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This song composed Takuboku Ishikawa's "TANKA".
Takuboku Ishikawa is an important person in a modern literary history in Japan.

THOKAINO,
KOJIMANOISONO,
SHIRASUNANI,
WARENAKINURETE,
KANITOTAWAMURU.

This is a Takuboku Ishikawa's"TANKA".
Short poetry "TANKA".
The frequency of the pronunciation of Japanese makes the rhythm.
5､7､5､7､7.
The rhythm of this pronunciation mixes with the content of poetry.
It is a mode of expression of poetry with which it has been familiar
for 1500 years or more.

He left an important footprint in history about a modern "TANKA".
He was born in 1886.
He kept roaming aspiring to literary honors.
He was a life of 26 years.

When Takuboku roamed, this tanka was created.
It is a coast in East Japan far left from the hometown.
White sand is a beautiful coast.
Takuboku felt solitude.
The wave rang quietly by the mind.
I translate the meaning into English.
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Sand of handful

Beach in east coast.
White sand.
Sadness of wandering of life.
Naturally, ..tears...
There is a small beach crab in one's feet.
It is put on the hand the beach crabwhile.
It is solitary feelings.
The beach crab of the hand is watched while crying.
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The photograph of the artwork is Takuboku Ishikawa .

Hardware:
guitar,
g4

Software:
gb2
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beautiful melody &mdash 04/26/06 - 11:57:52 AM
love the melodic figure as it i is propelled forward into time and
space...the electric git solo was interesting too...a unique approach....i
mixture of the soft and hard in this track....bravo tadashi....very soulful...

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beautiful melody &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:31:40 AM
Mcboy,
Guitar player of florida.
I wish to express my gratitude for your comment.

Is the sand of miami beach white?
Does a small beach crab live?
And, do you look at the ocean at the beach?

The east coast in the United States cannot be seen from Japan.
I pray for your happiness.


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! &mdash 04/26/06 - 01:09:34 PM
Expressive guitar, effective accompinament... an energetic, yet relaxing
piece...

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! &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:34:55 AM
Eric,
Thank you from Milan, Michigan for the comment.
I wish to express my gratitude to you.


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This one is my fav of yours Tadashi &mdash 04/26/06 - 01:28:41 PM
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This one is my fav of yours Tadashi &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:42:37 AM
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LOL &mdash 04/28/06 - 03:58:08 AM
You make me smile out-loud...

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Brilliant &mdash 04/26/06 - 06:46:54 PM
guitar and tanka rhythmic changeups. The song tells a complete story, and it's entrancing.

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Brilliant &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:47:40 AM
David,
I am glad for you of American to understand the tanka.
Thank you very much.

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wow &mdash 04/26/06 - 09:03:58 PM
your rythym is tranquil, and it sets the mood very well. I like your guitar
lines.

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wow &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:49:53 AM
Hi,Joel
Thank you for commenting to my song.
I wish to express my gratitude for listening.


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Your best yet... &mdash 04/26/06 - 09:16:28 PM
Mr. Togawa! Beautiful guitar. Perfect mix of guitar and percussion. I love
this.

Peace!

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Your best yet... &mdash 04/27/06 - 02:54:03 AM
Micheal,
Thank you for the comment.
I wish to express my gratitude for stopping by my song.
Thank you very much.


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searching... &mdash 04/26/06 - 10:13:22 PM
I take a handful of sand
and build a sandcastle
swim into the horizon, into the setting sun
to become a grain of sand in your hand....

wonderful solo...reminds me of Satriani...great music to drown out the noise...solitude is the best freedom...I like your acoustic ocean

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searching... &mdash 04/27/06 - 03:13:14 AM
mikki,
Thank you from New Haven for the comment.

I have not listened to the guitar play of Satriani.
I want to listen by all means.
I wish to express my gratitude for the dissemination.

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Wonderful guitar Tadashi! &mdash 04/26/06 - 10:25:05 PM
Tadashi - I love this one!

Wonderful guitar Tadashi, that really took off!

I was unable to play the file direct and had to download first - I could
access any other songs in the usual way, just had a problem with
"Sands" - I mention this only if others have similar problems.

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Wonderful guitar Tadashi! &mdash 04/27/06 - 03:22:15 AM
Neil,
I wish always to express my gratitude for your comment.

Are sands of Far South Coast beautiful?
Does a small beach crab live?
Is the sea watched?
Do you become solitary?

There is a sea also in my port.
Japan is seagirt.
It is a delicious fish is a lot.

