List of all pieces in Etudes for Chorus＊The rehearsals don't need to be done according to the following order of the list. Feel free to choose pieces and practise depending on any categories and themes.

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1

A Cicada Is Chirping3

Rain (S.TANIKAWA)

2

Trees

6

When autumn comes

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Elementary Book 1

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13

1415

AquariumIn the water

What is there?

Introduction /Easy pieces specific to the intervals of just intonation

Japanese modes

Various (except Japanese) modes / Church modes

A Rabbit (S.TANIKAWA)

Basics for creating harmony

Major pentatonic (Japanese yona-nuki scale)Intervals of just intonation

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale)

Palindromic music

Major key

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale)At the Zoo

Major key
Major key

17

A Frog Looks up at the Sky

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale)18

A Ladybird (H.SAKATA)

Miyako-bushi pentatonic

19

I-Ro-Ha-Ni, Tsuneko-sanFolksong pentatonic

A Little Bird flew away

Snow is melting

22

Oinari-san at Matsuyama

24

A Cradle Song of Mōshi

23

25

Fowls

Tonality / Homophony

Japanese modes

Time

Dorian mode

Major key / Diatonic scale

Dorian and Aeolian mode / Minor key

The Earth28

Fish in the Night

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale) / Minor key

29

Rain (M.MADO)

Major key

30

A Whale Lullaby

31

Wind and pinwheel

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale)

32

The Light

Dorian and Aeolian mode

33

The First StarA Winter Night

35

The Sea37

Seven Herbs

36

38

Little Birds SingA Lullaby of the Star

Aeolian mode

Dorian mode / Ritsu (Japanese seven-tone gagaku ) mode

Dorian and Aeolian mode

Major key

Tonality / Homophony

Renaissance style

Major key

13Canon repeating the same figures successively

54

12Canon repeating the same figures successively――

Mirror-image canon / Canon imitating the figures in the tonal harmony

41Free canon

Canon repeating the same figures successively /

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53

Hemiola created by chords / Mirror-image form――

Transposition / Changes of modes

61

Canon imitating the figures successively with the intervals of the fifth and the seventh / Free canon

Canon repeating the same figures successively / Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifth

Canon repeating the same figures successively / Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifth /Free canon imitating the figures in pentatonic

Dotted rhythms peculiar to warabe-uta (children songs) / Canon repeating the same figures successively /Irregular times formed by words

Transposition / Canon imitating the figures in Aeolian mode

Changes of modes / Shift from modality to tonality

33

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Canon imitating the figures in tonality / Resolution of nonharmonic tones / Sequence――

Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifth / Canon imitating the figures by augmentation /――Retrograde canon――

23

Ballad melody and drone / Free canon

Construction of the perfect intervals / Progression through the interval of the perfect fifth /Japanese and Western modes / The axis system

Canon repeating the same figures successively / Canon imitating the figures functionally freely /Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifth / The axis system

Canon repeating the same figures successively / Canon imitating the figures freely in modes /Transposition

Modes / Canon imitating the figures successively / Consciousness of the beginning of imitation /Phrygian modal cadence

Construction of pure triads / Open and close harmony / Modulation

7Construction of pure triads / Internal changes / Subdominant and dominant chords / Modulation―

Madrigalesque pieces / Internal changes / Parallel translation of chords

5Sequence / Neapolitan sixth appearing in a basic form / Dramaturgy

Polytonality

Introduction of polytonality / Method of solmization

Ionian mode

2

6

Canon repeating the same figures successively

Minor key
Major key

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Canon repeating almost the same figures successively / Construction of the perfect fifth

Dotted Rhythms peculiar to warabe-uta

Miyako-bushi pentatonic

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Ritsu pentatonic / Mixolydian mode

Miyako-bushi pentatonic / Ritsu pentatonic

27

34

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Construction of pure triads / Practise of the changes of solfa notation by modulation

A Castle

Various canons

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Irregular times / Construction of the augmented second intervals / Transposition

