MAPEH - MUSIC

• HOGAKU is the traditional music of Japan.
• GAGAKU is the oldest traditional music of Japan.
• NOH is also known as bugokako, a type of theatrical music.
• Percussion Instruments produce sound by striking, scraping, or shaking.
• TAIKO is the central instrument of percussion ensembles.
• ODAIKO is a huge barrel-shaped drum.
• TSUZUMI is an hourglass-shaped musical instrument.
• TSURIDAIKO is a large hanging barrel drum played with two mallets on one side.
• Wind Instruments produce sound by the use of wind (blowing).
• RYUTEKI, also called dragon flute, is a type of wind instrument.
• SHINOBUE, also called as takebue, is a type of wind instrument.
• SHAKUHACHI is the most famous Japanese bamboo flute with 4 or 5 finger holes.
• NOKAN is a parallel bamboo flute.
• HICHIRIKI is a double-reed Japanese flute.
• SHO is a free reed Japanese musical instrument.
• String Instruments produce sound by vibrating the strings.
• KOTO is a 13-stringed instrument.
• SHAMISEN is slimmer than a guitar.
• BIWA is a short-necked fretted lute used in narrative storytelling.