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	Koto World of Elizabeth Falconer : Sawai Kazue, Avant-Garde Kotoist
		When she began to play, all previous notions of a koto recital as something calm and controlled, something restrained and reserved, were suddenly shattered.
		Kazue's style reflects her belief that the koto should not be played because it is an ancient instrument that represents the old Japan but because it is a great instrument that can be adapted to the present.
		Although Kazue, as cohead of a koto school, is part of the iemoto system, she prefers to stress the art over the traditional rules.
	www.kotoworld.com /article_sawaikazue.html (2398 words)

	Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Koto are about 180cm long and have 13 strings that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges along the length of the instrument.
		The koto was introduced to Japan in the 7th to 8th century from China (the Chinese inspiration was probably the gŭzhēng).
		Yatsuhashi Kengyo was a blind shamisen player who learnt koto from an "official" court player named Hosui, in defiance of the rules which then stated that koto could not be taught to blind people (or women, incidentally).
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ko/Koto.htm (357 words)

	Home Page
		The koto is actually a member of the zither family but, since many people are not familiar with that instrument, it is usually referred to as a Japanese floor harp.
		However, in more expensive kotos, the top and bottom pieces are specially cut to fit bevel-set into each other and the top piece is hand-carved in a herringbone pattern to enhance sound quality.
		The strings of the koto are balanced on moveable bridges.
	www.lindacaplan.com /koto/koto.html (714 words)

	Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Koto (琴) is a traditional stringed musical instrument from Japan resembling a zither.
		Kotos are about 180cm long and have 13 strings that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges along the length of the instrument.
		The Koto was introduced to Japan in the 7th to 8th century from China (called gŭzhēng)and was initially played mainly in royal court, later spreading into more common use.
	www.theezine.net /k/koto.html (119 words)

	How to tune the koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Koto tuning is called "hirajoshi" meaning "tranquil tuning" of chords: D Eb G A Bb D, some other common traditional tunings are "gakujoshi," "honkumoijoshi," and "kokinjoshi." Hirajoshi, until the Edo period, was the primary tuning for koto used by Tsukushi-goto musicians derived from gaguku scales (7 tone scales with 5 basic pitches).
		The tunings of the 13 strings of the court koto were derived from the modes of the ryo and ritsu scales of the earlier periods.
		Koto tunings are based either on the older tradition preserved in part in the yo form or on the more "modern" in scale.
	pages.cthome.net /chegment/ktune.htm (726 words)

	Koto no Koto - About the Koto
		The koto is a string instrument that originated in China and came to Japan in the 7th-8th century.
		Koto scores use the Japanese characters for the numbers 1-10, and for to, i, and kin to indicate which string to hit.
		During the Heian period (794-1185) the koto was apparently played as a solo instrument in the court.
	koto.home.att.net /about.html (667 words)

	AsiaSound : Learn Pages : The History of Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The modern koto originates from the so or gakuso of Japanese court music, and was an important instrument of the Togaku style of gagaku ensemble.
		Popular among aristocrats, the koto was a romantic instrument, according to ancient Japanese literature, and one rich with imagery and extramusical significance.
		The songs, performed by koto and shamisen, were a series of short songs with instrumental interludes placed between the songs.
	www.asiasound.com /pages/learn/articles/kotohistory.htm (925 words)

	Humdrum **koto representation
		The Japanese koto is a thirteen-string harp-like instrument related to the modern Chinese zheng (which usually has 21 strings) as well as to the Korean kayagum (with 12 strings).
		The thirteen strings on the koto are numbered starting with string 1 furthest from the performer and going to string 13 which is the closest to the performer.
		D4 To indicate the tuning used in the koto data, a tandem interpretation is used to indicate the pitch of each string in the standard kern format.
	koto.sapp.org /kotospec (4379 words)

	Japan Digest \| koto Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The koto is constructed of two pieces: a hollowed-out top piece, which often has an intricate pattern carved on the underside for a better tone quality, and a flat bottom piece.
		Koto strings are strung very tightly, and when the bridges are removed to store or transport the koto, the strings lay flat along the surface of the instrument.
		The oldest koto piece known today is Rokudan no Shirabe (1) (usually known simply as Rokudan), but it is not typical of koto pieces prior to the 20th century because it is for solo koto with no vocal part.
	www.indiana.edu /~japan/Digests/koto.html (1919 words)

	Koto Ryu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Koto Ryu is a school of koppojutsu (bone striking, or bone breaking).
		According to unverified Bujinkan sources, the art was brought to Japan from Korea by Chan Buso in the 16th century, but it wasn't until two generations later that it formally became Koto Ryu Koppojutsu.
		Sakagami Taro Kunishige is claimed to be the man responsible for organizing it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koto_Ryu (119 words)

