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Japanese flute music
Japanese flute music








japanese flute music

Unlike the western flute made of metal, most Japanese flute is made of wood (bamboo) as it was before. The scale of "nohkan" is much different from the western scale and even the scale of each instrument is different to produce the ultimate sound and make the "noh play" excellent. Furthermore, nohkan (one of the Japanese transverse flutes) is played in the "noh play (one of the traditional Japanese performing arts)". "Hichiriki (a Japanese double-reed instrument)" and "ryuteki (one of the Japanese transverse flutes)" are in charge of the melody part and play in harmony with "sho (a Japanese mouth organ)" in "gagaku". In addition, we often hear the sound of "gagaku (Japanese court music)" at shrine on new years day and traditional-style wedding ceremony in Japan. For example, the sound of "shakuhachi (a Japanese end-blown flute)" makes us relaxed and the sound of "shinobue (one of the Japanese transverse flutes)" reminds us of our local festivals. Nowadays, western music is familiar to Japanese people but the sound of the "fue" is still familiar to Japanese, too. In this post, we explain how to play the "fue (traditional Japanese flutes)". "Fue" is the general terms for flute in Japanese. Hakama (Skirt) & Hakamashita Kimono (Robe).Shinobue (Flute) Ohayashi Type (Not Tuned).










Japanese flute music