Japan Style
Japan Style

Music Made in Japan
The origins of traditional Japanese music go back over a thousand years. It includes refined classical music chamber music, theater, folklore and music festival and a series of vocal forms. This treasure of music handed down from generation to generation without the help of sheet music.
Between the third and fifth centuries CE, the Buddhist missionary priests arrived in Japan to disseminate their views. The songs and music background related to their progressive fusion of religion with Shinto folk music, forming a basis of almost all native Japanese music.
In the seventh century the music of Japan became what is known as Gagaku, classical (literally, "elegant") music. From Gagaku, which became the imperial court music, the secular use of instrumental music grew, as well as music theater. Meanwhile, folk and festival music appeared, with loud percussion and lively rhythm, contrasting sharply with the quiet music of Gagaku.
Instruments
Today number of instruments used in traditional Japanese music. The three most commonly heard are the koto, shamisen and shakuhachi.
The koto, imported from China around the ninth century, is a long wooden tool box, about six feet (1.8 meters) long and a foot (0.3 meters) wide. Extends the instrument before him, the player starts his 13 strings with a plectrum. A skillful player can produce music that is similar to that nice harp.
The bamboo flute Japanese, measuring about 21 inches (53 centimeters) long, is called shakuhachi. This instrument has five finger holes and a mouthpiece at the top. The player has the shakuhachi vertically. On the ability to adjust his lips to the mouthpiece at different angles and move your neck in different positions as covering the holes with his fingers, the performer is able to produce three octaves of tones. The plaintive cry produced by this recorder can generate feelings of vagueness and melancholy.
The shamisen has no counterpart among the Western musical instruments. It came to Japan from China via Okinawa to the 1560 CD, but only the instrument is an import. The way the shamisen is played, the type of music produced with it and the construction of the instrument itself strictly Japanese. It is similar to a banjo, wood is covered with cat fur and has three gut strings. The shamisen is played by striking the strings with a plectrum large.
When music is produced in the shamisen, the most important thing is not the sound of the instrument, but the words to music provides the background. Without the words, music does not make much sense. This varies within the meaning of the song. When words can not express what has to communicate, such as the cold of the snow falling or the murmur of a brook, the shamisen is used to "imitate" these things, and the story is told without words.
Appreciating Music
What is the effect produced compound by Japanese musicians? If you are listening for the first time, your reaction may be that you're hearing the same thing over and over again. May appear to listening to a kind of melody, and yet there appears to be conflicting melodies. But there is something wonderful to see the musicians perform. His movements, posture and expressions appear to be choreographed in perfect harmony. Yes, Japan, not only music, but how you play and how you see the performance for the observer are important.
Japanese music is very different from the music common in the western lands. This difference includes the scale, rhythm and sound. In orchestral music West, the sounds of the instruments are mixed, producing harmony. But in the Japanese music of individual instruments can be heard melodies playing in conflict. However, together they create an aesthetic balance.
Western influence
In the past 100 years, Western style Music has become the norm in Japan. Under the reform of the Emperor Meiji, the music began to be taught in schools, and was the music of the West. In A Despite this, there is no danger that the old traditional music will die out. Many Japanese want to preserve traditional music. Therefore, distinct guilds perpetuate this music and teaching that continues to thrive.
Because the music of the Western world has become such an important part of Japanese culture, You can find old Japanese songs written in Western notation and scored for piano or guitar. Furthermore, in the last century many new Japanese songs are written according to the Western style. But we can not say that this is truly western songs. By contrast, the Japanese simply use half to enrich its heritage own musical. Development is a Japanese-flavored music different, but scored and played in the Western style.
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