi.

Miyake-jima is famous for its traditional taiko performances, known as kamitsuki kiyari taiko, as well as being home to the rare endemic Izu Thrush ( akakokko ).

Yamatai ( 邪馬台 ) is the first and only student group at Cornell University that is devoted to playing and spreading the art of taiko, a form of traditional Japanese drumming.

This repetitive percussive music is created by taiko drums, an old traditional Japanese drum that was used to demonstrate power and influence in pre-modern Japanese villages.

The Gackt version features taiko drums, traditional dancers and singers, and China Sadao as sanshin player / min ' yō singer.

With the exception of the " ko-tsuzumi " and " ō-tsuzumi ", all taiko are struck with bachi.

Many taiko are not tunable, and a drum with high head tension would counteract the slacking effects of humidity.

The actual performance seen in the movie has similar associations with taiko.

Japanese Canadian taiko began in the 1970s with Katari Taiko and was inspired by the San Jose Taiko group.

Common string instruments found with many different taiko groups would be the biwa, koto, and the shamisen.

* Bachi, used with Japanese taiko drums.

A drum simulating the taiko is played in time with music.

** skor thom-two big drums ( similar to taiko drums ) played with drumsticks

The album closes with " Handa Tjolla ", a percussion-practise track which sounds more than anything like a Japanese taiko drumming ensemble.

Starting with just one taiko drum, the group has come a long way, obtaining a total of seven drums by the beginning of their second semester and making a heart-pumping debut at the fourth annual JUSA Culture Show.

An, literally " cheering squad " or " cheering section ", is a Japanese sports rallying team similar in purpose to a cheerleading squad in the United States, but relies more on making a lot of noise with taiko drums, blowing horns and other items, waving flags and banners, and yelling through plastic megaphones in support of their sports team than on acrobatic moves ( though some ōendan incorporate pom-pom girls ).