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Sakura Sakura: the melody (soprano)

The melody of Sakura Sakura, sung by the soprano, in Cm, from D4 to Eb5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Carries the tune in its five-note scale, sung in Japanese, from a low D on "kagiri" and "izuru" up to its top E-flat on "yayoi" and "kasumi".

Range
D4 to Eb5
Key
Cm
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  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About Sakura Sakura

Words: traditional Japanese

Tune: traditional Japanese (printed 1888)

Sakura Sakura, the Japanese song of cherry blossom, has its earliest known printing in 1888, by Tokyo's music school, in a collection of music for the koto, a long zither, with the tune written in Western notes. It uses only five notes, the in scale of Japanese koto music, and ends on a note that sounds open rather than finished. Our arrangement is read from that 1888 printing, the Sōkyokushū, and moved a minor third up to sit in a beginner's range. It is sung in Japanese, with the words shown in romaji, slow and calm, for 2 to 4 singers: the tune over soft held notes on "oo", like a koto's open strings, with no Western chords.

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