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This is a Modern piece .

Hear the Light appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Tokyosphere  (Listen)	Neptune, John Kaizan
"Light" here means both "illumination" and "not heavy". For traditional Japanese instruments, this piece is difficult because the melody and harmony have a lot of changes that require a lot of pitch material. The koto has only 13 strings, but by pressing the string on the far side of the bridge, the basic pitch can be raised a half or whole step.