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Music from Okinawa uses tonal structure that is different in music from mainland Japan and Amami in particular the intervalic content of the scales used. The chief pentatonic scale used in mainland Japan, for example, uses scale degrees 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, also known as Do, Re, Mi, So, and La in the Kodály system of solfeggio .
Born on Ishigaki Island in 1967, Yukito learned folk songs and how to play sanshin from his father, a singer of Yaeyama min'yō. [1] He moved to Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, at the age of 18, and began performing live with a band under the name "Yukito Ara with Sandii" (新良幸人withサンデー, Ara Yukito with Sandii).
Begin (ビギン, Bigin, IPA:, stylized as BEGIN) is a Japanese pop rock group from Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Their sound contains many elements of traditional Okinawan music , and prominently features the sanshin .
People doing kachāshī, at left a man is playing a sanshin. Kachāshī (カチャーシー), sometimes romanized as katcharsee, is a form of festive Okinawan folk dance.In Okinawa, it is often a feature of celebrations such as weddings and victory festivities after tegumi wrestling matches and public elections.
The sanshin is considered the soul of Okinawan folk music. Played by youth as young as 2, to older people aged 100 or more, there is a sanshin in most Okinawan homes. [ citation needed ] It is the center of small informal family gatherings, weddings, birthdays, other celebrations, community parties, festivals.
Nēnēs (ネーネーズ) is an Okinawan folk music group formed in 1990 by China Sadao (知名定男). [1] The group name means "sisters" in Okinawan.Nēnēs is composed of four female singers who perform traditional Okinawan folk songs in traditional costume with sanshin accompaniment; they have also performed with a backing band, Sadao China Gakudan.
Shoukichi Kina & Champloose (喜納昌吉&チャンプルーズ, Kina Shōkichi ando chanpurūzu) is a Japanese band from Okinawa blending traditional Okinawan music with a strong Western rock influence. [3] Their name is apparently derived from the word for a traditional Okinawan stir-fry, chanpuru.
Aha Bushi (Japanese and Kunigami: 安波節, Ahabushi) is an Ryukyuan folk song native to the Yanbaru region of Okinawa Island, Japan. It is sung in the Kunigami language, one of the six Ryukyuan languages. It is often used as a starting song for beginners in sanshin due to its recognizable rhythm and slow pacing. [1]