Song of the Seashore, Hamabe no Uta (Diction & English translation)

Diction and English translation of "Song of the Seashore" (the original title "Hamabe no Uta" in Japanese).

"Song of the Seashore" is one of Japanese popular classical songs, with brand-new redaction by Yoshio TSUKADA.

Lyric by Kokei HAYASHI (1875-1947)
Music by Tamezou NARITA (1893-1945)

This set includes the followings: - Original Japanese text (mixture of Kanji and Hiragana)
- Original Japanese text (Hiragana, Japanese phonogram characters)
- English translation of the lyric
- Word-by-word English translation
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and pitch indication

Note: Pitch dominants Japanese pronunciation more than accent. Japanese pitch indicates relative relation of consecutive syllables. Japanese pitch represents the relative height of a hearing. It represents neither absolute height nor, level of physical characteristics of the fundamental frequency.

copyright: Japan Traditional Culture Interchange Association, Foster Japanese Songs (FJS) Classics, 2013