Re: [Shaku] Circled numbers on Kinko scores??

Hi Bruce

> >> Do you have a source for this?
> >
> >My source is my teacher, Araki Kodo V.
>
> The reason I ask is that the skipping around doesn't make
> intuitive
> sense to me.

If there are simple repeats, that can be indicated easily. It is because of the skipping around that the numbers are necessary.

> On the scores, at least one piece -
> Akita Sugagaki - doesn't
> have a 1 on it anywhere.

Perhaps Jin omitted it by accident.

>  Additionally, Jin usually
> played quite close
> to his scores, and no where do I find him playing in the
> manner your
> interpretation of the numbers would suggest - and I have
> more versions
> of Jin playing than are on the CDs.
>
> Hmmm....

There could be a number of reasons. One is that following the numbers gives you a longer version. He may not have wanted to record longer versions, even if he played them. After all, ignoring the numbers still gives you all the material, which may serve his recording purposes.

Another possibility is that he never even played the numbers way. It's not so uncommon for playing practice to change while still preserving older remnants in notation.

> >If you are interested we are publishing the scores of
> Araki Kodo II
> >(also known as Araki Chikuo) in red and black from his
> original hand.
> >I am still working on it now but hopefully ready within
> a few months.
>
> These sound interesting.  I'm looking forward to
> seeing what they're
> like.  Did they have the numbers on them?

Yes (in red so they are easy to see). Akita Sugagaki for example, has numbers 1~4. This is my reason for suggesting that if Jin's didn't have 1, he may have accidentally omitted it. Playing it in the way I propose of following the numbers, results in the piece being played twice pretty much, with one small part played only in the first time round, and the ending played only the second time. This makes a lot of sense (i.e. not random).

Best wishes

Justin Senryu
http://senryushakuhachi.com/

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