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• Kabuki


  A Japanese traditional theater art that combines acting, singing and dancing which is performed in a stylized manner
• Kabuki term


  ka, "song", bu, "dance" and ki, "skill"
• Kabuki


  • Founded in 1603 by Okuni, a Shinto priestess
  • Kabuki programs ran from morning to evening because of this, there was a constant coming and going in the theater
• Kabuki performance


  1. Dances and movements are usually accompanied by shamisen

  2. The most popular shamisen music is called Naugata which is flexible; it can be performed by one or entire shamisen orchestra with twenty musicians
• Shamisen


  A three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument played with a plectrum
• Odaiko


  A large Japanese barrel-shaped drum
• Tsuzumi


  An hourglass-shaped hand drum of Japan consisting of a wooden body with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads
• • Peking opera in China is also known as the Beijing opera that follows traditional Chinese arts in stressing meaning, rather than precise actions.

  Peking Opera is a theater art in China that combines acting, song, dance and acrobatics.
• Main roles in Peking Opera


  • Sheng - the male characters
  • Zhengdan (Qingyi) - the middle-aged woman who is strong-minded and well-behaved
  • Laodan - the senior woman
  • Wudan - the female that is good at fighting
  • Jing - the painted face usually pertains to the male characters who have unique personality or appearance
  • Chou - the comic role, a villainous character, or a righteous person
  • Dan - the general name for the female characters
  • Wusheng - good at martial arts roles
  • Hua Dan - the little girls who usually live in the society's bottom
  • Wenchou - the civilian role such as a merchant or jailer
  • Wuchou - the military role, skilled in acrobatics
• Lao Sheng


  Middle-aged man who performs as the decency figure
• Xiao Sheng


  A young man and doesn't wear a beard
• The characteristic of the Wenchou and Wuchou painted face role is a small patch of white chalk around the nose
• Ti-tsa


  Cross flute that is played along with singing
• Slao-a


  Recorded flute that is played along with singing
• Ta-lo/Siao-lo-


  Gongs that are played to signify the beginning of the performance
• Hu-ch'in and Bu- ch'in


  Violin like, two-stringed instruments
• Tan-pi-ku-


  Kettle drum that is used to create the tempo of the performance
• Yue-ch'in


  Guitar like four-stringed instruments
• San-siena


  Guitar like three-stringed instruments
• Pi-p'a


  Stringed instrument similar to lute with four strings
• In Indonesia, shadow puppets are called Wayang Kulit
• Wayang


  In local Bahasa means "shadow" and refers to the entire gamut of shadow plays in Indonesia
• Kulit


  Means "leather". The puppets are called Wayang Kulit because the puppet figures are usually made of leather
• • Puppet plays are often used to convey stories of God, impart morality lessons, or educate common man about good and evil.
• INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WAYANG KULIT

  Wayang puppets are two dimensional (2D).

  Shadow puppets in Indonesia usually have two bamboo sticks attached to them so that they can be moved easily.

  The chief puppeteer is called "Dalang" and he manipulates the sticks and breathe light into the puppets behind the screen
• • Wayang shows in Indonesia are often accompanied by songs and music played on Gamelan drums.

  • In Wayang Kulit, the Dalang sings the mood songs (suluk) at regular intervals while performing. Suluk are never accompanied by the full gamelan ensemble. Often, a single instrument accompanies the singer, never more than three or four
• Peking Opera is a form of traditional Chinese theater which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics.
• the jinghu, a two-stringed instrument played with a bow, the yueqin, a four-stringed instrument that is plucked, a sanxian, a three-stringed instrument which is also plucked
• An example of an aria is wawadiao, an aria in the Xipi style that is sung by a young Sheng to indicate heightened emotion.The second type of melody heard in Beijing opera is the fixed-tune melody, or qupai.
• Examples include the "Water Dragon Tune" (shui long yin), which generally denotes the arrival of an important person, and "Triple Thrust" (ji san qiang), which may signal a feast or banquet.
• Wayang kulit shadow puppets are prevalent in Java and Bali in Indonesia, and Kelantan and Terengganu in Malaysia are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang. Kulit means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully chiseled with very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods.
• Wayang is an Indonesian and Malay word for theater. When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. "Bayang", the Javanese word for shadow or imagination, also connotes "spirit."
• Dalang as a source of recreation, of humor and of popular philosophy (essential communication between the artist and the audience).
• Gamelan ensemble is comprised mainly by bronze percussion instruments, augmented by other percussion instruments, strings, and flute
• Noh is a very traditional performance depicting Buddhist belief,. In noh, performers wear a mask

  Kabuki is something that's for ordinary people. In kabuki, they use face paint.
• 1. Ipponchōshi or the continuous pattern - used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in the aragoto (oversize, supernatural, rough hero) style, it requires an extraordinary breath control that only few experts succeed in achieving
• 2) Nori technique-adapted from the chanting of jõruri, implies a very sensitive capacity of riding the rhythms of the shamisen (string instrument), declaiming each accompaniment.

  3) Yakuharai technique - the subtle delivery of poetical text written in the Japanese metrical form of alternating seven and five syllables.
• gagaku (classic court music imported from China during the 18th century)

  kagura (performed in Shinto shrines),

  ⚫ nõ (chant derives from shōmyō, the sophisticated and rich tradition of Buddhist chanting)
• The most popular shamisen music was called nagauta (long song) which reached a golden age in the first half of the 19th century as dance music for the henge mono or quick change pieces.

  Naugata music is very flexible, can be performed by one shamisen or by an entire orchestra of twenty musicians