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Hyōshigi. The hyōshigi (拍子木) is a simple Japanese musical instrument, consisting of two pieces of hardwood or bamboo often connected by a thin ornamental rope. The clappers are played together or on the floor to create a cracking sound. Sometimes they are struck slowly at first, then faster and faster.
Musicians and dancer, Muromachi period Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. ' Japanese music ') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form from ...
Mukkuri. The mukkuri is a traditional Japanese plucked idiophone indigenous to the Ainu. It is made from bamboo and is 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Sound is made by pulling the string and, similar to a Jew's harp, vibrating the reed as it is placed in the performer's mouth. [1]
Kokiriko (筑子 、 こきりこ) – a pair of sticks which are beaten together slowly and rhythmically. Shakubyoshi (also called shaku) – clapper made from a pair of flat wooden sticks. Mokugyo (木魚, also called 'wooden fish') – woodblock carved in the shape of a fish, struck with a wooden stick; often used in Buddhist chanting ...
The sound-symbolic words of Japanese can be classified into four main categories: [4][5] words that mimic sounds made by living things, like a dog's bark (wan-wan). words that mimic sounds made by inanimate objects, like wind blowing or rain falling (zā-zā). words that depict states, conditions, or manners of the external world (non-auditory ...
The koto (箏 or 琴) is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. [ 1 ] Koto are roughly 180 centimetres (71 in) in ...
A dora is one of the Japanese Percussion instruments and an idiophone. It is made of bronze, brass or iron, and is suspended onto a dora stand. It is widely used in Buddhist memorial services, hayashi performances, kabuki music, and ship departure signals. [16]
Guan. Piri. The hichiriki (篳篥) is a double reed Japanese fue (flute) used as one of two main melodic instruments in gagaku music. [citation needed] It is one of the "sacred" instruments and is often heard at Shinto weddings in Japan. [citation needed] Its sound is often described as haunting. [1][2]