japan

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based on ma (a Japanese interval)

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Rhythm

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uses pentatonic scale

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Melody

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– Vocal – sung in high tight-throated and melismatic manner

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Timbre

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Often follows a three-part form called jo-ha-kyu

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Form

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The word for music in Japanese is

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ongaku,

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it is used on formal occasions at shrines or imperial functions and at Shinto folk festivals

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Kagura

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Shinto prayers

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norito

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music of worship

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Shinto

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Japanese Folk Music

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Saibara

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Japanese Folk Music

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Saibara

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Kabuki or Noh Music Theater

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drama music

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a cluster of shaken pellet bells

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suzu

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a cluster of shaken pellet bells

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suzu

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Buddhist chants) – it is written in one of three languages: Sanskrit, Chinese, or Japanese. It is sung in unison with ornamentations, free rhythm, and phrases or ritual sections marked off by bells or percussion instruments.

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Shomyo

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are sung in Chinese and in high, tight-throated, and, melismatic fashions. The meter is in duple meter, although some are in triple meter

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Saibara or Japanese folk songs

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instrumental ensemble called

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hayashi,

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used in Japanese music including gagaku and shomyo. It is used specifically in folk songs.

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Yo Scale

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also known as the Sakura pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song Sakura, Sakura

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In Scale

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sounds more like Chinese scale.

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Ryo Scale

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sounds more like Japanese scale.

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Ritsu Scale

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elegant music) refers to the traditional court music of Japan, which flourished during the Nara and Heian periods (710-1185). In Japanese, gagaku means “refined” (ga) “music” (gaku). Gagaku is music of the elite. It is often known as the “art of singing and dancing.”

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Gagaku

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instrumental music

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Kigaku

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vocal music

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Seigaku

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instrumental ensemble composed of the wind and string instruments

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Kangen

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dance music

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Bugaku

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for Shinto ceremonies

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Ritual music

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it is an orchestral music and instrumental ensemble accompanying the dance in Bugaku. This ensemble means, “wind and string instruments.”

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Kangen

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it is an ensemble composed of three famous Japanese instruments namely the koto (zither), shamisen (lute), and shakuhachi (flute). It is used as an accompanimentfor vocal and serves as an interlude in between music sections

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Sankyoku