dialogue/対話

人は1人で生きていなくて、それぞれ違うから食い違う事はたくさんある。だから対話をしてお互いを分かり合って生きていく。ダライラマ法王の本を読んでいるとdialogueという言葉が沢山出てくる。何かを決める時、何かを解決する時、解決の方法は戦いでなく対話だと。憎しみは憎しみを生むと。
ただいまと家族を迎えて、いってらっしゃいと送り出して、晴れたり降ったり、川にはトンボや鳥がいて、なんともない話をしてご飯を食べて。怒ったり笑ったりしながら、やっぱり生きているのはすばらしいなあ、と時々感じながら。対話しようにも声が届かない。

flower

美しい花が咲いていた。深呼吸してやるべき事をやろう。
I found a beautiful flower in the park. There are things that I have to do, a lot of..taking deep breath, then go forward step by step. Stop look and...go!

根/roots

立派な木の根っこ。美しい。どっしり。午前中に散歩にいきました。ヘビイチゴの実がなっていた。
I always adore the beauty of the nature. When I walk in the woods, I just feel I'm the part of the cycle e of life, feel the connection with other beings, not only a human. The photo is beautiful roots of the tree that I found in the park in this morning.

菖蒲/ Iris

近くの公園の花菖蒲。雨があがった。涼しい。緑が水と共にあるのが美しい。
Beautiful Iris in the park near my house. The rain stopped few hours ago. The air is so cool and greens are beautiful with water.

初めてアイルランドの音楽を間近で聴きました。自分にとって新しい体験でまだうまく感じた事が整理しきれないけれど、とてもよい時間を過ごせました。興味深い。ブルーグラスを聴きに行ったときと感覚が似ているかな。音楽的にも近いような気がなんとなくしました。演奏されていた守安夫妻の楽器の扱いの熟達した素晴らしさにも感動しました。
After the lesson in the morning, I went to listen Irish music with my student. It was my very first time to listen it. I was interested in it but had no chance to listen. I think I like it but i can't clarify me feeling yet, it was similar to my first meeting with blue grass music. It's something new. The players are so great, Mr. Moriyasu and Mrs. Moriyasu. I was so impressed their virtuosity of their instruments and their deep understanding of Irish music. They were talking using same language. I spent great time:)

diary

昨日は月例の森のテラスでのソロピアノでした。久しぶりにお会いする方、初めての方。いい風も吹いていて、和やかな場になりました。みんなでお話をしていたらいつもより演奏が短くなってしまった。気をつけよう。昨日はオリジナルも演奏しました。足を運んで下さったお客様ありがとうございました。次回は7/18(金)です。

It was my monthly solo piano concert at Sengawa yesterday. Mori-no-terrace is a very comfortable place surrounded by trees and it made us very relaxed. So we talked a lot even we met first time. It was fun but I didn't play as much as usual....I should be careful. Anyhow I definitely was so grateful for them to come to listen.  Next solo concert will be on Fri., 18th, July. 

solo

今日6/20(金)14:00~16:00まで仙川森のテラスでピアノを弾いています。おやつ付きで500円です。今日のおやつは黒糖クッキー。お近くの方は是非遊びにいらしてください。

diary

今日はお休みだったけれど、ずっと継続しているお家探しの日。ピアノ持っているとなかなかないのです。根気強く探すしかないかな。ペットとセットになっている事の多い楽器可物件、よく考えると不思議に接点ないのにな。今日は練習もアレンジも進まず。こんな日もあるさ。
I went to the real estate agent to look for the house to move. I have a piano, and it's kind of difficult to find the place or the landlord to allow to have it. I hope I can find good one near the future..
So I didn't do my arrangement today at all, but it's life, I have some more time till end of this month. We'll see...

梅/ Japanese plums

近所の八百屋さんにお願いしていた無農薬の梅が届いたので梅シロップを作りました。ほのかにいい香り。楽しみ。土作りに30年以上かけているんだそう。ちょっとずつなんだなあ。熟したもので梅干しも作ろう。今日はアレンジとできれば譜面書き。8月に向けて。生徒のアレンジも。お父さんと弾かれるそう。いいなあ。今日は父の日。
It's a season of Japanese plums. I bought some, organic ones which the vegetable shop near my house strongly recommended. They said that the farmer spent more than 30 years to grow the soil for it.  I made plum syrup today. I can't wait to taste it:) I'll make plum pickles after I'll get another yellow, ripe ones. Today is day-off, so I will write some scores for the concerts in August.

