Cute-Factor - Entries for October 30, 2008

~ Traditional musical instruments II ~

Posted 10-30-2008 at 11:57 AM by Love-chan

Ryūteki (竜笛)

A Japanese transverse fue made of bamboo. It is used in gagaku, the Shinto classical music associated with Japan's imperial court. The sound of the ryūteki is said to represent the dragons which ascend the skies between the heavenly lights (represented by the shō) and the people of the earth (represented by the hichiriki). The ryūteki is one of the three flutes used in gagaku, in particular...

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~ Traditional musical instruments I ~

Posted 10-30-2008 at 11:11 AM by Love-chan
Updated 10-30-2008 at 11:30 AM by Love-chan

I know FancyM already talked about this, but I want to complete that instruments list and show you how each one of them sounds

Biwa (琵琶)

Japanese short-necked fretted lute, and a close variant of the Chinese pipa. The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, Goddess of music, eloquence, poetry, and education in Japanese Buddhism.