One of my obsessions is taiko. If you don't know what it is, this LINK will explain it more succinctly than I can, but it's drumming. Anyway, we've starting drilling more now that we have a bit of a lull from performance and it's no longer summer vacation when people are spotty. I love drills. They're fun, and a lot less serious than performance run-throughs (though, I love that equally)....except for one.
We have a drill where we're supposed to practice non-verbally communicating with the rest of the troop. It's kind of a pass-the-beat popcorn sort of thing where we have to tell someone else to take the beat from us. No words, just eye contact, and subtle gestures. I'm awful at it. I can't tell when people are trying to pass the beat to me and not one of the people next to me. So, sometimes I'd play when I wasn't supposed to, or I'd completely miss it until they started shouting at me to take the beat.
Does anyone have any suggestions of things I could try to understand cues better? I don't really want to tell them I'm autistic. But, because taiko is one of my obsessions I think about it a lot. Normally it's calming, and I tap out taiko rhythms as a stim, but now I can't stop thinking about how awful I was at the drill and if we do that drill again....I dunno. Any ideas or suggestions would be great. Thank you <3
29 Sep 2015, 6:15 pm
