Silver Grass – Gold Moon
On the night of the full moon in September and two days before the full moon in October, Japanese households used to arrange silver grass to admire the moon.
Clear autumn air shows the moon brightest. Silver grass is the symbol of autumn nature.
The moon and silver grass. Japanese have long loved this formal beauty.
Now, in the city, the sky is narrow and the night is bright, so this custom has become rare. But the moon is as beautiful as old days. We can still admire the moon, if we go to large place.
Read More …
I made this song with Japanese scale. I don’t know the foreign people are familiar with it, but this theme have to be written in Japanese sense.
By the way, there is another thing that Japanese love on autumn nights. It’s the singing of autumn crickets. I practiced this song while listening to them, but now I have to close the windows to record. It would be better if crickets’ song could be recorded together.
Categorized
Song Information
- Title: Silver Grass – Gold Moon
- Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
- Work number: Op. 32
- Date of composition: Aug. 12, 2021
- Date of release: Oct. 3, 2023
Photos
- Silver Grass and the Full Moon ; by Shadia on PhotoAC
- Silver Grass and the autumn Moon ; by ぴぴふぉと (pipiphoto) on Photo AC
This song has another article. I wrote about the relationship between the languages and melodies. It’s a bit long writing, but if you are interested, please read it.