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 Traditional Japanese music
is basically meditative in
character. Its performance
is highly ritualized, as much
in the music itself, as in the
composure of the
musicians when performing
Percussion

(Membranophone)
Instrument
s
Odaiko
(big
drum).
 Tsuzum
(hourglass-shape)
i
– There are
two
varieties, the
smaller
kotsuzumi
Tsuridaik
o – a
large
hanging
barrel
Taiko
drum
 String
Instrument
(Chordophone)
s
Koto -
is a 13-
string
zither
Shamisen- is
a plucked
stringed
instrument.
Biwa - is a
Japanese
short- necked
fretted lute,
often used in
narrative
storytelling.
 Wind
Instrument
s (Aerophone)
Shakuhachi
 Nokan -
a
parallel,
bamboo
Hichiriki -
is a double
reed
Japanese
fue (flute)
Sho - is a

Japanese
free
reed
Shinobue
– also

called
Ryūteki
-
literally
"dragon
CHIN
CC: Beijing
L: Chinese
C: Renminbi
FP: Great
▶Confucius - music in the highest sense as
a means of calming the passion of
dispelling of unrest and lust, rather than
as a form of amusement.
▶Traditionally the Chinese have believed
that sound influences the harmony of the
universe.
▶Chinese theoretically opposed music
performed solely for entertainment.
Percussion

(Membranophone)
Instrument
s
 Yunlu
is a set of ten
osmall tuned
gongs mounted
in a wooden
frame.
 Pengling
These are two small bells made of high-tin bronze, without
internal clappers, and hemispheric or bottomless gourd-like
in shape.
 String
Instrument
(Chordophone)
s
Yueqi
n
M oon-shaped lute
with shorter neck and
four strings, played
with a spectrum,
used for
accompanying local
operas.
 Pip
Four-stringed
a
lute with 30
frets and a
pear-
shaped
 Erh
Two-stringed fiddle
u
and one of the
most popular
Chinese
instruments.
 Zheng
An ancient Chinese instrument
that has an arched
surface and an elongated-
trapezoid with 13 to 21 strings
stretched
over individual bridges.
 Wind
Instrument
s (Aerophone)
 Sheng
Chinese mouth organ,
looks like a set
of panpipes, with 12 to
36 bamboo pipes.
 Dizi
is the traditional
Chinese
flute.
NORT
H
LC Seoul
: Korea
L: n Won
C: Jeju
JEJU
ISLAND
Korea's folk music tradition,
with its generous use of
bright rhythms and
melodies, offers a more
energetic and capricious.
 Chong-ak
- means literally "right (or correct) music",
- cultivated mainly by the upper-
class literati of the Joseon society.
- refers to ensemble music for men of
high social status outside of the court.
- In this category, three important terms are
a-ak, tang-ak, and hyang-ak.
Sog-ak or minsogak
- traditionally associated with the
lower classes or for the general
public and are vibrant and energetic
- It includes genres such as pansori
and minyo.
 Pansori
is a kind of music presented to audiences by
skilled vocal singers and drummers. But even the
unskilled could sing these songs. They sang when
they worked in the rice paddy or fields, sang when
they went off their lover and sang when their life
was troubled and weighing them down.
 Kayagum
(gayageum
)- is a
traditional
Korean 12
string
Geomungo
Six-string
plucked zither
with both
bridges and
frets.
Haegum
(two-string vertical
fiddle) It is held
vertically on the
knee of the
performer and
played with a
bow.
 Pir
It is made of bamboo. Its large

i
reed and cylindrical bore gives
it a sound mellower than that
of many other types of oboe.
 Changgo
It is an hourglass-
shaped drum with two
heads made from
animal skin.
The two heads produce
sounds of different pitch
and timbre, which
when played together
are believed to
represent the harmony
 SIMILAR
EAST
ASIAN
INSTRUMENTS
JAPAN KOREA
Tsuzum Changgo
JAPAN KOREA
Koto Geomungo
JAPAN KOREA
Hichirik Piri
JAPAN CHINA
Biwa Pipa
JAPAN CHINA
Sho Sheng
Classificati
on of
 Aerophone
any musical instrument that
produces sound primarily by
causing body of air
to vibrate
Chordophone
any musical instrument that makes
sound by way of a vibrating string
 Idiophone
any musical instrument which
creates sound primarily by way of
the
instrument's vibrating by itself.
Membranophone
any musical instrument which
produces sound primarily by way of