MAPEH Korean origin and of native composition associated
with rituals of the Shinto religion.
Saibara –
Music
Is a small number of regional Japanese folk songs
(2nd Quarter
Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)
Odaiko (Big Drum) –
JAPANESE MUSIC The physical energy and sheer excitement of an
Performance of Japanese music has traditionally Odaiko performance is an integral part of many
Japanese festivals (Matsuri).
been of a spiritual character. It is usually about religious
festivals, work, dance, love, and regional songs. Audiences are Tsuzumi (Hourglass-Shaped) –
looking for this self-mastery in musicians. This is the reason There are two varieties:
why music has become highly ritualized. The musicians must – Kotsuzumi (Smaller) – Held on the right
show their self-mastery in their performance and composure. shoulder and the players alters the tone by
squeezing the laces.
Based on the five-tone scale or the pentatonic scale. – Otsuzumi (Bigger) – Is placed on the left
Before the historical period, the Japanese traditional thigh.
music (Hogaku) develops an accompaniment of ritual Tsuridaiko –
dances called Kagura. A large hanging barrel drum.
Japanese has three general types of instruments Taiko –
(Percussion, string, wind) Comes in various sizes and is used to play a variety of
music genre
Japanese Vocal Music – String Instruments (Chordophones)
Based on the intervals of human breathing rather than the
Koto –
mathematical timing.
13-Strings zither, about two meters long. Plucked
Also, a way to show Japanese musicians’ spiritual self-mastery
using picks on the thumbs and first two fingers of the
in mastering their instrument more than simply perfecting a
right hand, while the left hand can be used to modify
technique, and how they give value to their performance and
pitch and tone. Used in an ensemble in gagaku or as
composure.
a solo.
Japanese Instrumental Music – Shamisen –
Meditative in character, its performance is highly ritualized, as A plucked stringed instrument. Its construction
much in the music itself. Japanese chamber and solo music follows a model similar to that of a guitar or a banjo,
have a slow and meditative pace. employing a neck, and strings stretched across a
resonating body. The neck is fretless, and is slimmer
Yo-Sen – Male Scale than a guitar or a banjo.
In-Sen – Female Scale Biwa –
A short-necked fretted lute, often used in narrative
Shomyo –
storytelling. The chosen instrument of Benten, the
Also called as Buddhist chanting. The chants are based on
goddess of music, eloquence, poetry, and education
sacred text and hymns. They have flexible rhythms, where the
in Japanese Shinto.
singers simply stops when there is no more breath. They
are sung in acapella and are monophonic texture. Wind Instruments (Aerophones)
Gagaku – Shakuhachi –
Means “elegant and refined music. The only surviving music Most famous flute made form bamboo. It has 4-5
in Japan. This court music has been greatly influenced by finger holes on the front face and a thumbhole on
China. the rear face.
Nokan –
Music Styles A parallel, bamboo flute is the only melodic
Togaku – instrument used in noh. The melody of the flute has
Highest musical style or court music. no specific pitch relationship with the melody of the
chanting.
Komagaku – Hichiriki –
with rituals of the Shinto religion.
Saibara –
Music
Is a small number of regional Japanese folk songs
(2nd Quarter
Percussion Instruments (Membranophone)
Odaiko (Big Drum) –
JAPANESE MUSIC The physical energy and sheer excitement of an
Performance of Japanese music has traditionally Odaiko performance is an integral part of many
Japanese festivals (Matsuri).
been of a spiritual character. It is usually about religious
festivals, work, dance, love, and regional songs. Audiences are Tsuzumi (Hourglass-Shaped) –
looking for this self-mastery in musicians. This is the reason There are two varieties:
why music has become highly ritualized. The musicians must – Kotsuzumi (Smaller) – Held on the right
show their self-mastery in their performance and composure. shoulder and the players alters the tone by
squeezing the laces.
Based on the five-tone scale or the pentatonic scale. – Otsuzumi (Bigger) – Is placed on the left
Before the historical period, the Japanese traditional thigh.
music (Hogaku) develops an accompaniment of ritual Tsuridaiko –
dances called Kagura. A large hanging barrel drum.
Japanese has three general types of instruments Taiko –
(Percussion, string, wind) Comes in various sizes and is used to play a variety of
music genre
Japanese Vocal Music – String Instruments (Chordophones)
Based on the intervals of human breathing rather than the
Koto –
mathematical timing.
13-Strings zither, about two meters long. Plucked
Also, a way to show Japanese musicians’ spiritual self-mastery
using picks on the thumbs and first two fingers of the
in mastering their instrument more than simply perfecting a
right hand, while the left hand can be used to modify
technique, and how they give value to their performance and
pitch and tone. Used in an ensemble in gagaku or as
composure.
a solo.
Japanese Instrumental Music – Shamisen –
Meditative in character, its performance is highly ritualized, as A plucked stringed instrument. Its construction
much in the music itself. Japanese chamber and solo music follows a model similar to that of a guitar or a banjo,
have a slow and meditative pace. employing a neck, and strings stretched across a
resonating body. The neck is fretless, and is slimmer
Yo-Sen – Male Scale than a guitar or a banjo.
In-Sen – Female Scale Biwa –
A short-necked fretted lute, often used in narrative
Shomyo –
storytelling. The chosen instrument of Benten, the
Also called as Buddhist chanting. The chants are based on
goddess of music, eloquence, poetry, and education
sacred text and hymns. They have flexible rhythms, where the
in Japanese Shinto.
singers simply stops when there is no more breath. They
are sung in acapella and are monophonic texture. Wind Instruments (Aerophones)
Gagaku – Shakuhachi –
Means “elegant and refined music. The only surviving music Most famous flute made form bamboo. It has 4-5
in Japan. This court music has been greatly influenced by finger holes on the front face and a thumbhole on
China. the rear face.
Nokan –
Music Styles A parallel, bamboo flute is the only melodic
Togaku – instrument used in noh. The melody of the flute has
Highest musical style or court music. no specific pitch relationship with the melody of the
chanting.
Komagaku – Hichiriki –
