Bright yellow sun rise starting new spring, Kokubo treats us not with a mystical, inquisitive or mythological mood. He gives us a simple, crisp, pure sunny day.
1. Daichi no kokyū II (Breath of the earth II)
We are
introduced with some subtle Eb #11 happenings before the form ! Then we jump
into a loop of:
||Bb
maj |
Eb maj | Ab maj | Bb maj|
|Eb maj
| Bb maj |
Ab maj | Ab maj / F in the bass||
This is
the gist of what Kokubo is up to. At
times he will throw in a chord inversion, Bb major with D in the bass, Ab major
with F in the bass, stuff like that !
The main
theme plays on the major triads; D, F, Bb slide up to C. Then he repeats the theme up down a whole
step, (So, C, Eb, Ab, Bb).
2. Kono michi (This way)
||D
maj | B- | A maj D maj
| G maj A maj
| D maj ||
||: G
maj A maj :||
On a
kalimba perhaps? Total unaffected
innocence. “Come this way !, follow me !”
On a light hearted journey to see a secret bird nest.
3. Nettaiurin no yoake (Daybreak of the tropical rainforest)
Tune
bops around between C major with a 9 flavor in there, to F major similarly
styled. After a little while A minor and
G major fly into the mix. We get some of
that signature Kokubo echo scales JJ.
4. Haru no ogawa (Spring brook)
Another
kalimba jawn ,cool ! Basically G, G
major7, C major, C major 7ish descending riff.
First part is as follows, arpeggiated:
||G B D
G |
G B D F# | C E G C | C E
G C ~B A G || Where after the C trails
more into a melody.
Part 2,
arpeggiated:
||D A G
D |
C B G D | B A G D
| C B G D ||
I’m sure
Kokubo has a written composition for this, though in my mind he goes off to Jam
City, plucking away with all the birds in the world, still in G major the whole
time through.
5. Tori no shi • Mori no yoake (Bird poem • Daybreak of the
forest)
||GCC, B
G D | G maj |
F maj G Maj
|
| D – 7 E-7
| Fmaj G maj |
Not sure
exactly the harmonic rhythm here, but those are the chords. Where the notes “GCC” are played together,
followed by a melody of B G D. We’ll see
some Gmajor with B in the bass on occasion.
Cool wistful tune, reminds me of Phil Keaggy.
I think it’s that Low D note.
6. Yume (Dream)
Mega F
major 9 arpeggio spread, so cool ! One
that I could approximate is voiced C, F, G E!
Mega Light BEAAAAAAAM. Then we
get :
||:F
major | C major / E in the bass | D-7
(G7) | C major
:||
7. Finlandia
Enjoy
the wind harmonies ! ! !
! (Main theme is very roughly B,
A, B, C, then varies from there)
8. Tori no shi • Yūsuzumi (Bird poem • Cool of the evening)
Not sure of harmonic rhythm here ,
chords are as follows though :
||F
maj | Eb
maj | D – 7
|
D - 7 |
|F maj 7
#11 |
Cmaj / E in bass | D – 7 | D –
7 (G7) |
|C
maj ||
Some C
notes flying around the Eb major chord, so that’s cool getting the 6th
in there. Also that final C major is
voiced roughly C G A B.
Next
section Kokubo plays arpeggio heaven.
Roughly voiced C F A E, C F A D (both F major) then some kind of C major
harmonies after that.
9. Ōkina sora (Big sky)
Kokubo’s
take on the famous Rick Roll LOL:
||: G
maj A
maj | F#-
B- :|| repeat as desired, eventually throw in G
major, A major, resolve to D major.
Other
part strolls between G major, A major, B -
, A major.
Is this
the kind of emptiness Buddhists talk about?
Kokubo graces us with purity, clarity, lightness and emptiness rather
than weighing us down with heavy musics.
Light as a feather ,
Birds flock together
, it is Kokubo’s “Healing Music – Bird”
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