MAPEH

• Kabuki


  Japanese traditional theater art that combines acting, singing and dancing
• Kabuki founded


  1603
• Sakura


  A popular traditional song in Japan
• Yakuharai


  A vocal pattern technique where poetical text is delivered subtly in the Japanese metrical form of alternating seven and five syllables
• Gagaku


  A classical music imported from China during 18th century
• Kagura


  Performed in Shinto shrines
• Noh


  A chant derived from shómyö, a sophisticated and rich tradition of Buddhist chanting
• Nagauta


  The most popular shamisen music, reaching a golden age in the first half of the 19th century as dance music for the henge mono. It also means "long song" and is very flexible, able to be performed by one shamisen or an orchestra
• Chinese theatre was considered the highest form of arts in China
• Fan-pan


  A technique commonly used for sorrowful songs, and only sung by bearded characters
• Peking Opera


  Also known as the Beijing opera, which still follows traditional Chinese arts in stressing meaning, rather than precise actions. The opera artists' goal is to make every performance exceptionally beautiful in every moment they will make
• Yue-chin


  A 4-stringed instrument that is plucked
• San-sien


  A 3-stringed instrument which is also plucked
• Pi-pa


  A guitar-like instrument similar to a flute with 4 strings
• Variety of gongs and cymbals


  Creates rhythmic and graceful melodies
• Sona


  A musical instrument used in Peking Opera, a trumpet used to announce prosperous occasions
• Wayang


  Means Theatre
• Kulit


  Means skin
• Audience


  The most important person in Wayang Kulit performance
• Dalang


  Prepares all the materials used like the cloth and light for shadow. Is also the puppeteer. Known for his creative, humorous, and flexibility. He manipulates the puppets, sings and taps out the signal to orchestra
• Gamelan


  Ensemble comprised mainly of bronze percussion instruments augmented by other percussion instruments, strings and a flute
• Gamelan instruments


  • Saron (xylophone and heavy bronze bars)
  • Gender (bronze xylophone with resonance chambers beneath)
  • Bonang (set of bronze bowls)
  • Gong and kempul (hanging gongs)
  • Kenong and ketuk (single inverted bronze bowl)
  • Gambang (wooden xylophone)
  • Rebab (two-stringed fiddle)
  • Suling (flute)
  • Kendang (horizontal drum beat with the fingers on both ends)
  • Tjelempung (a zither of thirteen double strings)
• Suluk

  Are never accompanied by the full Gamelan ensemble. Often accompanied the singer, never more than 3 or 4
• T'i ts


  An aerophone (cross flutes) usually played along with singing
• Diao


  An aerophone (recorded flutes) usually played along with singing
• Donw


  An aerophone with trumpet that announces prosperous occasions
• Hu-ch'in and Bu-ch'in


  Chordohphones, violin-like two-stringed instruments
• Ta-lo and Siao-lo


  An idiophone with gongs that signify the beginning of the performance
• Tan-pi-ku


  An idiophone with a kettle drum used to create the tempo of the performance
• In a wayang kulit performance, the puppet figures are rear-projected on a taut linen screen with a coconut oil (or electric) light
• Spring festival


  The beginning of the Chinese lunar new year, one of the most important festivals in China
• Dragon boat festival


  An old tradition in China usually held in June, now held every 5th of 5th month
• Peking opera


  Also known as Beijing opera, the most significant form of Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics
• Bali dance festival


  An ancient dance tradition that is a part of religious and artistic expression among the Balinese people of Bali island, dynamic, angular and intensely expressive
• Wayang Kulit


  A traditional puppet-shadow play originally found in cultures of Java, Bali and Lombok in Indonesia, featuring stories from literary classics like Ramanaya and Mahabharata
• Sapporo snow festival


  Also known as Yuki-matsuri festival, usually held in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February
• Koto Taiko Drum Festival


  A Japanese drumming festival
• Kodo


  Converts two meanings; "heartbeat" and "children of the drum"
• Taiko


  A group that refers to any type of drum in Japan
• Uchite


  The name of the Taiko Drummer