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Ku

空

[Genre]Modern
[Also Known As]Emptiness
[Composed]Miyashita Shuretsu - Koto

Ku appears on the following albums

Album Artist
Play ButtonBest Take 7 - Tazuko Miyashita Koto : 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.
Play ButtonBest Take 7 - Tazuko Miyashita Koto : 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.