Japanese Flashcards
1
Q
What are the musical features of Japanese music?
A
Pentatonic and heptatonic scales
Ritsu and Ryo scales - pentatonic without semitone
Gadaku structure- three sections, slow, fast, faster
Heterophonic or monophonic texture
2
Q
Where is it performed?
A
Theatres, Gagaku - royal courts
3
Q
Percussion instruments?
A
Clappers
Wadiko - big drum, loud and powerful
Gongs
4
Q
Stringed instruments?
A
Biwa - pear shaped lute like pipa
Koto - long zither like guzheng
Kokyu - bowed lute, 3 strings
5
Q
Wind instruments
A
Bamboo flutes - many kinds and shapes, tranverse and vertical
Hichiriki - double reeded flute
Mouth organs - free reed
Horagai - seashell horn
