Type of Japanese Music
Japanese Instruments
Japanese Theater
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100
Japanese traditional music
What is Hogaku
100
a huge drum struck by two thick sticks. It is only used in bugaku dance
What is Da-Daiko
100
The main form of Japanese popular musical theater
What is Kabuki
100
The narrative style used in bunraku, named after its developer Takemoto
What is Gidayubushi
100
Songs in Noh Theater
What is Uta
200
Japanese court religious (Shinto) music
What is Mikagura
200
A mouth organ with seventeen reed pipes (two of which are silent) in a cup-shaped wind chest with a single mouthpiece. (You do not wear them on your feet either)
What is Sho
200
On-stage musicians in Kabuki theater. This group is divided functionally into two separate ensembles, called the hobo (storytellers) and debayashi (ensemble specializing in performing naguata, or "long song")
What is Degatari
200
Two or more performers play the same melody, but with small differences in timing or ornamentation
What is Heterophony
200
Japans musical puppet plays
What is Bunraku
300
Japanese court orchestral music, which was created in the Heian Period (794-1185)
What is Gagaku
300
A six-stringed zither used in kagura (not the thing you carry stuff with)
What is a Wagon
300
Japanese classical drama that originally developed in the early 14th century Hint: The answer is always NO
What is Noh
300
The pair of onstage musicians, one who narrates and the second who accompanies him on the shamisen
What is Chobo
300
Contains three parts: Maeuta (fore song), Tegoto (instrumental interlude), and Autouta (after song)
What is Tegotomono
400
Folk Shinto music
What is Satokagura
400
a short, doubles-reed bamboo oboe with nine holes, which originated from China
What is Hichiriki
400
The off-stage music of the Kabuki theater
What is Geza
400
Soft-syle noh music
What is Yowagin
400
Shinto songs meant to entertain the gods
What is Saibari
500
Popular koto-and-vocal music of the Eno period in Japan
What is Sokyoku
500
Generic name for ensembles of flute and drums
What is Hayashi
500
The on-stage musicians of the Kabuki theater
What is Debayashi
500
A strong-style noh music
What is Tsuyogin
500
The main form of puppet theater in Japan
What is Bunraku