	Amazon.com: Music: Koto Music: Tadao Sawai Plays Michio Miyagi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Miyagi's compositions are brilliant,and Tadao Sawai is a koto vituoso.
		Tadao Sawai was one of the modernizing hot-doggers of the koto scene, until his recent death.
		The sixth track is a long koto solo of a river, sometimes slow with lots of space between notes, and other times cascading madly.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005G37?v=glance (582 words)

	The Birkett Mills - 2004 Koto Buckwheat Full Production Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Koto buckwheat seed and all grain generated from planting this seed is licensed to and title shall remain at all times in the possession of The Birkett Mills, 163 Main Street, Penn Yan, N.Y., USA
		Koto buckwheat seed is available to growers only on a lease basis for the sole purpose of planting, harvesting, and returning all buckwheat generated from this seed to The Birkett Mills (lessor) or it's affiliates on a TOTAL PRODUCTION CONTRACT basis.
		The lessee (grower) further agrees to take all reasonable measures to ensure that all the variety Koto buckwheat remains within their possession, on their premises, and under their control until all of it is transferred to The Birkett Mills or it's authorized affiliates.
	www.thebirkettmills.com /growing/contracts_2004.htm (444 words)

	Miya Masaoka : Music : The Interfaced Koto
		As a composer/performer searching and developing new koto techniques for exciting and limitless timbral possibilities, the use of electronics for the purpose of transforming the koto sounds to an open-ended, virtual koto seems to be a reasonable solution.
		Using both pre-recorded koto samples (900 samples), and samples recorded in real time, captured koto sounds are then are layered, processed and triggered sometimes retaining distinctive koto-like sounds, and other times the samples are transformed beyond recognition.
		Multiple parameters of a single koto string could be tracked and differentiated: vertical, horizontal, circular movements, velocity, frequency and other parameters were successfully detected and analyzed, and the possibilities seemed endless.
	www.miyamasaoka.com /music/interfaced_koto (835 words)

	Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are a number of schools of koto in Japan each with their own individual methods of playing, string types, picks, etc. Perhaps the most exciting is the Sawai style founded by Sawai Tadao and now led by his wife Sawai Kazue.
		Traditionally koto are played with three ivory picks on the right thumb and the first two fingers.
		Sawai Kazue's teacher Michiyo Miyagi invented the 17 string or bass koto and koto ensembles to mimic the western orchestra.
	www.asza.com /ikoto.shtml (198 words)

	Koto
		The koto, 琴 in Japanese kanji, is already frequently mentioned in the Heian era’s (794-1192) classic novel Genji Monogatari, where it was played especially by well brought up daughters of the nobility.
		The shape of these tsume is different in different koto schools, which causes a koto player to sit at a different angle to his or her instrument.
		The vocal line, much of koto music has a vocal part that has to be performed by the koto player too, is printed parallel to the koto symbols, using the same string numbers to represent the required pitch.
	home.planet.nl /~d.v.ooijen/sashimisen/koto.html (636 words)

	story.white.one
		The man asks Koto to leave, but tells her that he was very happy to have danced with her, for the last time...
		Koto also tells her story: her mother was from a well known family, but eloped with her father who was a nameless cloth maker back then.
		Koto has to take her father to the hospital, but that means she can't meet Sejitto at 5!!...
	www.geocities.com /saitochihozj/story_white_one.html (1529 words)

	Vance Publishing's W&WP magazine - Wood of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Koto is one of those woods with little delineation between heartwood and sapwood.
		Koto is sold as lumber, rotary cut into corestock and backing veneer for plywood and also sliced for decorative veneer.
		The weight of koto is from 33 to 47 pounds per cubic foot, with an average weight of 41 pounds per cubic foot.
	www.iswonline.com /wwp/wom/koto.cfm (842 words)

	Koto: the Japanese harp or zither: KotoWorld Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Perhaps his most significant contribution was a technical one: he brought western levels of precision to tuning and rythmn, popularized a range of innovative techniques which increase significantly the tonal possibilities of the koto, and raised the bar in the training and evaluation of teachers of the instrument.
		Her speciality is the 17-string bass koto, hitherto considered as an accompaniment to the 13-string standard koto, which she has forged into a major solo instrument in its own right.
		The newness (and expense) of the instrument, coupled with the sheer difficulty for players accustomed to 13 strings to handle nearly double that number, mean that at present only Nosaka and a handful of her disciples are active with this instrument.
	www.fsinet.or.jp /~rslavin/koto (1131 words)

	About the Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Japanese koto is a harp-like zither about six feet long made of paulownia wood from the Japanese "kiri" tree (paulownia tree).
		The koto is said to resemble a dragon and even today, the koto's body parts are still referred to as dragon-head, dragon-back, dragon-legs, etc. The koto's thirteen strings are made of silk or nylon and are each of the same thickness.
		The koto is played with three plectra or picks made of ivory or plastic fitted into leather bands which are placed on the right hand's index finger, middle finger and thumb.
	home.san.rr.com /koto/instru.htm (423 words)

