Music Summary
Music Summary
Music Summary
Kabuki
Ka – song
Bu – dance
Ki – skill
Found in 1603 by Okuni, Shinto Priestess
Traditional form of theater – very popular
o Long song
o Reached golden age
o Dance music for henge mono -> quick change pieces
o Very flexible
o Can be performed by 1 shamisen or by entire orchestra of 20 musicians of
which 10 are shamisen while others play flutes (fue taken from nō) and
drums ( kotsuzumi- small drum, waist drum – ōtsuzumi, taiko – stick drum)
CHINESE THEATER
o Provides atmospheric bg
o Accompanies sung passgaes
o Controls timing of movement
o Welds performance into rhythmical whole.
InDonesian Theater
Wayang Kulit
Shadow Puppet Theater – well known
Wayang Kulit – (in Central Java) oldest traditions of storytelling
o leather construction of pupets that are cut into fine tools & supported with
shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods
Dalang – puppeteer
o Use of voice interchangeably
o Sings SULUK (mood songs) at regular intervals of performance
o prepares materials used
o manipulates puppets, sings, taps out signals to orchestra
o Suluk – never accompanied by gamelan
GAMELAN:
Accompanies singing/chanting
Accompanies stage actions including dance