Talk:Koto (musical instrument)

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Contents 1 A bit biased senence. 2 Sheet music for Koto? 3 Koto in the Modern Era 4 Aqueous Transmission= No Koto

[edit] A bit biased senence.

The sentence although many well-to-do young women learn the instrument to help develop an aura of "refinement" that will theoretically attract a better class of husband is a bit to value-loaded. I'm not saying it's not true, but I'm sure it's not the only reason to play the koto. --Apoc2400 15:39, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I agree.

[edit] Sheet music for Koto?

Can anyone provide an example of Koto sheet music? If anyone has some that they can scan into Wikipedia, it would greatly add to the value of this article. Just looking at it is sure to knock some Western musicians/composers/conductors sideways! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.81.167.175 (talk) 23:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Koto in the Modern Era

Why has this whole section (reproduced below) been excised? It was informative. Bossk-Office 23:54, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Since the Japanese music scene was made over in Western pop music's image, the koto has become less prominent. However, it is still developing as an instrument; works are written for and performed on 20-stringed and bass kotos, and a new generation of players such as Sawai Kazue, Yagi Michiyo (who studied under Sawai) are finding places for the koto in today's jazz, pop and even experimental music. June Kuramoto, of the jazz fusion group Hiroshima, was one of the first koto performers to popularize the koto in a non-traditional style. David Bowie used the koto in the instrumental piece "Moss Garden" on his album "Heroes". Paul Gilbert, a popular shred guitarist, recorded his wife, Emi playing the koto ont his song "Koto Girl" from the album "Alligator Farm". JRock / Visual Kei band Kagrra, are well known for using traditional japanese musical instruments in many of their songs, an example being Utakata (うたかた), a song where the koto has a prominent place. Other performers outside of Japan include koto master and award-winning recording artist Elizabeth Falconer, who also studied for a decade at the esteemed Sawai Koto School in Tokyo, as well as koto master Linda Kako Caplan, the sole Canadian representative of Fukuoka's Chikushi Koto School for over two decades. David Horvitz pioneered the instrument into the contemporary indie rock scene playing on Xiu Xiu's new album, The Air Force.

Koto also come in larger sizes, the most popular of which is the 17-string bass koto, called jūshichi-gen. The members of the band Rin' are perhaps some of the more famous jūshichi-gen players in the modern (pop/rock) music scene. The koto used in gagaku is called gakuso.

[edit] Aqueous Transmission= No Koto

They actually used a pipa for this song. I'm deleting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.182.35.108 (talk) 11:32, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

there awesome! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.251.54.132 (talk) 18:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)