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Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. Japan's Ministry of Education classifies hōgaku (邦楽, lit. 'Japanese music') as a category separate from other traditional forms of music, such as gagaku (court music) or shōmyō (Buddhist chanting), but most ethnomusicologists view hōgaku, in a broad sense, as the form ...
Problems playing this file? See media help. " Sakura Sakura " (さくら さくら, "Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms"), also known as " Sakura ", is a traditional Japanese folk song depicting spring, the season of cherry blossoms. It is often sung in international settings as a song representative of Japan. [ 1] Contrary to popular belief, the ...
Sthāyi. Sthāyi refers to an octave of music. There are 5 sthāyis in Carnaatic music, namely, Anumandara (lowest), Mandara (literally means chant, which means lower), Madhya (literally means middle), Taara (means higher) and Athitaara (meaning very high). Most artists sing over two octaves or two and a half octaves range (within Mandra ...
Kuroda Bushi. The plaque of the birthplace of Kuroda Bushi at the Gokogu Shrine ( 御香宮神社 ), Kyoto. Kuroda Bushi ( Japanese: 黒田節, literally the tune of Kuroda ), also known as Kuroda-bushi, is a folk song from Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. This song, since its birth in the 1590s, has become popular across Japan, being ...
A person singing karaoke in Hong Kong ("Run Away from Home" by Janice Vidal). Karaoke (/ ˌ k ær i ˈ oʊ k i /; [1] Japanese: ⓘ; カラオケ, clipped compound of Japanese kara 空 "empty" and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment system usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to pre-recorded accompaniment using a microphone.
In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 ( ongaku ), combining the kanji 音 on (sound) with the kanji 楽 gaku (music, comfort). [ 1] Japan is the world's largest market for music on physical media [citation needed] and the second-largest overall music ...
Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) " Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) " (Japanese title: "手をとりあって", te o toriatte) is a song by Queen from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the closing track on the album. The song is notable for having two choruses sung entirely in Japanese, and it ...
Older lyrics to "Mo Li Hua". From a Japanese music book, Gekkin Gakufu (月琴楽譜) (1877) The song has been generally cited to originate during the Qianlong era (1735–1796) of the Qing dynasty, [2] though ethnomusicologist Frederick Lau has noted that "we now know that the earliest “Molihua” lyrics appeared during the Ming dynasty Wanli period (1563–1620)."