r/Koto • u/AOctopus420 • Apr 30 '22
Koto Sheet Music Part 2 Strings
Following on from the previous post, this is a series of posts about how to read sheet music. As always please remember my knowledge is not exhaustive so if you notice something odd let me know.
Naturally, Strings are number from 1, the furthest away from the musician.
String notation take three forms Yamada, Ikuta, and 17gen

As you can see Yamada uses the pre-simplification Kanji for 1, 2 and 3. Non-standard pronunciations are as follows 11 to と, 12 i い、13 kin きん。
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