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    Min'yō (民謡), Nihon min'yō, Japanese min'yō or Japanese folk music is a genre of traditional Japanese music. Many min'yō are connected to forms of work...
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    but in min'yō, they are often included as parts of choruses. There are many kakegoe, though they vary from region to region. In Okinawa Min'yō, for example...
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  • rhymes and children's songs. "New min'yō" (新民謡, shin min'yō), composed in the style of traditional Okinawan min'yō, have been written by several contemporary...
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  • the term min'yo (folk songs), a term which can be found in Shigeno Yūkō's Amami Ōshima minzoku-shi (1927), Kazari Eikichi's Amami Ōshima min'yō taikan (1933)...
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    a Japanese musical group that reworks traditional Japanese folk songs (min'yō) with arrangements inspired by various international music genres, including...
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    Sōran Bushi (ソーラン節) is one of the most famous traditional songs and dance (min'yō) in Japan. It is a sea shanty that is said to have been first sung by the...
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    songs specifically pertinent to the spiritual message of Obon, or local min'yō folk songs. Consequently, the Bon dance appears different from region to...
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    tones" located a fourth apart and containing notes between them, as in the min'yō scale used in folk music, and whose pitches are equivalent to the second...
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    1970 "Shin-min'yō undō no ongakushi-teki igi". Engekigaku 11:1–29. (Study of the "new folk song" movement) Matsuno Takeo 1935 "Tsugaru min'yō-shi". Kyōdo-shi...
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  • of folk music originating in Japan’s Heian era. Japanese for folk song. Min'yō (民謡), a style of Japanese accompanied folk singing. It would enter the Korean...
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    (1911–1979), evolved a new style of playing, based on traditional folk songs (min'yō) but involving much improvisation and flashy fingerwork. This style – now...
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  • singer.[why?] Michiya Mihashi, who originally sang Japanese folk music (min'yō) and learned tsugaru-jamisen, released his debut single "Sake no Nigasa...
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    Japan. The atarigane (当たり鉦) is often found in traditional Japanese music or min'yō. Although sometimes suspended from a bar, it is more common for a musician...
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    Kundiman Manila sound Indian Kamrupi Lokgeet Rasiya Sanedo Indonesian Japanese Min'yō Korean Trot Mongolian Nepalese Pakistani Vietnamese Quan họ European Alpine...
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  • a Japanese kayōkyoku singer. She also sings jazz, chanson, canzone, and min'yō. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen...
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  • on Japanese folk music called min'yō, but also adopted Western musical style. Therefore, his music was called "Shin Min'yō" (新民謡, lit. "New Folk Song")...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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    Japanese music ensembles, from nagauta, hayashi, taiko, to folk music, or min'yō ensembles. The word "shime-daiko" comes from a larger word "tsukeshime-daiko"...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • Prefecture. The song uses a mix of modern pop and rock styles as well as min'yō. Okinawan musical instruments and Okinawan vocabulary have been incorporated...
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  • above shows Hokama's classification presented in a volume of the Nihon min'yō taikan (1993). The table below is another classification by Hokama, which...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • (新良 幸人, Ara Yukito, born 1967) is a Japanese sanshin player and Okinawa min'yō (traditional folk songs) singer. Born on Ishigaki Island in 1967, Yukito...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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    Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • Ki&Ki Origin Japan Genres Min'yō, pop Years active 2008–present Labels JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment Members Hikari Shirafuji Kanami Takeda Website www...
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    Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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  • Shichōsonka (municipality song) [ja] Shōka [ja] Manshū-Shōka [ja] Shin-min'yō [ja] Post-War (1945–present) Ethnic and regional Ainu music Rekuhkara Southern...
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