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In some notation systems, nominal rhythmic values are given; musical importance ascribed to rhythmic markings varies depending on the lineage and/or teacher. Staff notation and graphic notation are sometimes used to notate music for shakuhachi, usually in modern music when shakuhachi is used in conjunction with Western musical instruments.
A variety of musical scales are used in traditional Japanese music. While the Chinese Shí-èr-lǜ has influenced Japanese music since the Heian period, in practice Japanese traditional music is often based on pentatonic (five tone) or heptatonic (seven tone) scales. [1] In some instances, harmonic minor is used, while the melodic minor is ...
In Japanese shakuhachi music, for example, glissandos and timbres are often more significant than distinct pitches, whereas taiko notation focuses on discrete strokes. Ryukyuan sanshin music uses kunkunshi , a notation system of kanji with each character corresponding to a finger position on a particular string.
Musical Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for representing modern musical notation.Fonts that support it include Bravura, Euterpe, FreeSerif, Musica and Symbola.
Kenji Yamamoto (山本 健司, Yamamoto Kenji, born July 1, 1958) is a Japanese composer and arranger who has been responsible for producing and composing soundtracks, including opening and ending sequence themes for various anime, tokusatsu and video game projects in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, mostly related to the Dragon Ball franchise.
For example, はは (haha) could be written はゝ. ゞ: 2136: 1-1-22: 309E Hiragana iteration mark with a dakuten (voiced consonant). For example, はば (haba) could be written はゞ. 〃 2137: 1-1-23: 3003: nonoten (ノノ点) Ditto mark. The name originates from resemblance to two katakana no characters (ノノ). 〱: 3031: Kana vertical ...
Ginkai (銀界, Ginkai, means Silver World) is a 1970 album released by Hōzan Yamamoto, featuring Western jazz instrumentalists such as bassist Gary Peacock, pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and drummer Hiroshi Murakami. It is an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Japanese classical music.
Yamamoto directed the Ensemble d'Ame in Tokyo from 1997–2000. [3] Along with Haruyuki Suzuki, Yoshifumi Tanaka, Hiroshi Yokoshima and other Japanese composers, Yamamoto was a founding member of the composer's group "Tempus Novum" in 1990. [1]