Hi Dan,
Below you mention that person has to re-write all the pieces if they are
starting a new iemoto. Does this mean re-writing it in a new and different
notation? Or they have to re-interpret the music itself and re-write a new
version/arrangement of the piece? Or both? How large do these changes have
to be? A few notes here and there or a totally new interpretation?
Herb
At 2/20/01 07:48 PM, ribbled@med.kochi-ms.ac.jp wrote:
>I did mention in my earlier message "concerning iemotos" that one can
>expect high fees if one is a member of an iemoto and also noted that some
>of the money one pays for passing the various levels goes up to the top of
>the pyramid. Our group has an annual membership fee as well, though it is
>only about half of what Tozan charges. As Tom mentioned, Tozan is the
>biggest pyramid of all ... with the Kinko groups being smaller
>pyramids. I like the idea of the Kinko iemotos that anyone can start up
>one's own iemoto if one so desires, but of course it takes a lot of work,
>rewriting all the pieces, and then getting sponsors, supporters, people
>who will join or recognize your iemoto. I just learned from my sensei
>last week that the head of our iemoto, Fuji sensei, has recently rewritten
>all the gaikyoku pieces as well as the honkyoku -- that is a lot of work!
>-- so in the future I assume we won't be reliant on the Domon Kai
>notation for gaikyoku pieces. It's also a lot of work for the students if
>one has to learn different versions of the pieces one learned before; I
>started learning the Domon Kai version of various honkyoku and got very
>used to those but now am starting to learn Fuji sensei's adaptations. It
>seems that the Kinko schools allow more freedom in interpretation of the
>music in this way, with a number of different iemotos which all seem to be
>on fairly friendly terms. Tozan seems to be more of a monolithic kingdom,
>with excommunication the punishment meted out to individuals or groups who
>try to make changes in the music -- I don't believe that one can any
>longer use the name Tozan after one has tried to make changes -- and as
>Tom noted, it would be very interesting to know more about the inner
>workings of that shakuhachi empire.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
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