Japanese music
The instrument that can produce harmony.
Sho
the woodwinds instrument, sounds like flute/recorder.
Shakuhachi
the pucked string instrument, sounds like古琴
Koto
what is the texture of most Japanese music
Heterophonic
three features of Japanese music
through composed, no chordal harmony, notated and memorised, not improvisation, programmatic music
what scale is often used in Japanese music?
pentatnoc scale
does japanese music have harmony/chord?
no! no chord, melodically led
does Japanese music have repetition?
no, it is through composed.
name two playing technique that often used in Japanese music?
glissando, slide
How does Japanese music sound?
very flowing, no tonality, mostly melody leading, some slides, pitch bending, not repeated