Music 8 lesson #2 music of japan
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Japanese music is based on human breathing intervals rather than strict timing. Traditional music includes gagaku orchestral performances and religious chanting, while modern J-Pop emerged in the 1990s. Instrumental music has a meditative quality and is performed with composure. Traditional instruments include strings like the koto and shamisen, and percussion like the kakko and shimedaiko. Wind instruments include the shakuhachi flute and ryuteki. Performance aims to demonstrate spiritual mastery rather than just technical skill.
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- 4. Japanese vocal music is based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing Japanese musicians show their spiritual self-mastery in mastering his or her instrument more than simply perfecting a technique They give value to their performance and composure.
- 5. HOGAKU – traditional music based on the early Chinese and Buddhist music. SHIMYO – chants made on religious hymns created by Buddhists. YO-SEN – hard mode IN-SEN – soft mode (Each has 7 tones but only 5 are used)
- 6. J POP It means Japanese Pop. Musical genre that started in 1990s. Even if the youth get interested with pop and rock music, they still perform their traditional music especially the festival and folk music, epic singing, percussion instruments and Theatrical plays.
- 7. Instrumental music of Japan Traditional Japanese music is basically meditative in character. Performance is highly ritualized, as much in the music itself, as in the composure of the musicians when performing it. Japanese chamber and solo music have a slow meditative pace.
- 8. The performance of Japanese music has traditionally been of a spiritual character, similarly to martial arts and other forms of art such as the tea ceremony and calligraphy. It is usually about religious festivals, work, dance, love, and regional songs.
- 9. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC THE GAGAKU ORCHESTRA Japanese orchestra. Provides instrumental performances as well as accompanying music for dance presentation. Consists of wind, strings and percussion instruments.
- 10. KAKKO It is a small drum whose both ends are covered with animal skin. It is played using 2 sticks. Percussion Instruments
- 11. KOTSUZUMI It is a shoulder hand drum used in the Noh play.
- 12. SHIMEDAIKO It is has a short but wide body. It is suspended. It is played by sticks calle “batchi”
- 13. String Instruments KOTO It is a plucked table zither with 13 strings.
- 14. SHAMISEN is a long necked plucked stringed instrument. It has 3 string with no frets. Its major function is to accompany singers of geishas and kabuki performances.
- 15. BIWA It is a lute pear- shaped instrument with 4 and 5 strings and frets made from wood. It is used to accompany singing, narratives and storytelling.
- 17. Wind Instruments SHAKUHACHI It is an end-blown five finger hole flute used to accompany Gagaku music.
- 18. HICHIRIKI It is a short bamboo double reed pipe with 9 finger holes.
- 19. SHO It is a set of 17 bamboo mouth pipes.
- 20. RYūTEKI It is a flute instrument.