Music Japan P2 Flashcards
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music.
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Musical Instruments
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A Percussion Instruments (Membranophones)
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- 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
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
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.
