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