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    The document defines traditional musical instruments from Japan, China, and Korea. It provides the names, countries of origin, and brief definitions or descriptions of instruments including drums, lutes, zithers, flutes, and gongs. Instruments range from the large Japanese drum odaiko to the Chinese free reed instrument sho to the Korean vertical fiddle haegum.

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    Instruments East Asian

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    The document defines traditional musical instruments from Japan, China, and Korea. It provides the names, countries of origin, and brief definitions or descriptions of instruments including drums, lutes, zithers, flutes, and gongs. Instruments range from the large Japanese drum odaiko to the Chinese free reed instrument sho to the Korean vertical fiddle haegum.

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    The document defines traditional musical instruments from Japan, China, and Korea. It provides the names, countries of origin, and brief definitions or descriptions of instruments including drums, lutes, zithers, flutes, and gongs. Instruments range from the large Japanese drum odaiko to the Chinese free reed instrument sho to the Korean vertical fiddle haegum.

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    INSTRUMENTS NAME COUNTRY DEFINITION

    - Big drums of japan


    ODAIKO and JAPAN
    TAIKO

    JAPAN Kutsuzumi- held on right shoulder.


    TSUZUMI - The player alters the tone by
    squeezing the laces.
    Otsuzumi- place on the left thigh.

    JAPAN - A large hanging barrel drum


    TSURIDAIKO

    JAPAN - 13-string zither


    KOTO - 2 meter long
    - Made of Paulownia wood.
    - Used in an ensemble of gagaku or a
    solo instrument

    JAPAN - Fretless
    SHAMISEN Slimmer than a guitar or a banjo.

    JAPAN - Short-necked fretted lute, often


    BIWA used in narrative storytelling.
    - Is the chosen instrument of
    Benten, the goddess of music,
    eloquence, poetry, and education
    in Japanese Shinto
    JAPAN - Most famous flute from bamboo.
    SHAKUHACHI - Has 4/5 finger holes on the front
    face and a thumb hole on the rear
    face.

    JAPAN - A parallel, only melodic instrument


    NOKAN used in NOH,
    - No specific pitch relationship with
    the melody of the chanting
    JAPAN - Double reed Japanese flute
    HICHIRIKI - One of two main melodic
    instrument in Japanese gagaku
    music, the other being the ryuteki.

    JAPAN - Japanese free reed musical


    SHO instrument that was introduced
    from China during the Nara period.

    JAPAN - Also called takebue in the context


    SHINUBUE of Japanese traditional arts.
    - Transverse flute that has a high
    pitched sound.

    JAPAN - Literally Dragon Flute


    RYUTEKI

    CHINA - A moon- shaped lute with shorter


    YUEQIN neck and 4 strings, played with a
    spectrum, used for accompanying
    local operas

    CHINA - 4 stringed lute with 30 frets and a


    PIPA pear- shaped body.
    - Has extremely wide dynamic range
    and remarkable expressive power

    CHINA - 2 stringed fiddle and one of the


    ERHU most popular Chinese instruments
    - Used as a solo instrument as well
    as in small orchestra, and by
    various ethnic groups.

    CHINA - Cloud gongs/ cloud of gongs


    YUNLUO - A set of 10 small tuned gongs
    mounted in a wooden frame
    - Has equal diameter but different
    thickness
    - The thicker gongs produced higher
    pitch
    CHINA - A Chinese mouth organ, looks like
    SHENG a set of panpipes with 12-36
    bamboo pipes with different sizes
    with brass reed at the bottom and
    a hole that must be blocked in
    order for the note to sound.

    CHINA - Traditional Chinese flute, it can


    DIZI have a membrane over an extra
    hole to give the characteristic
    rattle effect

    KOREA - An ancient Chinese instrument that


    ZHENG has arched surface and an
    elongated-trapezoid with 13-21
    strings stretched over individual
    bridges.
    - Its playing range spans 3-4 octaves.

    KOREA - 2 small bells made of high-tin


    PENGLING bronze, without internal clappers,
    and hemispheric bottomless
    gourd-like in shape.
    - Has delicate, clarion, and
    melodious tone
    - Brings an effect of a peaceful
    dream.

    KOREA - Traditional Korean zither-like string


    KAYAGUM instrument, with 12 strings,
    probably the best known
    traditional Korean musical
    instrument.

    KOREA - Six-string plucked zither,


    GEOMUNGO Goguryeo zither- black crane zither
    KOREA - 2 stringed vertical fiddle
    HAEGUM Has a rod- like neck, a hollow wooden
    sound box, two silk strings, and is held
    vertically on the knee of the performer and
    played with a bow.

    KOREA - Flute of Korea


    PIRI

    KOREA - the most widely used drum used in


    CHANGGO the traditional music of Korea.

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