Yoshio Hoshino

Using the body percussion of hands, feet, and knees alongside the standard percussion instruments, this book introduces and develops the method of improvisation and the technique of teaching it to chi...

Using the natural rhythm of the Japanese language and the poetry of Shuntaro Tanikawa, this book enables students of all levels to create music both individually and in an ensemble context - and have...

This book provides a variety of examples that, using a layering technique, gradually introduce different ostinatos to the student. In this way, the method demonstrates how to compose improvised accomp...