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UNIT 3:MUSIC FROM CHINA & JAPAN
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Where are we going?
You are here! China Japan
China’s Current Population:1,339,724,852
Japan’s Current Population:127,720,000
World Population:almost 7,000,000,000
United States Population:312,540,000
Traditional Culture / Characteristics of Music
• Philosophy, religion, art, dress, dance, theater, and music are often tied together and have overarching symbolic meaning• Overarching tone in combination is valued more than single melodies or individual instruments• A wide variety of string instruments are used, played with a wide variety of techniques (tools for strumming, etc)
• Other important instruments include flutes, cymbals, and other types of unique percussion instruments.
• Scales are unique and specific (often semi-tone or pentatonic)• Rhythms include embellishments that may seem “out of time”
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List of Japanese Music Vocabulary• Gagaku:
Ancient court music from China and Korea. It is the oldest type of Japanese, traditional music.
• Biwagaku: Music played with the Biwa, a kind of guitar with four strings.
• Nohgaku: Music played during Noh performances. It basically consists of a chorus, the Hayashi flute, theTsuzumi drum, and other instruments.
• Sokyoku: Music played with the Koto, a type of zither with 13 strings. Later also accompanied byShamisen and Shakuhachi.
• Shakuhachi: Music played with the Shakuhachi, a bamboo flute that is about 55 cm long. The name of the flute is its length expressed in shaku an old Japanese unit of length.
• Shamisenongaku: Music played with the Shamisen, a kind of guitar with only three strings. Kabuki and Bunraku performances are accompanied by the shamisen.
• Minyo: Japanese folk songsNote: Historic AND modern tradition and culture
Other Significant Cultural Information• Calligraphy and Ink Wash Painting• Do not just produce appearance,
capture soul!
• Haiku
•Martial Arts (Kung Fu; Budo “way of life”)• Physical, spiritual, moral, personal growth
• Ancient religions still practiced• Many considered simply philosophy or
mentality. (Buddhism, Daoism, Shintoism)• Architecture often traced back to
ancient, sacred temples
Introduction to Music Theory
• Scale• A way notes are grouped in special ways to get different
sounds/evoke different emotions
• Pentatonic Scale• FIVE• Using only five of the traditional seven notes• Do re mi fa so la ti (do)
• Do re mi fa so la ti (do)