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In Japanese, the term taiko refers to any kind of drum, but outside Japan, it is used specifically to refer to any of the various Japanese drums called wadaiko (和太鼓, lit. ' Japanese drums ') and to the form of ensemble taiko drumming more specifically called kumi-daiko (組太鼓, lit. ' set of drums ').
A tsuri-daiko on display at the Museu de la Música de Barcelona A Tsuri-daiko on display at the Indian Museum, Kolkata.. The tsuri-daiko (kanji: 釣り太鼓; also called gaku-daiko (kanji: 楽太鼓)) is a large Japanese hanging drum.
Shime-daiko – small drum played with sticks; Shōko – small bronze gong used in gagaku; struck with two horn beaters; Taiko (太鼓, lit. ' great drum ') Tsuri-daiko (釣 太鼓) – drum on a stand with ornately painted head, played with a padded stick; Tsuzumi – small hand drum
Den-den daiko (でんでん太鼓) – a Japanese hand-held pellet drum that is used in Shinto-Buddhist ceremonies. Dōsojin (道祖神, lit. ' travelling guardian divinities ') – A group of liminal kami and Buddhist gods, protectors of roads, borders, boundaries and other places of transition. [1] Dojin (土神, lit.
Taiko The Japanese word for drum often used to refer to any Japanese drum or drumming music; Taikō (太閤) a title given to a retired Kampaku regent in Japan—see Sesshō and Kampaku. Commonly refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Chatham Island taiko or Magenta petrel (Pterodroma magentae) bird; Taiko a Norwegian roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) freighter
A tsuzumi drum. The tsudzumi (鼓) or tsuzumi is a hand drum of Japanese origin. [1] It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads respectively.
In Japanese the word "Kodō" conveys two meanings: "heartbeat" the primal source of all rhythm and, read in a different way, the word can mean "children of the drum". Although taiko are the primary instrument in their performances, other traditional Japanese musical instruments such as fue and shamisen make an appearance on stage as do ...
The name "Patapon" was conceived by Rolito taken from an old French nursery rhyme that used the word "Patapon" for children. Kotani chose the name due to it resembling the sounds of drums and marching. [12] The game developed for two years with the first 21 months developing the prototype and the remaining 3 months dedicated to mass production.