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This is a Modern piece . Ku is also known as: Emptiness. This piece was composed for koto by Miyashita Shuretsu .

Ku appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Best Take 7 - Tazuko Miyashita  (Listen)		Miyashita Tazuko
“Emptiness (KU)” Solo work for 30-stringed koto This purely instrumental, two-section piece lays out the profound Buddhist-philosophical theme of total emptiness on the 30-stringed koto. The highly technical piece plays on the wide melodic range of the 30-stringed koto while drawing on various new techniques to make a profound philosophical statement amid a generally austere mood. The first section of the atonal work quietly sets out the spirit of total emptiness; the transcendence of phenomenal reality. A unique sensation is created toward the middle of the first section in a passage consisting of a series of quarter-tones. The section concludes with the quiet reverberations of the plectrum striking against the strings. In sharp contrast to the placidity of the first section, the second section begins with a percussive rhythmic technique and develops into fast-paced movement. It gradually slows during the course of a number of transitional passages before concluding with a return to the original image and a long series of tremelos.