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Taiko performance was an important part of cultural development by third-generation Japanese residents in North America, who are called sansei. [ 193 ] [ 224 ] During World War II , second-generation Japanese residents, called nisei faced internment in the United States and in Canada on the basis of their race.
The band, led by Japanese American Boyle Heights native Dan Kuramoto, defied simple categorization. It featured Japanese instruments like taiko drums and koto yet played jazz and rhythm and blues ...
In Japanese the word "Kodō" conveys two meanings: "heartbeat" the primal source of all rhythm and, read in a different way, the word can mean "children of the drum". Although taiko are the primary instrument in their performances, other traditional Japanese musical instruments such as fue and shamisen make an appearance on stage as do ...
Shime-daiko – small drum played with sticks; Shōko – small bronze gong used in gagaku; struck with two horn beaters; Taiko (太鼓, lit. ' great drum ') Tsuri-daiko (釣 太鼓) – drum on a stand with ornately painted head, played with a padded stick; Tsuzumi – small hand drum
When Japanese musician/composer/producer Yoshiki founded seminal glam-metal band X Japan back in 1982, pounding the drums in kabuki-esque facepaint, peroxide-blond rooster hair, and lacy prom ...
Wadaiko, a Japanese drum, comes in various sizes and is used in variety of musical genres. It has become particularly popular in recent years as the central instrument of percussion ensembles whose repertory is based on a variety of folk- and festival-music of the past. Such taiko music is played by large drum ensembles called kumi-daiko. Its ...
Noh (能) or nōgaku (能楽) music is a type of theatrical music used in Noh theatre. Noh music is played by an instrumental ensemble called hayashi-kata (囃子方).The instruments used are the taiko (太鼓) stick drum, a large hourglass-shaped drum called the ōtsuzumi (大鼓), a smaller hourglass-shaped drum called the kotsuzumi (小鼓), and a bamboo flute called the nohkan (能管).
A tsuri-daiko on display at the Museu de la Música de Barcelona A Tsuri-daiko on display at the Indian Museum, Kolkata.. The tsuri-daiko (kanji: 釣り太鼓; also called gaku-daiko (kanji: 楽太鼓)) is a large Japanese hanging drum.