Ryukyu
琉球
[Genre] | Modern |
[Style] | N/A |
[Composed] | Shakuhachi - 1967 |
History (John Kaizan Neptune):
A part of the unique culture of Okinawa and the other islands in the Ryukyus is the traditional five-tone scale used in this piece. It is enhanced without the three-stringed, banjo-like sanshin instrument of those islands to give the composition a folksy, distinctly non-Japanese flavor. |
Ryukyu appears on the following albums
Album | Artist | |
Circle, The |
Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune | |
A part of the unique culture of Okinawa and the other islands in the Ryukyus is the traditional five-tone scale used in this piece. It is enhanced without the three-stringed, banjo-like sanshin instrument of those islands to give the composition a folksy, distinctly non-Japanese flavor.
|