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Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Music for Koto from Japan, from Saydisc album 'Kurokami', performed by RiƩ Yanagisawa (2'21")
Main features: koto, minor pentatonic, use of dynamics, use of silence.
This music from Japan is played on the koto, a large zither. It is based on a poem written by Kobayashi Yoshio, a Japanese poet. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on descriptions of the phrases and use of pauses.
Resource type: This is a Track Explorer resource.
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