幼稚園児にパーカッション演奏で慰問！

Visit to a kindergarten to give a percussion performance!

神奈川にある幼児スクールにハンドパンとジャンベを持ち込み演奏。

I played a hand pan drum and djembe at a large nursery school in Kanagawa prefecture !

子供達は、ハンドパンの優しい音色と歌手のMINEHAHAさんの歌声に静かに聞き入っていました。しかし、演奏が終わるとすぐに不思議な音色の楽器に好奇心を抑えきれず、一気に全員がハンドパンに群がり、触ったりたたいたりの大騒ぎとなりました。

At first, the children quietly listened to the gentle tone of the hand pan drum and the singing voice of singer Minehaha. However, as soon as the performance was over, all the children couldn’t contain their curiosity about the mysterious instrument, and crowded around the drum ,touching, hitting, and feeling it, and asking many questions about it.

ジャンベの強いリズムにはとんだり跳ねたりリズムに合わせて踊り出し、ジャンベのリズムが早くなると興奮状態がエスカレートしていき、笑ったり奇声を上げたり、でんぐり返しをしたり！それぞれの子供達がそれぞれに自由に自分流にダンスをクリエイトしているのが印象的でした。Children jumped and bounced with the strong rhythm of the djembe and when the rhythm got faster, the excitement escalated!

Some of them laughed, screamed, or started tumbling on the floor.

It was very impressive that each of them enjoyed it in their very own way.

子供は素晴らしい！音楽は子供の豊な感性を育む上で大きな役割を果たすと改めて感じた1日でした。

Kids are great! It was a day when I felt that music plays a big role in nurturing children’s sensibilities.