The International Shakuhachi Society

Jogen no Kyoku

上弦の曲

This is a piece of genre Modern from the Sawai School. This piece was composed for Shakuhachi by the person Sawai Tadao in 1979. This piece was composed for Koto by the person Sawai Tadao.

Jogen no Kyoku appears on the following albums

	Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
	Art of Bamboo, The	Sugawara Kuniyoshi	Izumiyama Shoko
This duet for koto and shakuhachi was written by the leading koto composer and performer Tadao Sawai. The unique chacteristics of each instrument are developed through a dialogue between them. Both parts require the highest level of musical and technical ability. Particularly the fast passages require teamwork to produce the necessary tension and subtlety of expression. This is one of Sawai’s most important works.
	Koto and Shakuhachi Duo	Ishigaki Seizan	Ishigaki Kiyomi
	Ren-Men	Andrew MacGregor

The International Shakuhachi Society - 2013