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Japanese: 琉球組 - りゅうきゅうぐみ

The title of a shamisen kumiuta. It is the first piece of a kumiuta, said to have been composed by Ishimura Kengyo or his disciple Torasawa Kengyo, or a collaboration between the two, and is the oldest artistic song in shamisen music. It is a combination of six short songs, and it is said that the first song is based on a Ryukyu folk song, but this is not certain. It starts with a monotonous rhythm that makes heavy use of a technique called morobachi, and is made up of a relatively simple musical pattern, but the tempo gradually speeds up and the techniques become more complex, resulting in a so-called jo-ha-kyu structure. The seven pieces following this one are called "Omote-gumi" or "Honte-gumi" or "Honkyoku," and are the oldest model pieces in shamisen honte (kumiuta).

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Japanese:

三味線組歌の曲名。石村検校，あるいは弟子の虎沢検校作曲，ないしは両人の共作といわれる組歌の第1曲で，三味線音楽最古の芸術歌曲。6つの小編歌を組合せて1曲としたもので，その第1歌が琉球歌謡によるものとも伝えられるが，定かではない。モロバチといわれる奏法を多用した比較的単純な音型を集積した単調なリズムで始るが，次第にテンポが速められ，技巧も複雑になり，いわゆる序破急の構成となっている。この曲以下7曲を「表組」または「本手組」「本曲」といい，三味線本手 (組歌) のなかの最も古い規範曲となっている。

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