Sheet music (Jongara)
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I apologize for another gap in lesson blogs. We finished up Samushiro a few weeks ago. Two weeks ago, we started a modern instrumental piece - Jongara (じょんがら). This a modern jiuta piece that is based off of a very popular tsugaru piece. In the jiuta version, the piece is meant for koto, bass koto, and shamisen. It can also be easily played as a solo piece for shamisen. It's certainly a departure from what we normally do, but it's fun! The piece has many tricky parts, but it's giving me a chance to practice my accuracy at a fast pace. My biggest focus right now is making sure that my rhythm is even although I'm playing these extremely fast notes.
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