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Japan

Japan. The Land of the Rising Sun. Japan. Language: Japanese. -is also known as “The Land of the Rising Sun”. Capital: Tokyo. Japanese Music. Japanese Music. Japanese music was influenced by the court music of China

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  1. Japan The Land of the Rising Sun

  2. Japan Language: Japanese -is also known as “The Land of the Rising Sun” Capital: Tokyo

  3. Japanese Music

  4. Japanese Music Japanese music was influenced by the court music of China Japanese music is monophony in nature. It observes minute tones, free rhythm and delicate timbre. It is usually written in duple meter

  5. Japanese Music two ancient foundation Japanese Art Music Folk Music

  6. Japanese Traditional Music

  7. Japanese Traditional Music has sparse rhythm Much of the traditional music of Japan was brought by the Chinese and Korean musicians around the 8th century

  8. Japanese Traditional Music two ancient foundation shōmyō  (声明 or 聲明) gagaku (雅楽)

  9. shōmyō (声明 or 聲明) also called Buddhist chanting type of Buddhist song that is known for being a melody that is added to a sutra originated in India and came to Japan during the country's Nara period

  10. shōmyō (声明 or 聲明) is sung acapella by one or more Buddhist monks it doesn't use any musical instruments at present, the SHOMYO has lost its real religious nature and has become more and more of a formal ceremonial music in the temple and at home

  11. gagaku (雅楽)

  12. gagaku (雅楽) literally means “elegant music”ga- refined gaku- music oldest music and dance in existence in Japan only surviving music in Japan ancient imperial music and dance Was introduced about 1,200 years ago been preserved at the Court and in shrines and temples

  13. Types of gagaku (雅楽) kigaku(器楽)- instrumental music seigaku (声楽)- vocal music

  14. Today, gagaku is performed in three ways: Instrumental ensemble (kangen) Dance music (bugaku) Ritual music of Shinto ceremonies

  15. kangen An instrumental music consisting of an ensemble including the hichiriki, ryuteki, sho, gakusou, gakubiwa, and various percussion instruments.

  16. bugaku A dance accompanied by a part or the entire gagaku ensemble

  17. Ritual music of Shinto ceremonies The style of playing feel so depressing utilizing only a simple flute, zither, hichiriki and wooden clappers

  18. Composition of the gagaku (雅楽)

  19. Composition of the gagaku (雅楽) one melody which has different interpretations depending on the variations performed on the instruments

  20. Jo-ha-kyū (序破急) is a concept of modulation and movement applied in a wide variety of traditional Japanese arts Roughly translated to "beginning, break, rapid", it essentially means that all actions or efforts should begin slowly, speed up, and then end swiftly The concept originated in gagaku court music, specifically in the ways in which elements of the music could be distinguished and described

  21. Japanese Musical Scale A variety of musical scales are used in traditional Japanese music twelve-tone (dodecaphonic) Chinese scale has influenced Japanese music since the Heian period, in practice Japanese traditional music is often based on pentatonic (five tone) or heptatonic(seven tone) scales Resembles that of the West in that they both contain seven tones in one octave, although tone arrangement differ

  22. Diatonic Scale also called as heptatonia prima is an eight-note musical scale composed of seven pitches and a repeated octave includes five whole stepsand two half steps for each octave, in which the two half steps are separated from each other by either two or three whole steps, depending on their position in the scale

  23. Ryosen- -ichikotsu(D) - sojo (G) - taishiki (E)

  24. Ritsusen- -Hyojo (C) -Oshiki (A) -Banshiki(B)

  25. Pentatonic Scale is a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave in contrast to a heptatonic (seven note) scale such as the major scale and minor scale very common and are found all over the world

  26. Nohgaku

  27. Nohgaku (Noh and Kyogen) Noh, along with bugaku or ancient dances with music accompaniment; kyogen, a form of comedy is the traditional Japanese art which was established in mid 14th century music performed on the Noh • Shimai • dance performed in Noh

  28. Nohgaku has two elements vocal instrumental

  29. Vocal is known as utai performed by an actor and eight male singers– who narrates the story derived from the shomyo consists of songs and speeches with fixed intonation

  30. Instrumental is known as hayashi performed by the nohkan, a bamboo flute– three drums, (ko-tsuzumi or tsuzumi, and taiko). The flute plays the melody

  31. Kabuki

  32. Kabuki great theatrical contribution of the Edu period comes from the verb kabuku which, in the 15th and 16th centuries meant “to act in an unusual manner wearing unusual clothes o-daiko-a large drum was installed in the kabuki theater in tower over the entrance - It is used to calm and pacify the customers - used to signal the opening and the closing of the theater

  33. Sources: www.wikipedia.org

  34. Thank You !!!

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