For those of you who are interested in a really good Shakuhachi Minyo
recording, Riley did a really great recording many years ago..
I believe that this was pre-CD days (!), so I'm not sure whether it can be
purchased on CD.
You may be able to order it directly from him or from Monty..
Ronnie
>> From: "Stav Tapuch" <tapuch@hotmail.com>
>> Subject: Folk Music
>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:02:44 +0000
>>
>> ...what would be the easiest way to get the notation to
>> the full version of these popular songs like Tanko Bushi?
>
> There is a set of 11 books of Minyo published by the Yonea (sp?)
> group in Tokyo. Total of about 300 or so pieces of Minyo, written
> in a fairly easy to decipher style of notation.
>
> The books are available from Mejiro and, if you ask, Ms. Saori might
> be able to tell you which book contains Tanko Bushi. A useful bit
> of info if you don't read Japanese.
>
> I've been trying for a couple of years to find someone with the time
> and talent to translate the titles of all the songs. Meanwhile I
> get my teacher to find individual pieces when I want to learn one.
>
> bj
>
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