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  2. Traditional Japanese music - Wikipedia

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    Musicians and dancer, Muromachi period Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. ' Japanese music ') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form from ...

  3. Music of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The oldest forms of traditional Japanese music are: shōmyō (声明 or 聲明), or Buddhist chanting; gagaku (雅楽), or orchestral court music; both of which date to the Nara (710–794) and Heian (794–1185) periods. [3]

  4. Music of Indonesia - Wikipedia

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    The contemporary music of Indonesia today is also popular amongst neighbouring countries, such as Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. [2] In general, traditional music and songs of Indonesia compromises a strong beat and harmony with strong influence from Indian, Java, Arabic, Chinese and Malay classical music.

  5. Traditional Japanese musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Women playing the Shamisen, Tsuzumi, and Taiko in Meiji-era Japan. Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise a range of string, wind, and percussion instruments.

  6. Culture of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The music of Japan includes a wide array of styles both distinctly traditional and modern. Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western music and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing; [44] traditional music also typically slides between notes, a feature also not commonly found in Western music.

  7. Shamisen - Wikipedia

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    His previous recordings, such as Beyond from 2004, displayed traditional Japanese styles mixed with funk, techno and rock. [15] [16] Noriko Tadano is a tsugaru shamisen player born and raised in Japan, who now resides in Australia. She has collaborated with a wide variety of musicians from genres such as blues, jazz, folk, experimental and ...

  8. Music of Asia - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese man playing a shamisen while another sings A Korean gayageum performer A Mongolian musician A Lady Playing the Tanpura; Rajasthan A musical theatre group in Baghdad. Music of East Asia. Music of China; Music of Hong Kong; Music of Japan; Traditional music of Korea. Music of North Korea; Music of South Korea; Music of Macau; Music of ...

  9. Category:Japanese traditional music - Wikipedia

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    It is about traditional music in Japan. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. G. Gagaku (12 P) I.