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35 Cards in this Set
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Koto
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Long, thirteen-stringed plucked zither with moveable bridges.
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Shamisen
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Three-stringed, long-necked, fret-less lute, with skin covered sound box. Plucked with a large plectrum
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Wagon
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Six-stringed zither.
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Gaku-so
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Thirteen-stringed zither(predecessor of koto).
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Biwa
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Pear-shaped lute with four strings and four frets played with a samll plectrum.
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Fue
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Horizontal flute.
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Shakuhachi
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End-blown flute with four fingerholes, one thumbhole, and a notch cut in the lip.
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Nohkan
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Horizontal flute associated with noh drama. Seven fingerholes and a mouth hole.
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Ryuteki
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Large, seven-holed, horizontal flute of Chinese origin associated with gagaku.
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Kagura-bue
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Transverse bamboo flute with six fingerholes.
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Koma-bue
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Small, six-holed bamboo flute of Korean origin.
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Hichiriki
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Short double-reed bamboo oboe with piercing sound.
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Sho
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Mouth organ with seventeen reed pipes similar to the Chinese Sheng.
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O-daiko
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Large drum
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Ko-tsuzumi
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Small hourglass-shaped, double-headed drum, held on the right shoulder. The ropes that hold the heads to the body may be squeezed to raise the pitch.
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O-tsuzumi
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Slightly larger hourglass-shaped, double-headed drum held on the left hip. The head is kept at maximum tension and the player wears hard thimbles.
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Taiko
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Shallow barrel-shaped, double-headed drum, placed on a special stand for better resonance and played with two thick sticks.
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Da-daiko
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Hige drum struck with two thick sticks, used only in bugaku.
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Tsuri-daiko
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Suspended double-headed drum, one of which is struck with two sticks.
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Kakko
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Small double-headed drum played with thin sticks.
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San-no-tsuzumi
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Double-headed, hourglass-shaped drum of Korean origin; one head is struck.
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Shakubyoshi
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Pair of wooden clappers.
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Shoku
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Small suspended gong played with two sticks.
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Court and Ritual genres:
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1)Shomyo-Buddist
2)Kagura-Shinto 3)Gagaku-Classical -komagaku -togaku 4)Bugaku-gagaku acc. dance |
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Shomyo
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Buddist chant of Japanese Court and ritual genres.
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Kagura
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Shinto music of Japanese Court and Ritual genres.
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Gagaku
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"elegant music"; instrumental music of the Imerial court. Its repertoire is didvided into two large categories: komagaku, and togaku.
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Bugaku
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Gagaku music used to acc. dance of the court and ritual genres.
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Theatrical genres:
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1)Noh
2)Kabuki 3)Bunraku |
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Noh
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Japanese classical drama associated w/ the samuri class; highly stylized and refined; austerity reflects strong influence of Buddism, not flashy, but with discipline.
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Kabuki
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main form of musical theater that has flashy costumes and associated with the townspeople.
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Bunraku
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Puppet theater of wooden dolls that are 2/3 life-size, associated with the townspeople.
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Traditional lyric and instrumental music: HOGAKU
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chamber koto music
1)Sokyaku 2)Jiuta 3)Shamisen |
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Sokyoku and types
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Koto music, (use of Chinese like Sheng zither)
1)Kumiuta-song set(Uta)-text not related. -song cycle-text and theme related 2)Danmoto- koto w/o voice -sectional peices-(Dan)uses no form structure |
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Jiuta
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of traditional Japanese Hogaku, features koto too, played by a trio(Sankyoku: koto, shamisen, shakuhachi)
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