Music Japan P2

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music.

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Musical Instruments

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A Percussion Instruments (Membranophones)

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1. The Odaiko is a big drum on a stand and is struck with a padded stick The

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Odaiko can also sometimes refer to any drum style but specificaly reserved for

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druims of nagado style.

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The Tsuzumi IS a Japanese twO-headed drum with hourglass-shaped bodies

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The instrument is held on the player’s right shoulder and hit with the fingers

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the right hand. The drummer can produce four soft sounds by changing

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circling rope tensions with gentle left-hand squeezes.

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The Tsuridaiko is a large Japanese hanging drum. It often accompanies imperial

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court music of gagaku.

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Odaiko

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Tsuzumi

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B. String Instruments (Chordophones)

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Tsuridaiko

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1. The Koto is a traditional Japanese musical

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instrument traditionally played as a form of

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entertainment in the imperial courts. A traditiona

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has 13 strings arched tautly across 13 movable bridges along

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the length of the instrument. It makes base pitches by moving these 13

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bridges before playing.

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2. The Biwa is a Japanese lute that is known for its graceful

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pear-shaped body. This instrument is often associated with

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Benten

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the goddess of music in Buddhism.

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O.lhe Shamisen is a three-stringed musical instrument

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piayed with a plectrum. Its construction follws a model similar

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to a guitar or a banjo

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employing a neck and strings stretched across

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d resonating body. The neck of the shamisen is fretless and is slimmer than a

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guitar or a banjo.