Shakuhachi Master - John Singer
22. SANYA SUGAGAKI (THREE VALLEYS)
Each Shakuhachi school uses different Chinese characters for the name "Sanya" and it has different meanings such as "concentration" and "absorption". These different "Sanya" are respectively different in content as well. (see section on "Sayama Sugagaki").
There is also a "Sanya Sugagaki" in the Koto music of the Ryukyu Islands of Southern Japan. The relationship (if there is any) between this and the Kinko Ryu "Sanya" in not known.
In the first six phrases of the piece all of its basic melodies are revealed and these combine and continue. When the middle of the piece is reached, a new melody emerges using high octave sounds. At its conclusion, the melody binds the whole piece together.
John performs this piece on his album Zen Shakuhachi Duets.
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