晴れ間/ Sunny day

つかの間の晴れ間。間宮さんのさんさい踊り、C minor triadの上のDbとDの共存が違和感ないなあ。きれい。細かい所も全体も美しくてバランスがとてもよいのだなあと勉強していて思います。自分が弾くパートと紀雄さんが弾くパート、そしてキーどうしよう。まだまだ体に入らない。
I enjoyed the sunny day during this rainy season, there were rain shower in the morning though. I almost killed my adiantum last summer because of high temperature and I didn't give enough water to them, but it just grow new leaves. I'm very happy about it and amazed their vitality.

I'm still studying Mr. Mamiya, Japanese composer and famous about studying Japanese folk songs and traditional music, for the concert. I don't know why he put Db and D at the same time on the c minor triad. It sounds magically beautiful with the context of the music. He puts those notes in the very high range of the piano, so it sounds like a Glockenspiel. I heard he is very good piano player as well as a composer, so he can write the notes like this. I have to arrange this piano accompaniment to guitar and piano, for myself...I need more time to think about the balance of gt. and pn., also I have to think about my own playing. I prefer to play this song like a jazz standards. Let's see....

rain

雨が続いています。植物は喜んでいそう。うちのスパティフィラムも元気。人間も潤ってやっぱりいい時節かな。なんだかバタバタしていたらもう6月半ば。新たにお願いされたさんさい踊りのアレンジが進んでいない。間宮さんの譜面は美しくて読むのは楽しく難しい。それなりに急いでゆっくりじっくりやらねば。
Rainy season in Japan. I love to see the green in the rain, they looks happy, just I feel. It's nice to have  this cool rainy season just before the hot and humid summer.
I was bit busy in these weeks, and I have an arrangement that should finish till end of this month.. Oh my..! It's actually a transposition from piano and soprano score by Mr. Mamiya to Piano, guitar and soprano. The song is Japanese folk song of Toyama called Sansai-Odori for bon-dance. His harmony is something so special, and I can't figure out how he could listen those sound upon a simple pentatonic melody. Anyway, I have to dig into it. Fun but difficult.

紫陽花/hydrangea

梅雨入り。涼しくて体は喜んでいる。雨もいいなあ。あじさいがきれいに咲いていた。

午前中は8月のリハ場所の予約をしに公民館に行き、午後は昨年編曲した童謡"海"の録音を聴きにスタジオへ行きました。今更ながら紀雄さんと真澄さんの技術の高さと音色の豊かさや音楽の理解に体が震えました。素敵な録音になったので編曲者としてはとても嬉しい。間宮芳生さん編曲の"まいまい"という民謡も聴いてきました。"強靭な耳"と紀雄さんがおっしゃっていたのが心から納得できる素晴らしい、というか凄まじい和音。これが聴こえているのってどんな感覚なのかしら。そちらもとてもよい演奏でした。まだ録音は続いていましたが今抱えている宿題があるので先に帰ってきました。8月発売予定だそうです。楽しみ。

Rain! It's very cool because of it, and it's not so bad. I enjoyed the colourful hydrangea. Beautiful:)

I went to listen the recordings of Mr. Norio Sato and Ms. Masumi Yoshikawa's new duo album which I provide an arrangement of Japanese song called"Umi(sea)". I already know they are great musicians, but I was amazed their high quality of musical skill and musicality and deep understandings for the songs again. It was very good recording and  I was very happy to be there as an arranger. I'm looking forward to listen full album which will go on sale in August. They also recorded Mr. Michio Mamiya's arrangement of Japanese folk song. Mr. Sato said he has "tough ears", which I totally agreed with. I can't imagine how I feel if I have such inner ears to catch that kind of sound from inside of me.

