| Tokyo school ３months lesson for beginners starts from Jan 2022 ●8 Jan(Sat) 1:30p.m.-2:30p.m. 1 hour×6 lessons from Jan To Mar, 2022 (  Learn basic koto techniques with various tunes in English ●Lesson fee JPY 8,000 per month(2 lessons) including Koto rental fee(available at home) Horikiri Chiku Center: only 1 min walk from Keisei Line Horikiri Shobuen   info@pop-corn.co.jp |
| Tokyo school one hour Trial lesson Horikiri Chiku Center 1 min walk from Horikiri shobuen Station Contact us for lesson schedule |
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| ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Shiga school Nagahama/ Hikone |
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Lesson ImageEasily learn the Koto with 2 camera
setup ( close-up, full screen )
What is "KANON"?
"KANON"is a new Japanese Koto with doremi scales covering seventeenth
chords,or about half of the two octaves. The "do(C)"and "so(G)"are
specially colored with blue and yellow,so even beginners can have peace
of mind playing Japanese Koto sound.
Koto is made of paulownia. While the right hand plucks the strings,the
left hand presses the strings behind the bridge(kotoji)to alter the tone.
KANON is 120cm length which is 2/3 of traditional Koto and only 4kg weight.It's
quite easy to carry too!
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Traditional Japanese Koto (180cm) |
| Kanon (120cm) |
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Having doremi scales,KANON makes it easy to play not only Japanese music,but also classical music,jazz,pops and other world music.
We enjoy ensemble with other musical instruments .
Online lessons are now available!
Easily learn Japnaese Koto anytime,anywhere!
●Japanese-English bilingual teacher instructs you.
●Personalized coaching.
●Koto and online lesson begginers are welcomed.
●You can play one tune in just 30 min trial lesson!
●Video and music feedbacks are available.
●Regular lessons are also available in Tokyo and Shiga.
Trial lesson is available both online and schools in Tokyo and Shiga.
You can play one tune in just 30 min!
・Online trial lesson fee
JPY 1,000(40 min)
Koto rental fee JPY 5,000(shipping cost included)
・Please send us a message about a trial lesson
at each school
Music videos
| intro movie |
| 夕焼け小焼け Times of sunset (Japanese nursery rhyme) |
| 待ちぼうけ Waiting in vain(Japanese nursery rhyme) |
| 草競馬 Camptown races (American folk music) |
| Fanny Power (Irish music) |
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５steps before online lessons
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Book a trial lesson Send us a message from an inquiry |
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Check ZOOM WiFi connection Make sure you are connected to WiFi, not using cellular data. |
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Take a trial lesson Koto and other materials are sent to you in advance |
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Sign -up for online lessons Select 3-month lessons or regular lessons |
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Online lessons start! Enjoy your own private Koto lessons |
Lesson schedule
You can choose regular lesson or 3 months online lesson.
3 months online lesson program
（４０min × ６ lessons)
| 1st month |
･Tuning/･Fingering practice (thumb, forefinger and middle finger) ･Practicing tunes with this technic |
| 2nd month | ･Tuning /・Fingering practice ･Practicing tunes with these technics |
| 3rd month |
･Fingering practice("awase zume" , 2chords and tremolo) ･Practicing tunes with these technic sand ensemble music |
Lesson fee and payment
●Lesson fee JPY 4,000 per month
●Koto rental fee JPY 4,000 per month
(including shipping cost)
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・Paypal credit card ・bank transfer in advance |
Annual concert with a Mexican folklore group"Amankay"
Performance at "AiChikyu-haku"(International expo),Thai pavillion |
National Recreation conference opening act at Otsu prince hotel |
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The 100th anniversary of Japan&Brazil exchange concert  |
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Masako's profile; a representative of "Kanon" Koto school
Music career
･Started playing koto and shamisen from a young age.
･Graduated from Seiha music school where developed professional koto musicians.
･Studied under Yasuko Nakajima,a representative of Seiha Ikutaryu and learned jazz theory from Akikazu Nakamura and Takeshi Yamaguchi.
Activities
- ･Has held a variety of live concerts ranging from jazz to Asian music
- ･Her musical performance in Germany in the Summer of 2000 very well received.
- ･In 2000, she developed a new type of koto,”Doremi pop-corn” (now changed to "Kanon") and established its music school ”Doremi pop-corn club”in 2001. She also works as A representative of Doremi pop corn club.
- ･Her music style is full of variety including traditional Japanese music,classical,jazz ,Latin and folk music. She played koto with western music in Switzerland,Germany,Monaco the U.S.,and Brazil so far.At the same time,she also held workshops in Switzerland and Germany in 2010,2014,2018 and in Brazil in 2013.
- ･This new koto was introduced as an “epoch-making koto”in a technical book of “The Koto” published in the U.S.in 2004(written by Henry Johnson, a researcher of ethnic music).
- ･From 2011, Masako opened a new course named ”An Easy Koto Lesson”for elementary and junior high school students, which was a part of “The sightseeing promotion and the regional vitalization enterprise activating cultural heritage”authorized by the Agency for cultural affairs. She dedicates herself to instruct children besides her music activities.
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Tokyo(Katsushika school)
Shiga(Nagahama, Hikone school)
Regular lesson (English OK)