鼓童「ひとひら」（篠笛）／鼓童提供楽曲07

The 7th Kodo One Earth Music release is a ballad entitled “Snow Globe,” composed by Yuki Hirata. Its Japanese title is “Hitohira,” which can be translated in a range of ways, such as “one leaf,” “one petal,” and “one snowflake.” This word alludes to beautiful yet fleeting moments, like snow falling heavily, or petals dancing on a breeze.
This is a piece for koto (Japanese harp), fue (bamboo flutes), and a taiko ensemble. It’s the first Kodo One Earth Music work featuring a koto part. We collaborated with a guest artist, koto player Shoko Kikutake, who created natural, exquisite koto phrases for the composition and joined us on Sado Island for the recording and filming.
If you have someone in your group who plays the koto: wonderful! And if not, we hope you’ll consider collaborating with a koto player, taking up the koto, or using another instrument instead of the koto—harp, guitar, xylophone…anything goes. We want to make it easy for taiko groups that don’t have a koto or koto player to enjoy performing this piece, too, so we have prepared two arrangements: one with the koto part and one without it. We really hope many people will enjoy playing “Snow Globe” in a range of formations.

♬ Kodo "Snow Globe"
See here for further details, including downloadable sheet music and reference videos:
www.kodo.or.jp/en/about_en/kodo-one-earth-music/ko… ‎

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   • 鼓童「ひとひら」 (Full Version) ／鼓童提供楽曲07  　Kodo “Snow Globe” (Full Version) [One Earth Music #7]

   • 鼓童「ひとひら」（正面）／鼓童提供楽曲07  　Kodo “Snow Globe”: Audience view [One Earth Music #7]

   • 鼓童「ひとひら」（箏なし・担ぎ桶あり）／鼓童提供楽曲07  　Kodo “Snow Globe”: Alternative Version (without koto part) [One Earth Music #7]

   • 鼓童「ひとひら」（箏）／鼓童提供楽曲07  　Kodo “Snow Globe”: Koto (harp) [One Earth Music #7]

   • 鼓童「ひとひら」（篠笛）／鼓童提供楽曲07  　 Kodo “Snow Globe”: Shinobue [One Earth Music #7]
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♬ About Kodo One Earth Music
www.kodo.or.jp/en/about_en/kodo-one-earth-music

♬ Kodo One Earth Music Around the World
We love seeing videos of people around the world playing Kodo One Earth Music.
We’d like to share these with our followers on our website and social media.

Please share your videos with these hashtags: #kodosnowglobe #oneearthmusic
And tag us: @kodoheartbeat
We can’t wait to see your rendition of “Snow Globe”!

♫ Kodo “Snow Globe”
Composed by Yuki Hirata
Sound by: Yuki Hirata, Yuta Sumiyoshi
Filming & Editing: Takuro Susaki, Erika Ueda
Translator: Melanie Taylor
Planning / Director: Mariko Sumiyoshi

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