Ten Melodies

With Kaoru Watanabe

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In this course Kaoru teaches 10 melodies in 10 lessons!

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Course Resources Include:

  • Antagata Dokosa あんたがたどこさ PDF
  • Chiru PDF
  • Etenraku 越天楽 PDF
  • Hohai Bushi ホーハイ節 PDF
  • Kaigara Bushi 貝殻節 PDF
  • Saitara Bushi 斎太郎節 PDF
  • Soran Bushi ソーラン節 PDF
  • Takeda No Komoriuta 竹田の子守唄 PDF
  • Untitled Kaoru Melody PDF
  • Yamanaka Bushi with phrase break PDF
  • Yamanaka Bushi PDF

Course Resources

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1 – Takeda No Komoriuta

In this course Kaoru teaches 10 melodies in 10 lessons! In this first lesson he introduces the song Takeda No...

Lesson 2 – Saitara Bushi

In this course Kaoru introduces Saitara Bushi from Miyagi Prefecture.

Lesson 3 – Antagata Dokosa

In this course Kaoru introduces Antagata Dokosa from Kumamoto Prefecture.

Lesson 4 – Yamanaka Bushi

In this course Kaoru introduces Yamanaka Bushi from Ishikawa Prefecture.

Lesson 5 – Ho Hai Bushi

In this course Kaoru introduces Ho Hai Bushi from Aomori Prefecture.

Lesson 6 – Kaigara Bushi

In this course Kaoru introduces Kaigara Bushi from Tottori Prefecture.

Lesson 7 – Soran Bushi

In this course Kaoru introduces Soran Bushi from Hokkaido.

Lesson 8 – Untitled Kaoru melody

In this lesson Kaoru introduces an original melody he composed based on a pentatonic scale.

Lesson 9 – Etenraku

In this lesson Kaoru introduces us to the melody of Etenraku from the Gagaku repertoire.

Lesson 10 – Chiru

In this lesson Kaoru introduces an original melody called Chiru.