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Hello,
Just a quick and I asume a simple question.
I'm trying to learn Hifumi Hachigaeshi with the score and listerning to Yamaguchi Goro's version and I have a question about one note that its not in the score. When the song moves to kan (starting with an u then a hi...) after the drilling noise you are supposed to make with the thumb (oh my God, I cannot believe I'm refering to that in those terms...) he plays a hi preceded by which note? Is it a chi or a u? I'm not that good with pitches (like if it's not obvious..) and I'm not sure. Besides his notes and mine are so different that I just cannot be completely sure.
That preceded note keeps on being repeated almost everytime he plays that hi in a similar fashion. Maybe it's not that important as I guess it's not played by every player but since it's the only recording I have I prefer to stick to something
Thanks!
Alex
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It is a usual kinko ornamentation
it's san-no-u (hole three open), just like those "u"s in previous phrases
gambate!
Last edited by marek (2008-07-18 07:22:08)
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Pitch is Bb. Head up.
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Hey!
Thanks Marek for the note and Tairaku for the head tip! Now it all makes sense!
Gracias!
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On most flutes, head very up (hmm, wondering about my English), and blow strong. This note tends to be flat. I struggle to get it up to pitch. YMMV of course.
This note is something of a screamer, it's same pitch but a quite different feel than Hi no meri.
It's prominent at the beginning of "Kumoi Jishi" and appears several times in Fukuda Rando's "Tabibito no Uta"
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