Sakura — 1888 sung line

Keep the two semitone steps in tune.
Count the vocal silence through the ending.

Composer: Tokyo Academy of Music’s selected 1888 reading

Original: No. 2, upper sung line, 18 bars; original B3–C5 uniformly up P4 to soprano E4–F5; native alto A4–Bb5. Common C written as equivalent 4/4.

Prepare B-flatE-flat, quavers and upper FB-flat through Lesson 18.

Notes Used: E4, F4, A4, Bb4, D5, E5, F5

Notes Used: A4, Bb4, D5, Eb5, G5, A5, Bb5

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: In scale on A (Japanese pentatonic)

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: In scale on D (Japanese pentatonic)

Fingering Review

Complete music

Practice

Source: Tokyo Academy of Music, Collection of Japanese Koto Music (1888), No. 2; NDL public-domain scan.

Performance Goal: Keep the final four silent bars measured after the sung phrase.