Major key / Authentic cadence

26

Various (except Japanese) modes / Church modes

1

3

Pentachord on gypsy scales

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Parallel organum / Landini cadence

HemiolaNo. of―Dorian mode

Dorian mode

Page 1

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Mixolydian mode

Various canons

Construction of intervals in relation to the fixed points / Transposition

SATB

A Japanese sense of rhythms

Major key

A Tortoise

Basics for creating harmony

Vol. ofRitsu pentatonic

Folksong pentatonic

A Giraffe

Other Themes

Major key

Ryukyu pentatonic

Where Has Your Father Gone?

WhalesSound Structure

An Ox

20

Elementary Book 2

The LoachCategory

16

21

Etudes for Chorus 2

Twist Headband

4

5

Etudes for Chorus 1

Title

Pervading imitation style―
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Etudes for Chorus 3

Intermediate Book 1

Introduction /Sound Structure

My Decision

40

Tō-slope, Mima-slope

Dichord41

A Ladybird (M.MADO)

Dichord / Tritonic / Trichord / Tetrachord

42

The Waves and Shells

43

A Kite Flying

44

Nuts

45

A Bamboo Shoot46

The Moon47

Autumn and Cosmoses

Easy pieces specific to the intervals of just intonation

Japanese modes

Harmonic linkage

Mixolydian mode / Major key

Trichord / Diatonic scale / Tetratonic

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale) / Aeolian mode /Nonharmonic chromatic progression in tonality

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale) / Polytonality /Diatonic scale

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale) / Hexatonic /Renaissance style

Dorian and Phrygian modeAeolian mode

Dorian, Aeolian, and Phrygian mode / Hexatonic

48

Killifish

Dorian, Mixolydian, Phrygian, and Lydian mode / Diatonic scale

49

FruitsAeolian, Dorian, and Phrygian mode50

A Giant Stride

Mixolydian and Phrygian mode

My Little Bird

Various (except Japanese) modes / Church modes

Tane

56

A Temple in Snow57

A Rabbit (M.MADO)

59

Flower Paths

60

GoldfishHarmonic series / Locrian, Mixolydian, and Dorian mode / Trichord

61

An Angry Snail

Harmonic series / Diatonic scale / Ionian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian mode

63PainMajor key

Dorian, (Aeolian), (Phrygian), Lydian mode / Aeolian #4 scale /Diatonic scale / Chromatic scale / Major key

Ryukyu scale / Blue notes scale

Harmonic series / Phrygian modal homophony /Aeolian, Mixolydian (Lydian) modeHarmonic series / Ionian, Dorian, and Lydian mode / Diatonic scale

My Dear Sun, My Dear Rain

Harmonic series / Ionian and Mixolydian modeHarmonic series / Dorian, Mixolydian, and Ionian mode /Lydian pentachord

Major and Minor key / Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Phrygian mode

64

A Blue, Blue Autumn

Major key

65

My Hobby

Major key

66

A Rainbow

Major pentatonic (Japanese yona-nuki scale) /Tonality / Tonal polyphony / Modal homophony

Mixolydian and Phrygian mode / Tonality

Tonally used various modes: Hexachord, Major pentatonic(Japanese yona-nuki scale) , and Mixolydian mode /67

Pod of Broad Beans

68

Mt. Fuji and the Sun

Major key / Transposition

69

To the Sea

Mixolydian, Ionian, and Aeolian mode / Hexachord70Good Weather

Major key / Broken chord / Trichord

71

Insects, Stars, and People

72

Light and Darkness

Transposition (Changes of modes) / Chromatic scale

Atonality / Nontonality

2

9

1

Trichord built only on whole tones and its enlarged diatonic scale / Two types of diatonic scale linked by semitones――

Japanese modes with mixture of other modes and tonal transition of chords

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Dotted rhythms peculiar to warabe-uta / Canon repeating the same figures successively /Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifthConstruction of perfect intervals / Method of solmization / Phrygian modal cadence /Closely related septimal major third
Leap of fourth intervals

