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Ryukyu

琉球

[Genre]Modern
[Style]N/A
[Composed]Shakuhachi - 1967

History (John Kaizan Neptune):

A part of the unique culture of Okinawa and the other islands in the Ryukyus is the traditional five-tone scale used in this piece. It is enhanced without the three-stringed, banjo-like sanshin instrument of those islands to give the composition a folksy, distinctly non-Japanese flavor.

Ryukyu appears on the following albums

Album Artist

Circle, The Shakuhachi : John Kaizan Neptune
A part of the unique culture of Okinawa and the other islands in the Ryukyus is the traditional five-tone scale used in this piece. It is enhanced without the three-stringed, banjo-like sanshin instrument of those islands to give the composition a folksy, distinctly non-Japanese flavor.