MUSIC
Yueqin
moon-shaped lute with shorter neck and 4 strings played with a plectrum and is used to accompany local opera
Shakuhachi
most famous flute made from bamboo and was imported from China from gagaku
Japanese music
never repeats same melody in a song
Sheng
one of the oldest chinese intruments
Nokan
parallel bamboo flute which is the only melodic instrument used in noh
Koto
played by plucking using picks on the thumb, first two fingers of the right hand and the left hand can be used to modify pitch and tone
Erhu
two-stringed fiddle and one of the most popular Chinese intruments
Erhu
used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles or large orchestras, and by various groups
Tsuzumi
used in both noh and kabuki performances
Pengling
A rythmic instrument that adds color to the music used in either in ensembles or in theater music, bringing an effect of peaceful dreams
-Sheng -Dizi
Aerophones of Chinese music
-Shakuhachi -Nokan -Hichiriki -Sho -Shinobue -Ryuteki
Aerophones(6) of Japanese Music
Dizi
Can have a membrane over an extra hole to give the characteristic rattle effect
-Chordophones -Aerophones -Idiophones
Chinese Musical Instruments
Confucius
Chinese culture was dominated by the teachings of this philosopher
-Odaiko -Tsuzumi -Tsuridaiko -Taiko
Membranophones (4) of Japanese Music
-Membranophones (Percussion) -Chordophones (String) -Aerophones (Wind)
Musical Instruments
Membranophones
Percussion Instruments
Chordophones
String Instrument
-religious festivals -work -dance -love -regional songs
Japanese music is all about:(5)
Japanese music
based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing and
Biwa
chosen instrument of Benten
Pipa
four-stringed lute with 30frets and a pear-shaped body
Japanese music
different from the Western vocal music
Benten
goddess of music, eloquence, poetry and education in Japanese Shinto
Membranohphones (Percussion)
instruments that are made form animal skin and played by striking
Chordophones (String)
instruments with strings and are played by plucking, strumming or bowing
Yunluo
"cloud of gongs," it is a set of ten small tuned gongs mounted in a wooden frame
Ryuteki
"dragon flute," it is a transverse flute made of bamboo and is used in gagaku
Erhu
2-stringed fiddle
Sho
a mouth organ made of reeds that was introduces from China during the Nara period
Yiyongjun Jinxingqu
Chinese national anthem
-Koto -Shamisen -Biwa
Chordophones (3) of Japanese Music
-Yueqin -Pipa -Erhu -Zheng
Chordophones of Chinese music
Japanese music
How their spiritual self-mastery in mastering his or her instrument more than simply perfecting a technique of some sort
-Yunluo -Penling
Idiophones of Chinese music
Aerophones(wIND)
Instruments that are played by blowing
melodic than harmonic
Traditional Chinese music
-Yosen -Insen
Two modes of Traditional Japanese music
Pengling
Two small bells of high-tin bronze without internal clappers, hemispheric or bottomless gourd-like in shape
-kotsuzumi -otsuzumi
Two varietes of Tsuzumi
Aerophones
Wind instruments
Koto
a 13-string zither, about 2 m long and is made of paulownia wood
Odaiko
a big drum and is an integral of many Japanese matsuri (festivals)
Sheng
a chinese mouth organ that looks like a set of panpipes with 12-36 bamboo pipes with different lengths which makes it possible to sound several notes simultaneously.
Hichiriki
a double reed Japanese flute used as one of the two main melodic instruments in gagaku music
Taiko
a drum that comes in various sizes and is used to play a variety of musical genres
Shamisen
a plucked string instrument and its construction follos a model similar to that of a guitar or a banjo makes use of plectrum
Biwa
a short-necked fretted lute, used in storytelling.
Shinobue
a transverse bamboo flute that has a high-pitched sound
Zheng
an ancient Chinese instrument that has an arched surface and an elongated-trapezoid with 13-21 strings stretched over individual bridges
Tsuzumi
an hourglass-shaped drum
Traditional Japanese music
its performance is highly ritaulized
paulownia wood
koto is made of
Tsuridaiko
large hanging barrel drum
Traditional Japanese music
meditative in character
Xiaodao
short tunes are popular music in urban areas known as
Japanese music
they give value to their performance and composure
Pipa
this instrument has an extremely wide dynamic range and remarkable expressive power
Dizi
traditional Chinese flute
Chinese vocal music
traditionally been sung in a thin, non-resonant voice or in falsetto
Chinese vocal music
usually solo rather than choral