	Volunteer in Hanoi Vietnam
		KOTO is also a school that provides hospitality training for children working on the streets of Vietnam.
		Through a training program involving theoretical and practical skills development as well as essential life skills, each of the 40 KOTO trainees has an opportunity to develop in a culture of trust and teamwork and is supplied with a training allowance, meals, medical insurance, and language lessons.
		KOTO Restaurant is located at 61 Van Mieu St., Hanoi, Vietnam; (84-4) 7470337, kotohanoi@koto.netnam.vn, www.streetvoices.com.au.
	www.transitionsabroad.com /publications/magazine/0405/volunteer_in_hanoi_vietnam.shtml (594 words)

	Masayo Ishigure - Koto
		In 1986 she became a special research student at the Sawai Koto Academy of Music, ultimately joining a small group of virtuoso disciples of Tadao and Kazue Sawai.
		The Sawai Koto Academy is one of the most renowned koto academies in the world.
		The aim of the academy is to shed new light on koto music by incorporating everything from Bach to jazz and thus change the koto from being thought of only as a traditional Japanese instrument into an instrument of universal expressiveness.
	masayo-koto.home.att.net (286 words)

	The Fox And The Fish :: A shrine to Juri and Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Juri is a water demon that replaced Koto after she got domoted to the stands.
		Unlike Koto, The dark tournament was the only part that had Juri in it, exept for a few seconds of her during the second tournament.
		Koto is a fox demon and not only does she Ref. the Dark Tournament, but also the second Tournament in the series.
	www.freewebs.com /jurifoxgirl13/profiles.htm (154 words)

	Rokudan no Shirabe
		Rokudan was composed for solo koto in the 17th century by Yatsuhashi Kengyo, the father of the classical koto music tradition.
		Similarly, in the kaete for koto there are, for example, the Nakazora Rokudan and the Kumoi Rokudan (Sansagari Rokudan in the transposed version for koto).
		Koto is an instrument of 13 strings stretched lengthwise on a rather thick hollow wooden body.
	www.komuso.com /pieces/Rokudan_no_Shirabe.html (995 words)

	koto on Encyclopedia.com
		The koto is placed horizontally on the floor with the player seated behind it, and it is plucked with the fingernails or with a plectrum.
		The instrument was introduced to Japan in the 8th cent., and its present repertory has developed since the 16th cent.
		It is played solo and in duets, is used to accompany a singer to play in specific small ensembles.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/k1/koto.asp (390 words)

	Koto Articles
		I discovered it was called koto and started looking for recordings of koto music in the big record stores downtown.
		Another thing koto has taught me is patience - as both a student and a teacher.
		Koto is in my head and my heart and has become part of who I am.
	www.lindacaplan.com /koto/articles.html (854 words)

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		With the intention of having Koto seed abundantly available for the 2003 season in the Northeast, Koto seed is being increased in Ohio this year.
		Koto is the result of a joint effort between Thomas Björkman at Cornell University and Clayton Campbell of Agriculture Canada and Kade Research to develop a variety that takes better advantage of Northeastern growing conditions.
		Koto is a patented variety, so the rules on who can grow it are different.
	www.nysaes.cornell.edu /hort/faculty/bjorkman/buck/NL/602.html (1095 words)

	KOTO - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		KOTO was at first an italian synth group, made by Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari and published by Memory Records, Italy.
		Unfortunately, the legal rights to "KOTO" name has been held by ZYX, which wasn't interested in another KOTO album in old, synthdance style.
		Lately, Anfrando Maiola has won back the rights to "KOTO" name, but the music he produces now is far from synthdance genre, it's rather in Techno and Dance style.
	www.synthdance.republika.pl /artists/koto/kotobios.htm (242 words)

	koto in today's world
		But many koto players think that either playing modern pieces by contemporary composers, or playing traditional Japanese folk songs, is the way to introduce the conservative koto to the modern public.
		If koto players only seek to please the current contemporary tastes at the expense of the true koto sound, then audiences will desert the koto.
		I love koto playing that can tug at your heartstrings, and I want to play with my teacher's mellow sound, which can be passed on to the next generation.
	www.j-views.com /content/culture/koto.html (902 words)

	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Interactive Instruments \| PBS
		Made from Paulownia wood, the harp-like koto was brought to Japan from China in the 6th century.
		While early kotos had 5 strings, it now typically has 13 strings made from nylon or silk of the same thickness.
		Often studied by girls in samurai families, the koto was played as an ensemble or solo instrument.
	www.pbs.org /empires/japan/instruments.html (404 words)

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