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A woman playing the shō. The shō was first used as a solo instrument for contemporary music by the Japanese performer Mayumi Miyata.Miyata and other shō players who specialize in contemporary music use specially constructed instruments whose silent pipes are replaced by pipes that sound notes unavailable on the more traditional instrument, giving a wider range of pitches.
Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories (classified by the material from which the instruments were made) known as bā yīn . [1] The eight categories are silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd and skin; other instruments considered traditional exist that may not fit these groups. The grouping of ...
Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise a range of string , wind , and percussion instruments.
The most notable variations include the harmonica, and Asian free reed wind instruments consisting of a number of bamboo pipes of varying lengths fixed into a wind chest; these include the sheng, khaen, lusheng, yu, shō, and saenghwang. The melodica, consisting of a single tube that is essentially blown through a keyboard, is another variation.
Sho, Tibet; Sho (letter), for the Bactrian language; Shō (unit) (升), a Japanese unit of volume; Shō River, Japan; Regulation SHO; Senior house officer, in hospitals in Ireland; Showtime (TV network) Shutout, in team games; Station house officer, of a police station in India and Pakistan; VV SHO, a Dutch soccer club; An historical currency ...
"Shosholoza" is a traditional miner's song, originally sung by groups of men from the Ndebele ethnic group that travelled by steam train from their homes in Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia) to work in South Africa's diamond and gold mines.
Shoshannim (Hebrew ששנים, 'lilies') is mentioned in Psalm 45 and Psalm 69.Its meaning in these Psalms is uncertain. Some believe it to be a kind of lily-shaped straight trumpet, [1] a six-stringed instrument, [2] a word commencing a song [3] or the melody to which these psalms were to be sung.
Shōmyō (声明) is a style of Japanese Buddhist chant, used mainly in the Tendai and Shingon sects. [1] There are two styles: ryokyoku and rikkyoku, described as difficult and easy to remember, respectively.