Japan

Question 2

Yo-pentatonic

Answer 2

Regular pentatonic scale, black note scale

Question 3

In-pentatonic

Answer 3

Used a lot more in traditional music, does have half steps but free of tension

Question 4

Gagaku

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One-type of traditional music, worlds oldest orchestral music, wind & percussion instruments, 550ad, slow music

Question 5

Kangen

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Instrumental for entertainment

Question 6

Bugaku

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Traditional dance music

Question 7

Shinto

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A native religion, not a big central dogma, ancestral worship, shinto shrines with festivals every year

Question 8

Mikagura

Answer 8

The music during a service, shinto, sounds native american

Question 9

Matsuri-bayashi

Answer 9

Music that accompanies shrine festival, drumes and flute, off beat

Question 10

Jo-ha-kyu

Answer 10

Japanese idea for musicians, beginning middle and conclusion, examine entire piece or just a note

Question 11

Taiko

Answer 11

Word for drum, very fast and accurate, flashy

Question 12

Bunraku

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Puppet theatre by 3 people, narrator, shamisen player

Question 13

Noh

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Oldest of theatre traditions, pace is slow, runway with no curtain, masked, occasional music, morality tale

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Kabuki

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Most common of theatre, late 1800s, painted faces, lost of action, no woman

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Butoh

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Tied to noh, after WWII atomic bomb, very loose dance and theatre, very slow, naked people posing

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Koto

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Plucked sting, fairly large 13 strings, finger picks, moveable bridges, slow quiet music

Question 17

Shamisen

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Lute, 3 string instrument, japanese banjo, large pick, folk music, not really traditional

Question 18

Biwa

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Similar to pipa, lute with 4 strings, playes same as pipa, more variety can have 5 strings

Question 19

Hichiricki

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Both gagaku styles, double reed instrument, nasaly sound, wide mouthpiece, loud

Question 20

Shakuhachi

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End blown bamboo flute, name is 2.5, breathing styles, mediation breathing, difficult to play

Question 21

Sho

Answer 21

Mouth organ, combination of pitches, sounds come in and out