111Pervading imitation style――

Bimodality / Closely related third intervals / Phrygian modal cadence

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Construction of perfect intervals and triads / Phrygian modal cadence

Canon repeating the same figures successively / Canon imitating the figures with the interval of the fifth /Transposition / Changes of modes / Phrygian modal cadence

8

Changes of modes / Closely related third intervals / Phrygian modal cadence / Mirror-image form

55

628Warabe-uta style / Canon imitating the figures successively with the intervals of the prime, the fourth,the fifth, and the eighth / The axis system

Dorian and Aeolian mode / Super Aeolian scale mode / Diatonic scale

Snow Falls

Dichord / Tricord / Tetratonic

Linkage and reduplication of the perfect fifth progression / Hexachord /Dimished scale (1:2 scale)

SATB―

954

No. of―Construction of perfect intervals and triads / Closely related third intervals / Modulation

Changes of modes / Modal harmonic progression

DreamsPage 2Version Version

Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian and Mixolydian mode / Diatonic scale

Dorian, Phrygian, and Mixolydian mode / Harmonic series

53Harmonic series

SATB―My HeartA Little Snow

Other Themes

The axis system

5258

Intermediate Book 2

Category

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51

Etudes for Chorus 4

Title

Vol. ofTransposition / Changes of modes / Bimodality

3

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Practise of the second intervals――

Swing rhythms / Practise of false relation / Bimodality

13

2

Construction of the perfect fifth / Modal harmonic progression

103Canon / Mirror-image form progression

122

The axis system / Schwache bassschritte chords

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131

Chromatic harmonic progression / Closely related third intervals / Bimodality

141

Authentic harmonic progression / Construction of tensive chords with the intervals of more than the seventh

81

93

Modal homophony / Tonal Plagal cadence / Bimodality――

Closely related third intervals / Rhythmic ostinato

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Closely related septimal major third / Transposition / Sonority of open and close harmony

Canon imitating the figures with the intervals of the second, the fourth, and the fifth in modes /Closely related third intervals / Polytonality

Modal homophony / Tonality decided by modes

Precise singing of internal changes / Keeping alternative chords (nonharmonic and subdominant chords) tensive
Authentic harmonic progression / Construction of tensive chords with the intervals of more than the seventh /Beautiful expression of the clash of second intervals

Tonal polyphony / Closely related third intervals / Temporary modulation to relative keys /Construction of harmony with conjunct successions of polyphony

Two group choirs responding almost the same melodic strands with each other / Modal homophony /111211312

142Warabe-uta style / Canon / Tonality created by the authentic progression

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Cultivation of a sense of intervals in nontonality

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Closely related third intervals / Harmonic Phrygian modal cadence in the axis system

Diatonic scales derived from dichord and trichord, the primitive forms of warabe-uta

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Etudes for Chorus 5
Advanced Book 1

Etudes for Chorus 6
Advanced Book 2Title

73

Dressing Up

74

A Girl75

An Evening Shower

76

Playing with Jump Ropes

77

A Night Train

78

My Smile

79

Cosmos80

A Robot

81

Flowers Open82

A Baby Snake83

Green Peppers

84

Playing in the River85

Kappa and Sampei

Category
Harmonic homophonySound Structure
Free harmonic progression with common notes suspended / Major key
Folksong pentatonic / Tetratonic / Chromatic scale / Diatonic scale

Japanese modes

Minor pentatonic (Japanese niro-nuki scale) / Diatonic scale /Dichord of whole notes linked by semitones / Lydian and Phrygian mode /Gamma chord (broken type)Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian mode /Super Mixolydian scale mode

Dorian and Mixolydian mode / Chromatic scale
Various (except Japanese) modes / Church modes

Lydian modal pentachord and tetratonic / Melodic minor scale hexatonic /Dorian modal hexachord / Chromatic scale / Diatonic scale /Dorian modal and harmonic serial movement

