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Nagauta. Sake Cup by Santō Kyōden, 1783–1784, a meriyasu. Nagauta (長唄, literally "long song") is a kind of traditional Japanese music played on the shamisen and used in kabuki theater, primarily to accompany dance and to provide reflective interludes. [1]
1961 - 1st broadcast of Minna no Uta; 1963 - Sukiyaki reaches number 1 in the USA 1962 - 1st broadcast of Shichiji ni aimashō; 1964 - 1st broadcast of Music Fair; 1967 - Oricon founded; Akiko Nakamura [] released Nijiiro no mizūmi []; [2] Hibari Misora released Makkana Taiyō [3]
Okinawan folk music differs from mainland Japanese folk music in several ways. Okinawan folk music is often accompanied by the sanshin , whereas in mainland Japan the shamisen accompanies instead. Other Okinawan instruments include the sanba (which produce a clicking sound similar to that of castanets ), taiko and a sharp finger whistle called ...
Gagaku (雅楽, lit. "elegant music")[1] is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in the Heian period (794–1185) around the 10th century. [2][3] Today, it is performed by the ...
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 ...
Musical notation is any system used to visually represent music. Systems of notation generally represent the elements of a piece of music that are considered important for its performance in the context of a given musical tradition. The process of interpreting musical notation is often referred to as reading music.
Kouta. (music) Kouta (小唄, lit. 'little songs') is a type of traditional Japanese music that originated in the red-light districts of Edo period (1603–1868) Japan, before developing further and experiencing wider popularity in the geisha districts that succeeded many red-light districts. Originally popularised by geisha as an alternative ...
A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [ [:ja:浄瑠璃]]; see its history for attribution. Jōruri (浄瑠璃) is a form of traditional Japanese narrative music in which a tayū (太夫) sings to the accompaniment of a shamisen. [1] Jōruri accompanies bunraku ...