Music

• China is the fourth largest country in the world.
• During the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu Ti declared Confucianism as the official state philosophy.
• Japan is known as "The Land of the Rising Sun".
• The country experiences four seasons (winter, spring, summer, autumn) aside from the usual wet and dry seasons.
• About four-fifths of the country is covered in mountains and volcanoes with Mt. Fuji being the highest mountain in Japan.
• In Japanese music, Naru, which means "becoming," is considered a natural law.
• Another principle in Japanese music is called jo-ha-kyu.
• Jo-ha-kyu regulates the flow of time so that everything that happens in the music flows flawlessly between each other.
• KOREA is known as "land of high mountains and sparkling streams".
• Shamanism involves communication with the spirit world through a medium called a shaman, who does this communication with the unseen while in a state of trance.
• Buddhism in Korea can be traced back to monks such as Wonhyo, Daisa, who used music, dance, and literature to express the meaning of Buddhism.
• Korean Traditional Instruments
• Folk song in China - Moli Hua
• In Han Dynasty what emperor ruled the China? Emperor Wu Ti
• Japanese folk song is Sakura
• Arirang is the folk song in Korea
• Shamisen - 3 string lute
• Koto- 13-17 strings
• Short necked lute that has 4 strings - Biwa
• 5 Holes, four in the front and one in the back -Shakuhachi
• Also known us taiko drums - Wadaiko
• Kagura suzu - type of bell
• Gayogeum - 12 string
• Geo mungo - 6 string
• Hyang-bipa 5 string
• Dang bipa - 4 string
• Hae gum - 2 string
• Yong-geum- metal string
• Sogeum - smallest flutes
• Hun - Made of clay
• Jing - large gong
• Pungmul janggo - drum wodden body