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| Song Title: |
11 Voices |
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| Date Composed: |
1997 |
| Composer: |
Kiyoshi Nagata |
| Arrangement: |
Kiyoshi
Nagata |
| Premiere Performance: |
Tenkai
Recording |
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| Inspired
by Ravel's Bolero, this piece takes a simple rhythmic theme played
one by one, on eleven taiko of various tones. As each taiko or voice
completes the theme, it joins in on a slow, driving ji-uchi
(base rhythm). The result is an ever expanding palette of textures
and sounds growing in volume as each taiko is introduced. Bowed inkin
(Buddhist cupbells) and a drone produced by rubbing the outer edge
of a kin (a bowl shaped Buddhist gong) are used create an unearthly
atmosphere and a sense of urgency. |
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