Mixolydian mode / Lydian modal pentachord / Diatonic scale

Tonality / Scales

Harmonic series

Various scales with cadences

Other Themes
Slight adjustment of intervals for just intonation / Keeping the volume balance between each part /Phrygian modal cadence

Atonality / Rhythms of warabe-uta
Free canon / Broken chords of dur-moll created by Fibonacci sequence (Gamma chords) / Movement of melody /Precise control of intervals

Changes of modes / Closely related third intervals / Movement of melody / Precise control of intervals
Changes of modes / Construction of cadences by the axis system using chromatic scales / Movement of melody /Precise control of intervals

Polymodality / Construction of the major and minor seconds in nontonality
Harmonic progression by the axis system (authentic progression and Schwache bassschritte) /Closely related third intervals

Vol. ofSATB

SATB

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Lydian modal tritonic and tetratonic / Chromatic scale / Diatonic scale

Construction of augmented intervals
Harmonic progression by the axis system (authentic progression and Schwache bassschritte) /Major scale / Mixolydian mode / Authentic cadence / Chromatic scale

Practise of fast and precise singing of scales / Modulation―

Closely related third intervals / Expression of tone colors of modulation

No. ofVersion Version

Linkage and reduplication of the perfect fourth and fifth progression /Mixolydian modal pentatonic / Major key / Modulation

Page 3Harmonic series

Harmonic series in C major / Construction of triads――

Harmonic series / Diatonic scale / Super Mixolydian scale modeHarmonic progression by the axis system / Closely related third intervals / Bimodality――

Two types of diatonic scale / Lydian modal tetratonic

Diatonic scale in C major / Construction of augmented intervals / Linkage of two types of diatonic scale

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Come the Day after Tomorrow

Diminished scale (1:2 scale)

Diminished scale in C major / Canon / Movement of melody / Precise control of intervals――

87A Penguin

1:3 scale / Diminished scale (1:2 scale) / Diatonic scaleD major / Movement of melody / Precise control of intervals――

88

Why is it always?

Two types of diatonic scale

Mirror-image form / Phrygian modal cadence

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An EchoDiatonic scale / Harmonic linkage of homophony193

Mirror-image form / Closely related septimal major third / Closely related third intervals / The axis system /Phrygian modal cadence

90

My Father

Diatonic scale / Chromatic scale / Harmonic linkage of homophony

Canon / Closely related septimal major third / Closely related third intervals / The axis system――91

My Trek

Diatonic scale / Chromatic scale

The axis system

18392

Small Dried Sardines

Mixture of two types of diatonic scale and chromatic scale

Polymodality / Practise of false relation / Practise of staccato

18293

In and Out

Mirror-image form / Precise construction of the second intervals――

Chromatic scale / Diatonic scale

Melody by vertically extended types of chromatic scales / Harmonic Phrygian modal cadence in the axis system――

Chromatic scale / Two types of diatonic scale /Atonality / Nontonality

Folksong pentatonic and Mixolydian modal tetratonic94

A Lonely Night95

An Airplane

Chromatic scale / Diatonic scale / Super Mixolydian scale mode

Closely related third intervals / Resolution of harmonic Phrygian mode by the axis system / Leap of octave

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My GodChromatic scale

Construction of the perfect fourth and fifth intervals / Clash of the minor seconds / Cluster――

Nontonality / Homophony /97

MaimaiFree harmonic progression with common notes suspended /Linkage of triads with one note suspended / Fast and precise construction of chords

17398

Thunder

Atonality / Chromatic scale

Sonority of chords born accidentally by chromatic progressions of each part

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An Ogre100 Creatures

Chromatic scale

Polymodality

Atonality / Melody tuned by linkage of the perfect fifth

Vertical and horizontal combinations of perfect intervals / Sonority of the deepest notes of Alt (Bass) part――

Aeolian mode

Authentic canon in polymodality――