Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They...
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Grouping of musical instruments, Tang dynasty Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories known as bā yīn (八音). The eight...
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A variety of musical scales are used in traditional Japanese music. While the Chinese Shí-èr-lǜ has influenced Japanese music since the Heian period, in...
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This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...
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a generic term for any and all Japanese stringed instruments. As the number of different stringed instruments in Japan grew, the once-basic definition...
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Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a...
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Music of Myanmar (redirect from Traditional Myanmar musical instruments)
harp. Traditionally, the instruments are classified into five groups called pyissin turiya (ပဉ္စင်တူရိယာ). These instruments are played on a musical scale...
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Shamisen (category Japanese musical instruments)
three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The Japanese pronunciation...
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many musical instruments. In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the instrument include various types of woodwind instruments, such...
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Senbonzakura (song) (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
with traditional Japanese musical instruments". ajapper. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2021. "祝★千本桜1周年!記念アルバム発売も決定!". Niconico (in Japanese). 16 August...
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Music of Indonesia (redirect from Traditional Indonesian musical instruments)
vocals. The kacapi is a traditional zither of Sundanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese guzheng, and similar to the Japanese koto, the Mongolian...
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Biwa (redirect from Biwa (musical instrument))
biwa (Japanese: 琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked wooden lute traditionally used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is a plucked string instrument that first...
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Music of Ethiopia (redirect from Traditional Ethiopian musical instruments)
qenet, such as tizita, a song of reminiscence. When played on traditional instruments, these modes are generally not tempered (that is, the pitches may...
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roughly 1750 to 1900, many new musical instruments were developed. While the evolution of traditional musical instruments slowed beginning in the 20th century...
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Commons has media related to Musical instruments of Mongolia. Music of Mongolia Traditional Korean musical instruments Хөгжим 8-9 (Ulaanbaatar 2009)...
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Japanese traditional dance describes a number of Japanese dance styles with a long history and prescribed method of performance. Some of the oldest forms...
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Ocarina (redirect from Huaca (instrument))
ocarina belongs to a very old family of instruments, believed to date back over 12,000 years. Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in...
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shō (笙) is a Japanese free reed musical instrument descended from the Chinese sheng, of the Tang dynasty era, which was introduced to Japan during the Nara...
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development of modern Japanese music. In modern Japan, many musicians who use traditional instruments tend to mix traditional Japanese styles with western...
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Musical Instruments. Kodansha International. p. 7. ISBN 978-4-7700-2395-7. Malm, William Paul (1983). Japanese music and musical instruments (9th pr ed...
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Kodō (taiko group) (category Musical groups from Niigata Prefecture)
drum". Although taiko are the primary instrument in their performances, other traditional Japanese musical instruments such as fue and shamisen make an appearance...
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November Steps (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
Novenbā Suteppusu) is a musical composition by the Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu, for the traditional Japanese musical instruments, shakuhachi and biwa...
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Minoru Miki (category CS1 uses Japanese-language script (ja))
of contemporary classical music for large ensembles of traditional Japanese musical instruments. In 1964, he founded the Nihon Ongaku Shūdan (Pro Musica...
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Shinto music (category Articles containing Japanese-language text)
(太鼓) may also be found. Gagaku Kagura Dengaku Matsuri Traditional Japanese musical instruments Sadie, Stanley, ed. (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of...
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Rin' (category Musical groups from Tokyo)
Rin' is an all-female Japanese pop group which combines traditional Japanese musical instruments and style with elements of modern pop and rock music....
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Hyōshigi (category Japanese musical instruments)
other traditional Japanese instruments in mikagura-uta, or cycle of songs, which is characteristic of the Tenrikyo religion. The clapping instrument was...
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Japanese dolls (人形, ningyō, lit. 'human form') are one of the traditional Japanese crafts. There are various types of traditional dolls, some representing...
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Music of Nigeria (redirect from Traditional Nigerian musical instruments)
with their own techniques, instruments, and songs. The largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout...
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Leblanc, Inc. was a musical instruments manufacturing company based in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company was a woodwind instrument manufacturer known mainly...
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Taiko (redirect from Japanese drum)
are a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments. In Japanese, the term taiko refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically...
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