music

• kabuki theater - japan
• wayang kulit - indonesia
• peking opera - china
• kabuki - edo period, between 1603 and 1867
• became popular among lower classes rather than upper classes
• first performance in kyoto 1603
• KA - songs
• BU - dance
• Ki - talent
• Elements of kabuki

  • dance - dance with folk and religious dance music
  • costume - shows the latest fashion trend of the present day
  • make up - make up is very much emphasized with exaggerated expressions
  • Music - wooden clappers served as a signal to start or end the play
• Musical features of kabuki

  Ipponchoshi (continuous pattern) - used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in the aragoto style
• Nori technique - adapted from chanting the joruri
• Yakuharai technique - a fine delivery of poetical material written in japanese form
• Musical instruments of kabuki

  • Hyoshigi - a wooden clapper, used in ceremonial music
• Hayashi - a musical ensemble
• Debayashi - onstage music performance in full view of the audience
• 2 types of debayashi

  • nagauta - performed on tiered platform
  • joruri - a musical ensemble located on the left side of the stage
• hyudorodoro - used to mark the appearance of the ghost
• Geza - used for special effects
• Wayang kulit - shadow puppetry of indonesia
• Wayang kulit - one of asian dramas most distinctive shadow plays
• bayang - javanese word for shadow or imagination
• elements of music in wayang kulit

  • rhythm
  • melody
  • timbre and musical effects
  • texture
  • dynamics
  • musical forms and improvisation
• dalang - a person who is a master of a particular art or craft, a master of the art of dance
• gamelan - the heart of indonesia
• peking opera - a traditional chinese theater form
• yongqi - the use of breath
• fayin - pronunciation
• shangkouzi - special peking opera pronunciation
• Xipi - melodies are very disjointed
• Erhuang - reflects the low and soft folk tunes if south central china