回路

母にもらったすす竹とわらびのこぶ締め。美味しい。久しぶりに母に会って心の家族しか充電できない部分が満たされた。別れる時はいつも寂しい。
ずっと気になっていた黛敏郎さんの涅槃交響曲の録音をやっと聴きました。西洋と東洋が混じり合った不思議な響きだけれど、オーケストラの心を持って行かれる響きと自分のルーツに近くて問答無用で体に入る声や間が同時になっていて聴いていて気持ちよかった。
自分に責任がなくて気にする必要もない事柄にとらわれている時に、そこからえいやっと抜け出すのは時にはしんどいし、気合いがいるけれど、回路を切り替えるのに私は違う言語、私の場合はつたないけれど英語、で心を整理して観察してみる事にしている。ちがう回路を通すと不思議とスッキリ無駄がなくなるから。考え方は社会構造に結びついていて、社会は言葉と繋がっているからその輪が負の方向に向かっている時には断ち切る事に違う言語はとても役に立っている。自分に出来る事を毎日この瞬間一生懸命やって結果を受け入れればよいのだと。それが人の為になれば嬉しいし、ならなければ次があるから。

I met my mother few days ago in Tokyo. She came to visit her old friends. She gave me some of her and my father's handmade dishes for me, like a photo above. It made me very happy, not because it tastes good but also I could felt their love for me.

Finally, I had a chance to listen Mr. Mayuzumi's masterpiece, Nirvana-sumohony recorded in 1995. I could hear both western and eastern sound at the same time, but it just melted into one. I like it very much. Especially after watching Noh-theatre, I can clearly feel my roots from Japanese traditional singing in this symphony.

Sometime, we met something uncontrollable but attached to it even if you didn't want to. It didn't create anything, we know it very well, but it's hard to tear myself off, it need a lot of energy to do it. When I'm in this situation, I tried to think in English to clear my mind, even though my English is very poor. It's like a thinking with different circuit. The problems often connect to the society, and society is consist by communications, and it was based on our language. So when I couldn't find my answer or couldn't see the things clearly but couldn't find the reason,  I just try to leave the situation once, and re-think with different circuit to clear things out. Often I find what I want and what should I do or should I not do. I think this is the one of the biggest treasure that I get form my experience with studying abroad. If my answer helped the people around me I am more than happy and if not so I always say to me self that I have next chance to contribute to someone. It helped me to go forward.

Noh/能

初めて能と狂言を観ました。一音入魂というか、鼓と笛の音が空間を分けていて静謐な空間でした。もう少し予備知識があるともっと深く楽しめるかしら。独特の間合い。間が深い。こんなに音のない時間が長い舞台というのは珍しいのではないかしら。沈黙と音との対比が鮮烈でした。舞台装置も含めて不思議な空間でした。
It was my first meeting with Japanese traditional arts, Noh and Kyogen. The sharp contrast of sound and silence was so impressive, especially I was astonished the sound of tudumi, hour-grassed shape drum and how they use the space. There is long silence while the performer was walking or dancing, and then when sharp and shrill sound came, it completely changes the colour of the air. I really enjoyed the experience but If I know better about Noh, I may have more fun, I think.
About Noh

trombone

昨日は洗足学園でトロンボーンの松本治さんの講座にベースの水谷さんと参加させていただきました。お二人と演奏できるのはとても幸せな時間だったし、普段あまり詳しく勉強していないトロンボーンという楽器にについて音の出し方や倍音、ポジション、奏法など詳しく知るとこが出来て面白く、とても勉強になりました。松本さんの音楽にたいしての造詣の深さに改めて尊敬の念を抱きました。素晴らしいなあ。お2人の音に対しての優しさや集中力、瞬間の聴く力など一緒に演奏して体で感じる事がとても沢山ありました。若い生徒さん達の前向きな力も感じられてすごく元気になりました。Dona Leeをきちんと弾けなくて恥ずかしかった。練習しよう。。。
 I went to Senzoku Gakuen Music College yesterday to join the class of Mr. Matsumoto, trombone player and has a lost of classes in school. I played with him and bass player, Mr. Mizutani. The class was about trombone itself, the structure and history of the instruments, how to make the sounds include overtones, positions, and so on. It was very interesting and I learned a lot. Also It was great pleasure to play with those two great players. Their concentration and love for the sound itself and their rich and deep musicality was so inspiring. It was packed with young student, future musician, maybe, and they gave me a power as well. I was grateful for the chance to attend it.

6月？

今日は真夏のような暑さでした。夕方やっと涼しくなって来て風に当たりに公園に行きました。木陰が気持ちよかった。木は偉大。写真は家のユキノシタ。ものすごく分かりづらいですが花が咲きました。明日は久しぶりに母に会う。嬉しい。