Range A3-F5. A waka is a traditional 31-syllable Japanese poem, the precursor of the haiku. As befits the concise character of the poems, these songs are brief; modes and pentatonic scales are used extensively as modest references to traditional sounds. I. Meeting on the Path, II. Like a Mariner, III. Though We Are Parted, IV. It Is For Your Sake, and V. For Your Precious Sake