Asian Music What is it? What instruments are used in it?
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Asian MusicWhat is it?
What instruments are used in it?
Asian Music
Where is Japan?
Japan•Koto- a string instrument with 13 strings and 13 bridges; played with finger picks
•Finger picks are placed on thumb, index finger and middle finger
•National instrument of Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75uAD-XYs6U
Japan• Taiko Drums – Taiko means drum in
Japanese• Drums are typically made of wood
and played with sticks• They are typically very large
instruments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n-6KC2RdGQ
Where is China?
China• Qin or Guqin – stringed
instrument that is plucked• Soft Dynamic instrument• Range of about four octaves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2Zf_RrEqx4
China
• Dizi – instrument made out of bamboo or wood
• Played like a flute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxsOks4V35w
China• In America, we have four instrument
families (brass, woodwind, percussion and string).
• In China, they have three instrument families (woodwind, percussion and string).
• *String family is MOST IMPORTANT!!!• In America, we have a conductor
typically.• In China, there is usually NO conductor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VEuTM_gBI&feature=related
Where is Indonesia?
Indonesia
• Gamelan Ensemble – from Indonesia that uses percussion instruments
• The word ‘gamelan’ comes from the word ‘GAMELS’ which means to hammer.
• Metallophones, Xylophones, Drums and Gongs are used.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55_ngjs8prU
Pentatonic Scale
• Pentatonic Scale- scale commonly used in Asian music
• Built on five notes (Do, Re, Mi, Sol and La)
• Penta = five Tonic = Notes
Why does Asian music sound different?
• Government - Communism • Government control of the spread of
Western ideas (including music) into Asian culture kept Asian music from developing and modernizing.
• Government isolated/shielded Asian culture from the influence of Western cultures/arts.
• Instruments and techniques did not develop like in the Western cultures. Instruments used today are the same as instruments used in ancient Asia.
• Today, China is more open (still Communist), and Japan is democratic; therefore, some more modern ideas/techniques are coming into Asian culture.