More Taiko Guidelines

Please read and follow the guidelines below as you learn and play these pieces.

You’re welcome to:

• Take photos and videos of yourself/your group practicing or performing these songs and share those online via social media or other video sharing sites.

• Include this music in a free or paid performance - Please credit the piece as “[Name of Song],” composed by San Jose Taiko in writing (if applicable) or verbally at the performance.

• Download the notation from the San Jose Taiko website and duplicate it.

• Arrange the song to the suit the group performing it, as long as the rearrangement  maintains the integrity of the original piece. Any revised arrangements must be released as copyleft.

• Change the musical score to reflect the arrangement as permitted above.

• Use a recording of your own performance of the music (audio and/or video) for other purposes (e.g. as background music, on a CD or DVD produced by your group, etc.).

Please do not:

• Change the title of the piece.

• Create and perform arrangements that do not maintain the original integrity of the piece.

• Edit or use audio or video recordings of San Jose Taiko playing the piece shared on this website for anything other than teaching purposes.

We would love to see you all performing our More Taiko music! If you play any of these songs, please share videos on your social media with the hashtag #moretaiko and tag us @sanjosetaiko

A FINAL NOTE:

If a San Jose Taiko song hasn’t been expressly released under this initiative, then please do not learn, play, or perform that piece.

QUESTIONS?

Please email info(at)taiko.org if you're unsure of anything we’ve outlined for “More Taiko!”.