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Japanese traditional music aspects

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-Musical interval is based on breathing - Japanese musicians master the use of an instrument rather than simply perfecting the technique - Is Meditative -Music theme is about religious festivals, works, dance, love, and sacred songs -Shows spiritual character - China has influenced Japan

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Chinese traditional music aspects

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-Chinese traditional music had vast and influential traditions over the century -The teaching of Confucius dominated the Chinese culture and concieved it as highest sense - Means calming passion and dispelling unrest and lust - Chinese believed that sounds could influence the harmony of the universe

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Korean traditional music aspects

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-Bright rhythm and melody - uplifts energy and capricious that contrasts with the nation’s classsical music work - Folk song of Korea reflects the soul and the traditional villages with a wide-ranging array of music forms -There are two major divisions of Korean traditional music

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Chong-ak

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-Means “right music” - Associated with the ruling classes - Pertains to ensemble music for men of high social status outside of the court

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Sog-ak or Minsogak

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Music for the general public

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a big drum. The performance gives physical energy and sheer excitement. It is an integral part of many Japanese Matsuri.

Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)

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Odaiko

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is an hourglass-shape instrument. It has two varieties, the smaller (kotsuzumi) and the larger
(otsuzumi). These instruments are used in both Noh and Kabuki performance.

Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)

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Tsuzumi

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a large hanging barrel drum. The two mallets are used to play tsuridaiko on the other side only.

Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)

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Tsuridaiko

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a drum that has various sizes and it is used to play a variety of musical genres.

Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)

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Taiko

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a 13-stringed zither. It is made of Paulownia wood and about two meters
long. It performs through plucking using a pick on the thumb and first two fingers of
the right hand, while the left hand can be used to modify pitch and tone

String Instruments (Chordophone)

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Koto

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a stringed instrument and performs through plucking. The strings
stretched across a resonating body. The neck is fretless.

String Instruments (Chordophone)

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Shamisen

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a short necked fretted lute. This instrument is commonly used in narrative storytelling.

String Instruments (Chordophone)

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Biwa

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is the most famous flute made from bamboo. It consist of four or five holes on the front face and a thumb hole on the rear face. It was imported from China for Gagaku.

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Shakuhachi

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a bamboo flute (fue) is the only melodic instrument perform in Noh. The melody of this instrument has no specific pitch relationship with the melody of the chanting.

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Nokan

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is one of the two main melodic instruments in Japanese Gagaku music. It is a double reed Japanese flute.

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Hichiriki

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Musical Instruments of Japan

was introduced from China during
the Nara period and it has free reed.

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Musical Instruments of Japan

has a high pitched sound and it is also
known as takebue.

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Musical Instruments of Japan

is a Japanese transverse fue made of bamboo and it literally means dragon flute. It is used in Gagaku

Wind Instruments (Aerophone)

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is a moon-shaped lute with a shorter neck and four strings. It is used to accompany local operas.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is a four-stringed lute with 30 frets and a pear-shaped body. It has extremely wide dynamic range and remarkable expressive power.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is one of the most popular instruments in China. It is fiddle with two strings. This
instrument can be performed as solo as well, in small ensemble or large orchestra, and by various ethic groups.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is a set of ten small tuned gongs mounted in a wood frame. It literally means cloud gongs or
cloud of gongs. This instrument is generally equal in diameter, but different in thickness. The pitch depends on the thickness of the gongs.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is known as a Chinese mouth organ. It consist of 12 to 36 bamboo pipes. The pipe has a
different length and it has a brass reed on the bottom and a hole that must be locked in order to make a sound.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is the traditional Chinese flute. It can have a membrane over an extra hole to give the rattle effect. To play Dizi, the performer blow across the mouthpiece and to produce a different note by stopping the six holes found in the rod.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

is an elongated-trapezoid with 13 to 21 strings stretched over individual bridges. The
range spans of this instrument are three to four octaves.

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Chinese Musical Instruments

The two small bells are made of high-tin bronze. It is a coloring rhythmic instrument.

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Korean Musical Instruments

is a zither like string instrument, with 12 strings, but recent variants
have been constructed with 21 or more numbers of strings.

Stringed Instrument

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Kayagum (gayageum)

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Korean Musical Instruments

is a traditional Korean six-string plucked zither with bridges and frets.

Stringed Instrument

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Korean Musical Instruments

has a two-string vertical fiddle. It has two silk strings, rod-like neck, a hallow wooden
soundbox. It is played vertically on the knee using with a bow.

Stringed Instrument

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Korean Musical Instruments

Its large and cylindrical bore makes it sound mellower than other types of
oboe. It is made of bamboo and performs both folk and classical music of Korea.

Wind Instrument

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Korean Musical Instruments

is an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made from animal skin. Both heads produce sounds with different pitch.

Percussion Instrument

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What is Arirang about?

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A parting song of two lovers

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What does Mo Li Hua mean?

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describes the appearance of a jasmine flower, which is beautiful and white

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What does Sakura Sakura mean?

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describes the appearance of a japanese cherry blossom

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String Instruments

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Chordophone

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Woodwind Instruments

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Percussion Instruments

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Membranophone

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