Japan Pipa (Biwa) and Voice: Ogi no Mato

日本琵琶吟唱：《扇の的》

CD: “Japan Traditional Vocal @ Instrumental Music"

Publish: Elektra Asylum Nonesuch Records (1976)

這是日本傳統聲樂與器樂專輯中的一曲，由半田綾子Ayako Handa 演奏琵琶並吟唱。以下節錄樂曲說明：

Ogi no Mato (“The Folding Fan as a Target")

This famous piece for voice and biwa is based on a comples legend similar to that of William Tell, in which a folding fan, instead of the famous Swiss apple, serves as the target. Most biwa music is quite ancient. Voice and instrument in the narrative chants tend to complement each other as in Western recitative, the large ornamental leaps for the voice are characteristic of the genre.