{"id":8044,"date":"2018-03-27T20:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2023-12-27T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T05:34:16","slug":"suisogakudan-seseragi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2018\/03\/27\/8044\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Fischer: Suis\u014dgakudan Seseragi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This semester, I continued playing in \u5439\u594f\u697d\u56e3\u305b\u305b\u3089\u304e (<em>Suis\u014dgakudan Seseragi<\/em>) on tuba. We are currently rehearsing a variety of pieces, most of which are selections from films and 20th-century pop artists. I have been able to continue to converse about a variety of topics, not only music, with my fellow members. I will be able to remain in Japan until July, when the annual concert will be held, so I plan on participating, which I am excited about.<\/p>\n<p>The highlight of this semester was being able to participate in a brass quintet. We practiced several times over the course of two months, and on March 25<sup>th<\/sup>, we performed at\u58ec\u751f\u8001\u4eba\u30db\u30fc\u30e0 (Mibu Elderly Home) for a group of elderly residents, who seemed to greatly enjoy the performance and the different brass instruments. The \u304a\u3070\u3042\u3055\u3093commented on how big the tuba was: \u300c\u5927\u304d\u3044\u306d!\u300d\u300c\u3059\u3054\u3044!\u300d. The pieces that we performed were <em>\u4e09\u767e\u516d\u5341\u4e94\u6b69\u30de\u30fc\u30c1<\/em>, <em>\u306a\u3054\u308a\u96ea<\/em>, <em>\u6545\u90f7<\/em>, <em>\u4e0a\u3092\u5411\u3044\u3066\u6b69\u3053\u3046<\/em>, <em>\u9752\u3044\u5c71\u8108<\/em>, and <em>\u307e\u305f\u9022\u3046\u65e5\u307e\u3067<\/em>. It was wonderful to get to know the other members of the quintet well and play these nostalgic Japanese songs.<\/p>\n<p>Something that I have observed while playing in <em>Seseragi<\/em> is the formality required, especially by younger, newer members. In the United States, regardless of age or skill, the conductor is usually very informal and generally is more comfortable correcting or criticizing the players for their mistakes. In general, during practice in Japan, the conductor is very polite when asking players to correct their mistakes, while players are very polite \u300c\u306f\u3044\u3001\u5206\u304b\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u300dwhen responding to the conductor. I think that this demonstrates the importance of the social customs of Japan in even recreational activities, which is different than in the United States. However, this is not necessarily a bad point; it simply illustrates the vast difference between cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This semester, I continued playing in \u5439\u594f\u697d\u56e3\u305b\u305b\u3089\u304e (Suis\u014dgakudan Seseragi) on tuba. We are currently rehearsing a  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/2018\/03\/27\/8044\/\">\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":407,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"ja","_original_post":"8044"},"categories":[155,10,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/407"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13613,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions\/13613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcjs.jp\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}