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Gentle fireworks along the shoreline &mdash 04/27/06 - 07:50:19 AM
Love the way the guitar explodes, and yet the way the guitar explodes
also seems to live in a separate space at times. I dig this track, in the way
it keeps transcending genres, kind of like an experimental New Age
smooth jazz fusion piece, but there are times that also makes it seem like
a party of friends from different walks of life jamming over lunch (hear
the shoreline), giving it a unique casualness. Thanks for keeping me
listening. Very nice chromatic melody. The track cuts off abruptly, can
you fix that and resubmit? I thought I heard a child calling "Get me out" or
"Let me up" or maybe "Auntie Em" right before the cut off, and I want to
know if the kids drowns or not...

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Gentle fireworks along the shoreline &mdash 04/27/06 - 10:02:43 PM
Please do not worry.

The girl in the beach is shouting, "Mother".
The girl has not been drowned.
The treasure of a beautiful beach is found, and it reports to mother.

Children in the beach play with parents.
Perhaps, beautiful shells might have been collected.
Or, the crab in the beach might be found, and it inform mother.

The seaside resort in Japan is a shelving bottom.
Very, sand is beautiful, and green of the pine tree is beautiful.

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"Sadness of wandering of life..." &mdash 04/28/06 - 06:03:48 AM
The poem itself has sadness, starting from homesickness and then, I
think, moving toward a greater sadness, the sadness of everyone alive
who feels away from home even if they ARE home, and who also are
aware that someday they will leave...

The music, to my ears, adds another piece, almost an answer. There's a
bluesy feel in there that connotes sadness, but there's also a spirit that
attempts to answer and transcend the sadness, that lives anyway...

As always your basic track is great, and your guitar playing is
expressive and articulate...

Ed

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"Sadness of wandering of life..." &mdash 05/01/06 - 03:26:08 AM
Ed,
Thank you very much.
Sands in Japan are expressed, "White sand,and green pine woods".
It is an average impression of sands in Japan.
Takuboku might have seen the same sands as the hometown.


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Hello from Australia &mdash 04/29/06 - 08:07:52 AM
I feel so fortunate that I saw sand of handful and have had the pleasure of
hearing this. The begining made me feel kinda sad almost like I was a
child and then gradually as your music moved so did it grow and also
made the child in me feel not so sad anymore , just a little fearful of
growing, well that is how I feel listening to this piece...I love the sea and
the music made me think of the waves as the rush in and build up and
float back out and also how in life many want more then their hand can
hold ...wow your guitar play is sooo expressive and impressive, beautiful
thankyou Tadashi Togawa kind regards Laine*

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Hello from Australia &mdash 05/01/06 - 03:28:33 AM
laine,
Thank you from a beautiful country of the southern hemisphere for the
comment.
I wish to express my gratitude for your gentle word.

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Very nice! &mdash 04/30/06 - 06:16:17 AM
Beautiful guitar lines and an excellent mix.
Your percussion is always almost hypnotizing.

Great work.

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Very nice! &mdash 05/01/06 - 03:30:04 AM
Einar,
Thank you very much.
I wish to express my gratitude for your listening.


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nicely mixed &mdash 04/30/06 - 11:04:58 AM
Everything rest easy on the ear and then the guitar takes center stage. Wonerful like the poem that inspired this piece.

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nicely mixed &mdash 05/01/06 - 03:32:42 AM
renecalvo,
Thank you from Harlem NYC for the comment.
I wish to express my gratitude for your poetic word.


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nicely mixed &mdash 05/01/06 - 08:13:32 AM
my pleasure

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Beautiful &mdash 05/02/06 - 12:52:01 PM
Wow, great guitar melody and very nice sound from a production perspective. I always enjoy your drum programming--so creative. Great work of art!!!

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Beautiful &mdash 05/09/06 - 10:31:45 PM
Drew,
Thank you from venue of the Olympics Atlanta for the comment.
I wish to express my gratitude for your word very glad.


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ThankYou &mdash 07/09/07 - 03:54:56 PM
..for this excellent piece of Music , it sounds so good in my ears !(I'm from Sweden so excuse my English)Very interesting & I enjoyed the story with the small beachcrab : ) As a parenthezes it makes me think of the big(&ancient)"horseshoecrabs" in NJ USA perhaps They have them in Japan I do not know).
Is the oceanrecording from that particular coast ?
I love the mix You are an extremely good gitarplayer ! ThankYou for the enjoyment !

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