The International Shakuhachi Society

Home

Schools

Discography

Lineage Charts

Pieces

People

Glossary

Other Sites

Teachers

Governors

For Sale

Member's Area

This is a Koten piece from the Kinko Ryű school .

History (from Singer, John)
"Akebono" means "to transpose up a fifth" (in Koto music the "Akebono joshi" (Akebono tuning) of the Yamada Ryu is transposed up a fifth from the standard "Hira Joshi"). Also, in Gagaku music, Akebono joshi (called Oshiki cho) is one of the six Gagaku tunings where the major note is "A".

Although this piece is not found in the "Kinko Techo" (Kinko Records), as far as the melody is concerned, the essence of this piece is exactly the same as that of the piece "Hifumi Hachigaeshi". The key is changed four steps but the melodic movement is almost identical in both pieces. The only difference in the two pieces is that of the key and small embellishments or ornaments.

Akebono no Shirabe appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Complete Collection of Honkyoku from the Kinko School - Vol 2 - Disc 3  (Listen)	Aoki Reibo II
Kinko Ryu Honkyoku - 7  (Listen)	Aoki Reibo II
Koten Shakuhachi Gaku Zen Shu - 1  (Listen)	Takeuchi Chiko
Shakuhachi no Shinzui-Shakuhachi Honkyoku - 11  (Listen)	Yamaguchi Goro