和(wa) Wednesday Miyagi Michio
Connecting the new years post about 春の海 to the composer. There’s an entire memorial hall dedicated to him in shinjuku! Gotta go!!!
View Article和 Wednesday the drone in Japanese music
If you listen to the shamisen very closely, you will hear a slight buzz coming from the top (lowest sounding) string. Usually tuned D G D or D A D, the string resonates anytime the player plays a note...
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和 Wa-Wednesday 緑の韻律 (green metre)
This piece is simply two kotos improvising over the Ritsu scale that is found commonly in Gagaku. I used the chords that are commonly played on the Shou (seen right), repeated and improvised with the...
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和 (wa) Wednesday Kabuki’s Kanjincho
Kabuki along with Balinese dance and Chinese opera is one of asia’s great dramatic musical theatre arts. This form of theatre has it’s roots in Japanese Noh theatre. The thing that strikes me most...
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和 (wa) Wednesday The Tsuzumi drum
The tsuzumi (鼓) is a Japanese drum of Chinese/Indian origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to...
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和 (wa) Wednesday Haru no kyoku (Spring song)
The bush warbler, cherry blossoms, said vegetable and wisteria are very important parts of the Japanese spring. I added photos to help you get a feel for what this music is about. The song was written...
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