CIRCULAR MUSICAL FORMS (円い音楽形式)

From Greek, meaning 'ruler'. Parts start at the same distance apart.

The earliest style of canon. Earliest comes from England, written in 1250.

Freré Jacques

Row row row your boat

IS TWO PLAYERS (OR MORE) PLAYERS COMPLETING ONE PART.

USES A LOT OF INTERLOCKING

WAS INFLUENCED BY BALINESE INTERLOCKING AND CIRCULAR FORMS