Traditional Japanese Music - Koto - Virtual Culture - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan - 1 views
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Japanese styles of expression. Instruments were adapted and newly created to meet local needs, and the most important of these were the shamisen, shakuhachi, and koto.
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The shakuhachi is a flute made of bamboo that's played by blowing on one end. There are four holes in the front and one in the back, and so it's sometimes called a "five-holed bamboo flute" in English. These five holes are enough to produce a complete range of sounds; in fact, it's the small number of holes that gives the shakuhachi its distinctively poignant tone.
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The shamisen resembles a guitar; it has a long, thin neck and a small, rectangular body covered with skin. I
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This shamisen is similar to a guitar in shape. It is used to play historical traditional japanese music.
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the shakuhachi is made from bamboo
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This is the information of the traditional japanese instruments and how are they played. The most important ones were Shamisen, Shakuhachi, and Koto. Koto is the most familiar and popular. I found this website very interesting!