Diverse Worlds Ch. 6 - Summary Excursions in World Music PDF

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Chapter 6: Musics of East Asia III: Japan Hogaku: Native Japanese Music Kabuki: The main form of Japanese popular musical theater Bunraku: The main form of puppet theater in Japan

I. A Mixed Concert a. The first piece of the program was an ensemble played by three kotos (long, 13stringed zithers) and three shamisens (a 3-stringed, long-necked fretless lute) Pentatonic: Having five pitches Heterophony: Two of more performers play the same melody, but with small differences in timing or ornamentation Shinnai-Bushi: A musical narrative form accompanied by the shamisen, found in Shinnai Tsuruga Gagaku: Japanese court orchestral music II. A Kabuki Appreciation Class a. Kabuki, which is the most popular type of theater in Japan, is regularly performed in many venues in Tokyo, but the most famous of these venues is the Kabukiza Degatari: On-stage musicians in Kabuki theater. This group is divided functionally into two separate ensembles, called the chobo (storytellers) and debayashi (ensemble specializing in performing nagauta, or “long song” Geza: The off-stage music of the kabuzi theater Chobo: The Gidayu (musico-narrative) duo on the kabuki stage Debayashi: The on-stage musicians of the kabuki theater III. Theater Music a. The Bunraku Puppet Theater

i. The narration of bunraku is provided by a narrator-charater, who is accompanied on shamisen Gidayubushi: A major Japanese musical narrative style accompanied by the Shamisen created by Takemoto Gidayu b. The Noh Theater Noh: Japanese classical drama that originally developed in the early fourteenth century Sageuta: A type of song in lower vocal range used in Noh plays Ageuta: A type of song in higher vocal range used in Noh plays Hayashi: Generic name for ensembles of flute and drums Kakegoe: Vocal drum calls used in noh theater Yokyoku: Choral singing in noh Kotoba: A heightened speech style used in the noh theater Fushi: A term for melody in general Yowagin: Soft-style noh music Tsuyogin: A strong-style noh music IV. The Religious Traditions a. Shintoism and Shinto Music Mikagura: Japanese court religious (Shinto) music Shomyo: Japanese Buddhist chanting Torimono: Shinto songs in praise of the gods Saibari: Shinto songs meant to entertain the gods Satokagura: Folk Shinto music b. Buddhism and Buddhist Music Melismatic-Syllabic: Performing a single syllable of text by singing multiple notes or pitches is called a melisma (melismatic). Syllabic singing matches one syllable to a single note or pitch

V. A Concert and A Court Tradition Sokyoku: Popular koto-and-vocal music of the Edo period in Japan Kumiuta: A suite of songs accompanied either by the koto or the shamisen, or by both Danmono: Sectional form Jiuta: A major koto genre that combines techniques of both kumiuta and danmoto. Sometimes called tegotomono Tegoto: Instrumental interludes in koto music Maeuta: The first song in a jiuta cycle Atouta: The last song in the jiuta cycle Sankyoku: Jiuta music played by a trio a. Gagaku Togaku: Court music of Chinese and Indian origin in the gagaku repertory Komagaku: Japanese court music of Korean origin Colotomic: Marking or delineating major phrases in a music composition. Used to describe percussion instruments that have this function Jo-Ha-Kyu: A basic aesthetic concept in Japanese music. Jo denotes “introduction”, ha denotes “development”, and kyu denotes the final section of a composition...