Korean Musical Instruments and Cultural Landmarks, Japanese Traditional Music, Theater, and Dance: Key Terms and Concepts, China and Tibet

Changgo

hourglass drum

jing

painted face

Kayagum

12 stringed zither

Komungo in Korea

Korean zither-type chordophone

Kwengari

small gong

p'iri korean instrument

its an instrument

puk korean drums

Pyongyong

Capital of North Korea

saenghwang

a mouth organ with 17 bamboo tubes

Sogo

small drum

Biwa

Japanese lute

Bugaku

Japanese court dances accompanied by court music (gagaku), where dancers often wear elaborate masks

Bunraku

Japanese puppet theater

Debayashi

the on-stage musicians of the kabuki theater

Gagaku

Traditional court music of Japan.

Geza

offstage musicians

Gidayu

narrator

Hayashi

Generic name for ensembles of flute and drums

Hichiriki (Japan)

double reed

Jidaimono

Historical plays

Kabuki

A popular type of Japanese drama combined with music and dance, it is the type of theatre in Japan(Played buy all male actors)

Kakko

A Japanese two-headed barrel drum; heard in gagaku

Kangen

type of gagaku that is purely instrumental

Komagaku

Japanese court music of Korean origin

Ko-tsuzumi

Nagauta

lyric genre of shamisen music, also sung in unison chorus

Noh

Japanese drama that appealed to the nobles and samurai

Nohkan (Japan)

O-tsuzumi

-Japanese hour glass shaped drum

-tension of head is always at maximum

-drum head is heated over hibachi grill before performance

-tension creates dry-hard sound

Ryuteki

transverse bamboo flute

Sewamono

Domestic or post-sengoku stories

sho

Japanese mouth organ

Taiko

Japanese drum

Tayu

Narrator of Bunraku

Togaku

court music of Chinese and Indian origin in the gagaku repertory

Buddhism

A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.

Cheng

Ruler who found the Qin dynasty.

Chos-rnga

large tacked barrel drum mounted on a pole and played with a curved stick

Confucius

Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC)

Dalai Lama

the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the establishment of Chinese communist rule, the spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet.

Dril-bu

Tibetan Buddhist Instrument. hand bell

Eight Instrument Categories

silk, bamboo, wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd, and hide

Erhu

Bowed, two-string fiddle from China, with its bow hairs fixed between the strings; rests on the leg while playing.

Extravagant music

Chi yue

-attributes of inappropriate loudness, noisiness, stimulate excessive & licentious behavior

Guqin

seven-string Chinese zither

opera

a drama set to music

Pentatonicism

A musical scale with five notes per octave.

pipa

Chinese lute

Proper Music

Music for specific times (sacred music)

Changed day to day according to church calendar

i.e. Easter, Christmas, etc.

Rag-dung

large telescoping trumpets made of copper

Rolmo

cymbals

Ruan

four-stringed, round-bodied lute

Sheng

Chinese free reed aerophone with vertical pipes

Sizhu

silk and bamboo ensemble

Suona

Chinese double-reed wind instrument

Tablature

notation that indicates how to pluck, stop, or touch each string rather than indicating pitch

Thod-dam

a drum made of the tops of two human skulls with beaters attached

Ti-tzu

side blown flute

Tuva