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This is a Modern Honkyoku piece from the Chikuho Ryű school .

History (from Lee, Dr Riley Kelly)
Hi Fu Mi Cho is one of a group of short pieces played as a warm-up or prelude to larger honkyoku pieces. It is meant to serve as a renewal of the relationship between the bamboo and the player, a searching for the balance between the two that is most conducive to meditation.

Hi Fu Mi Cho (Chikuho Ryu) appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Japanese Music for Two Shakuhachi  (Listen)	Lee, Dr Riley Kelly
Hi Fu Mi Cho is one of a group of short pieces played as a warm-up or prelude to larger honkyoku pieces. It is meant to serve as a renewal of the relationship between the bamboo and the player, a searching for the balance between the two that is most conducive to meditation.