About Japanese Trad Folk Song

 

 

 

Japanse trad folk song has been sung or played by normal peple for 400years～600years.

So even now we sing it which they hand out for us.

Actually the total number of Trad Folk Song is 56,000 songs.! Even now someone make it every year.

 

 

Song of wind and string instruments

 

General part is SHAKUHACHI, YOKOBUE, RYUKYU(OKINAWA) SANSHIN, TSUGARU SHAMISEN

Musical instrument(WADAIKO TSUTSUMI and so on)

children song, man song and woman song.

 

Number of letters of lirics has 3 types

 

Generally

7・7・7・5 26letters⇒ZINKU TYOU

7・5・7・5 repeat⇒SHICHIGO TYOU

7・7・7・7　repeat⇒KUDOKI TYOU

 

Category

 

nursey song ,working song, festival song, delineation song and so on

 

 

Key is free, Tune is various, various ways to song

 

That is good point of Japanese trad folk song.

We offer special score which has general interpretation and Kodama's essence

I hope you enjoy playing  with other instruments.