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Unit 3: Music from China & Japan

Unit 3: Music from China & Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwADnoFDng. 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.

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Unit 3: Music from China & Japan

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  1. Unit 3:Music from China & Japan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwADnoFDng

  2. Where are we going?  You are here! China Japan

  3. 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

  4. Traditional Culture / Characteristics of Music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVBGzaB7nSs • 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” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDyKe7lbgZ0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQuVawhHCzA

  5. 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 andBunraku performances are accompanied by the shamisen. • Minyo: Japanese folk songs Note: Historic AND modern tradition and culture

  6. 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

  7. 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 faso la ti(do)

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