Selena Marie So High School III-6

Homework

G-20 August 28, 2013

The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern. The word for music in Japanese is (ongaku), combining the kanji ("on" sound) with the kanji ("gaku" music). Japan is the second largest music market in the world, with a total retail value of 4,096.7 million dollars and most of the market is dominated by Japanese artists. Local music often appears at karaoke venues, which is on lease from the record labels. Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western Music and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing. In 1873, a British traveler claimed that Japanese music "exasperates beyond all endurance the European breast." Koky - bowed lute with three (or, more rarely, four) strings and a skin-covered body

Hyshigi () wooden or bamboo clappers

Horagai () seashell horn; also called jinkai ()

Hichiriki () doublereeded instrument used in gagaku Shakuhachi () vertical bamboo flute used for Zen meditation