CHINESE

PEKING OPERA
• is a form of traditional Chinese theater which
combines music, vocal performance, mime,
dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th
century and became fully developed and
recognized by the mid-19th century.
 MUSIC IN PEKING OPERA

• Arias-example of a solo music or song used

by one of the characters
• Vocals- The musical speech is where the
actors are speaking through music, delivery of
line is rigidly controlled by conventions.
 MUSIC IN PEKING OPERA
• Each role has its prescribed vocal timbre and pitch and
syllables are often drawn out in regard for conversational usage
in order to maintain the appropriate rhythm.
• Spoken passages are governed by strict rhythms and tempos.
• Chanted sung passages are freely insisted into spoken
monologues or dialogue
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PEKING
OPERA
• 1.Jinghu-often doubles
the singers voice in
Peking Opera.

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OPERA
• 2.Yuequin-an important
instrument in the Peking
Opera, often taking the
role of main melodic
instrument in lieu of the
bowed string instrument.
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OPERA
• 3.Sanxian-has the
widest range and richest
timbre among the major
instruments of Peking
Opera. It’s various tones
range from forceful to
exquisitely soft.
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN PEKING
OPERA
• 4.Gongs and cymbals -
creates rhythmic and
graceful melodies
 ELEMENTS OF PEKING OPERA

•1.Facial Painting
•2.Roles
•3.Costumes
•4.Changing faces
JAPANESE
 KABUKI
•is a form of classical theater in Japan
involving elaborately designed costumes,
eye catching make-up, outlandish wigs
and exaggerated actions performed by
actors
 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FEATURES
• Vocal technique

• Ipponchoshi -used in speeches building up to an

explosive climax in the Aragoto. It requires extraordinary
breath control that only few experts succeed in achieving
it
 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FEATURES
• Vocal technique

• Nori - implies a very sensitive capacity of riding

the rhythms of the Shamisen
 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FEATURES
• Vocal technique

• Yakuharai - described the subtle delivery of

poetical text written in the Japanese metrical form
of alternating seven and five syllables
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN KABUKI
• 1.Shamisen-is a
plucked stringed
instrument, fretless
and slimmer than a
guitar
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN KABUKI

• 2.Otsuzumi -the larger

hourglass-shape drum
used in Kabuki play
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN KABUKI

•3.Kotsuzumi - the
small hourglass-shape
drum used in Kabuki
and Noh
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN KABUKI

• 4.Nokhan -a transverse
bamboo flute; it gives a
specific pitch to set the
tonality of a vocal
entrance.
 ELEMENTS OF KABUKI

• 1.Make-up
• 2.Dance
• 3.Costume
• 4.Music
INDONESIAN THEATER
 WAYANG KULIT
• traditional form of puppet-shadow play in Indonesia.
• The puppets are crafted from buffalo hide and mounted on
bamboo sticks.
• Wayang kulit was performed in royal court and widely
performed in public on religious occasions. The stories
were based on the two epic of India, the Mahabharata and
Ramayana.
• This shadow play is an extremely important vehicle of
culture, serving as a carrier of myth, morality play and
form of religious experience rolled into one.
 VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL FEATURES

• Dalang - the puppeteer sings the mood songs

(Suluk) at regular intervals during performance;
interprets characters and dialogue using a variety
of voices. He is characterized by being creative,
humorous, flexible and he gives signals to the
orchestra.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN WAYANG KULIT

• Gamelan Orchestra/Ensemble-composed mainly by

bronze percussion instruments.

• 1.Gender - bronze xylophone with resonance

chambers
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN WAYANG KULIT

•2.Saron - xylophone of heavy bronze

bars
•3.Bonang - set of bronze bowls
•4.Rebab - two-stringed fiddle
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN WAYANG KULIT

• 5.Gambang - wooden xylophone

• 6.Suling – flute
• 7.Gong and Kempul- hanging gongs
 ELEMENTS OF WAYANG KULIT

• 1.Puppet
• 2.Dalang
• 3.Story
• 4.Character