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  2. Traditional Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Koto (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Category:Asian musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Central Asian musical instruments (9 C, 1 P) A. Altai musical instruments (2 P) Arabic musical instruments (17 C, 42 P) Asian percussion instruments (1 C, 81 P) B.

  5. Music of Asia - Wikipedia

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    Musical traditions in Asia A Japanese man playing a shamisen while another sings A Korean gayageum performer A Mongolian musician A Lady Playing the Tanpura; Rajasthan A musical theatre group in Baghdad. Music of East Asia. Music of China; Music of Hong Kong; Music of Japan; Traditional music of Korea. Music of North Korea; Music of South Korea ...

  6. List of Chinese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Chinese musical instruments are traditionally grouped into eight categories 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 instruments in material categories in China is one of the first musical ...

  7. Category:Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese musical instruments" ... Traditional Japanese musical instruments; 0–9. 17-string koto; 80-string koto; B. Binzasara; Biwa; D. Den-den ...

  8. Traditional Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Music of Japan - Wikipedia

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    These are traditional Japanese instruments, but modern instrumentation, such as electric guitars and synthesizers, is also used in this day and age, when enka singers cover traditional min'yō songs (enka being a Japanese music genre all its own). [11]

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