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This is a Gagaku piece in the Kangen style .

Banshikicho Netori appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Traditional Music of Japan, The - 01  (Listen)
Netori is a very short piece which is played just before the performance of Kangen in a concert. Originally this might have been a free playing of each instrument to check the tuning based upon the pitch of the Sho which is fixed and also as a warm-up. However, later it became formalized into a piece helping to create the atmosphere for the music which was to follow. For this reason, Netori has six variations, one for each of the six tonalities. The recorded piece is in Banshikicho. Netori is a good composition in which to listen to the sound of each instrument, which is more difficult to do in the performance of other pieces. It begins with the Sho (mouth-organ), which is followed by the Hichiriki (oboe). Then the Ryuteki (flute) joins in while the Kakko(side drum) begins its beat. The Biwa (lute) and So (zither) concludes the Netori.