Kodo – O-Daiko
An evening pause: Japanese drummers playing the Ōdaiko drum
Ōdaiko : One of the most memorable drums of many taiko ensembles is the ōdaiko (大太鼓). For many, the ōdaiko solo is the embodiment of power due to the size of the drum, the volume, and the endurance it takes to perform. The ōdaiko is the largest drum of all taiko, if not the entire world. The largest ōdaiko are too big to move and permanently reside inside a temple or shrine. Ōdaiko means “big taiko”, but within any group, it describes the largest drum in an ensemble, which could mean 12 inches (300 mm) in diameter or 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter. Made from a single piece of wood, some ōdaiko come from trees that are hundreds of years old.
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I Think I saw these guys at Slippery Rock University a few years ago – without the really big drums
They were impressive in very small but acoustically good auditorium
Weezer
–the appropriate cut–
2001
https://youtu.be/_9BGLtqqkVI
2:52
Roland–
Good suggestion, actually liking this more than I would have thought.
Chris-
where is Slippery Rock U?
came up on my Suggested list….
Kodo Drummers with Blue Man Group
2009
https://youtu.be/tjAj4EIUF5c?t=273
(cued to the music start)
9:50
“In 2009 Japanese Kodo Drummers came to New York City to collaborate with Blue Man Group on tribal drumming,”
Wayne – SRU is in Slippery Rock PA -home
Slippery Rock is a semi-rural town ~ 50 miles north of Pittsburgh
Chris-
Thank you.
(My paternal great grand-parents settled in Erie, PA.)