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“JAPANESE MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS”
Percussion instruments ( membranophone )
 1.ODAIKO (Big drum) – The physical energy and sheer excitement of adaiko
performance is an integral part of many japanese matsuri ( festivals ) .

2.TSUZUMI (Hourglass- shape)-Thre are twe varieties, the smaller kotsuzumi

and the larger otsuzumi. They are used in both noh and kabuki performances.
The kotsuzumi is held on the right shoulder and the player alters the tone by
squeezing the laces. The otsuzumi is placed on the left thigh. Like all the other
traditional arts in Japan, there are several schools of tsuzumi matsuri.

3. TSURIDAIKO – A large hanging barrel drum.

4.TAIKO – is a japanese drum that comes in various sizes and is used to play a
variety of musical genres. It has become particularly popular in recent years as the
central instrument of percussion ensembles whose repertory is based on the variety
of folk and festival music of the past.

String instruments (chordophone)

1.KOTO – is a 13- string zither, about two meters long and made of
paulownia wood. It is plucked using picks on the thumb and first two
fingers of the right hand, while the left hand can be used to modify pitch and
tone. Koto is used to in an ensemble in gagaku or as a solo instrument.

2. SHAMISEN – is a plucked stringed instrument. Its construction follows

a model similar to that of a guitar or a banjo, employing a neck, and strings
stretched across a resonating body. The neck of the shamisen is fretless, and
is slimmer than that of a guitar or a banjo.

3. BIWA – is a Japanese short-necked fretted lute, often used in narrative

storytelling. The biwa is the chosen instrument of benten, the goddess of
music, eloquence, poetry, and education in Japanese Shinto.
 WIND INSTRUMENTS (AERPHONE)

1.SHAKUHACHI- the most famous flute made from bamboo. It has four or five
finger holes on the front face and the thumbhole on the rear face. As with other
instruments above, it was imported from china for gagaku.

2. NOKAN –a parallel, bamboo flute (fue) is the only melodic instrument used in
noh. The melody of the flute has no specific pitch relationship with the melody of the
chanting.

3. HICHIRIKI- is a double reed Japanese flute used as one of two main melodic
instruments in Japanese gagaku music.

4. SHO- is a Japanese free reed musical instrument that was introduced from china
during the nara period

5. SHINOBUE- is also called takebue in the context of

Japanese traditional arts. It is Japanese transverse flute or fue that
has a high pitched sound.

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6 .RYUTEKI- literally “ dragon flute” is a Japanese transverse fue made of bamboo. It is used in
gagaku.

chinese musical instruments

1.YUEQIN- a moon- shaped lute with shorter neck and four string,
played wiith the spectrum, used for accompanying local operas.

2. PIPA- a four-stringed lute with 30 frets and a pair-shaped body. This instrument has
an extremely wide dynamic range and remarkable expressive power.

3. ERCHU- a two-stringed fiddle and one of the most popular Chinese instruments.
It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensemble or large orchestra, and by
various ethnic groups.

4. YUNLUO – literally “ cloud gongs”, the yunluo is a set of ten small tuned gongs
mounted in a wooden frame.

5. SHENG- also called as Chinese mouth organ and looks like a

set of panpipes with 12 to 36 bamboo pipes.
6. DIZI- is traditional Chinese flute. It can have a membrane over an extra hole to give the
characteristic rattle effect.

7.ZHENG- also called guzheng (“ancient zither”) or qinzheng, Chinese plucked

board zither roughly 47 inches (120 cm) long and 12 inches (30 cm) wide. Its
resonator is galley-shaped, and in cross section the top is curved and the bottom
flat.

8. PENGLING- is a concussion idiophone of the Han Chinese. It is incorporated

as an auxiliary instrument in the ensemble accompanying Beijing opera, as a
punctuating instrument in some regional forms of instrumental ensemble music, and
in Buddhist music.

KOREAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

STRING INSTRUMENT

1.KAYAGUM (GAYAGEUM)- is a traditional Korean zither-like string

instrument, with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 21 or
other number of strings. It is probably the best known traditional Korean
musical instrument.
 2. GEOMUNGO- is a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of
the zither family of instruments with both bridges and frets. Scholars
believe that the name refers to Goguryeo and translates to "Goguryeo
zither" or that it refers to the colour and translates to "black crane zither”.

3.HAEGUM- is a traditional Korean string instrument,

resembling a fiddle. It is popularly known as
kkangkkangi. It has a rodlike neck, a hollow wooden
soundbox, and two silk strings, and is held vertically on
the knee of the performer and played with a bow.

PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT

PIRI- is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and
classical music of Korea. It is made of bamboo. Its large reed and
cylindrical bore gives it a sound mellower than that of many other types of
oboe. In the typical piri, there are eight finger holes on the bamboo body.

CHANGGO- (or janggo; also spelled changgo) or sometimes called seyogo (slim
waist drum) is the most representative drum in traditional Korean music.. It is available
in most kinds, and consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made from
animal skin.