Dorian Dance
ドーリア風の舞
[Genre] | Modern |
[Composed] | Christopher Yohmei Blasdel - Shakuhachi - 1987 |
Dorian Dance appears on the following albums
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Voices from Afar - Voices From Within |
Shakuhachi : Christopher Yohmei Blasdel | |
The Japanese scale known as the "ritsu" scale is close in nature to the Dorian mode, both of which are easily played on the shakuhachi. This piece contains much rubato; peaks and valleys of sound-intensity and rhythms. I had in mind a fanciful folk dance, performed with brilliantly colored costumes, beginning slowly and working into a steady rhythm. The middle section contains an improvisation in the Dorian mode between the shakuhachi and twenty-string koto.
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