Thanks Reg,
Your explanation for "Choshi" is perfect and compact. Afresh I'm amazed at a
lot of the meanings. I wish you allow me to use this other place.
Shigeru
----- Original Message -----
From: "Reg Tanaban" <reg418@hotmail.com>
To: <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: What is Choshi?
> "Choshi" is usually the first song that is studied in many schools
> (including Myoan/Meian), and it's generally considered to be a kind of
> warm-up piece, often before Kyorei. Some other schools call it "Honshirabe",
> but musically they're basically the same (taking into account the variations
> each school brings to each piece). "Choshi" is actually a word in Japanese
> that translates as:
> "tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm, vein, mood, way, manner, style,
> knack, condition, state of health, strain, impetus, spur of the moment,
> trend" -- so as you can see it can be used to describe everything from
> musical tuning to physical/mental health to the nature of a given moment.
> It's a flexible word that suggests that "Choshi" is a song you play to check
> your own condition, checking the intonation of your spirit, as it were. Some
> people say that the study of Honkyoku begins with Choshi and ends with
> Choshi.
>
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