If the "traditional sense of sound is getting extinct", it seems that it
is important to study it carefully and WRITE IT DOWN so that future people
can try to replicate it. Recordings and teachers dedicated to the
traditional sound should also play a big role.
> "Tsuruta once said to Takemitsu, "I want to learn the
> Western notation." Takemitsu replied, "That's the last
> thing I want you to do. I will learn traditional Biwa
> notation, and you do not have to know the Western
> notation." Takemitsu also said, "Today, traditional
> sense of sound is getting extinct, because of the
> Western tuning and notation systems." According to
> him, Tsuruta had a "pure" sense of Japanese sound, and
> he wanted to keep it."
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