Japan
Displaying 1 to 14 of 14 resources labelled with 'Japan'
Track 19 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Traditional Japanese music for hichiriki, from Saydisc album 'Oboe Collection', performed by Robin Canter (3'39")
Main features: hichiriki, portamento, free tempo, accelerando drum rolls
This haunting track is performed on the hichiriki (a traditional Japanese instrument) and accompanied by a temple drum and bell. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on the three note recurring pattern of the hichiriki and its sliding portamentos, the drum rolls and single drum notes.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Key Stage 3, Japan, Far East, Hichiriki, Portamento / Glissando, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Music for Koto from Japan, from Saydisc album 'Kurokami', performed by Rié Yanagisawa (2'21")
Main features: koto, minor pentatonic, use of dynamics, use of silence.
This music from Japan is played on the koto, a large zither. It is based on a poem written by Kobayashi Yoshio, a Japanese poet. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on descriptions of the phrases and use of pauses.
Official classification: Listening, Changes in Volume, Silence, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Japan, Far East, Koto, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records
Track 3 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3.
Shakuhachi solo from Japan, from Saydisc album 'Kurokami', performed by Clive Bell (1'51")
Main features: the shakuhachi, improvisatory style, changes in dynamics
This music from Japan features the shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on breath techniques of the performer, use of dynamics and note centres.
Official classification: Dynamics, Example Instruments, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Japan, Far East, Shakuhachi, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 5 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (1'35") Music from a Zen Monastery. This music features a drum and bell. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on the instruments and change in tempo.
Official classification: Listening, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Japan, Track Explorer, Buddhism, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (3'07") Tibetan Bon-po singing bowls. This piece features traditional Tibetan instruments such as a conch, yak-horn and singing bowls. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on the instruments.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Japan, Conch, Tibet, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Track Explorer, Buddhism, Yak Horn, Gong, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 13 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Music for percussion from Saydisc album 'Rain Forest Dream' (1'05") Main feature: timbre. This music evokes the sound of a rain forest using percussion and other instruments, such as bird whistles and a blalaika. The learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on the instruments and sounds.
Official classification: Other Percussion, Ocarina, Listening, Timbre, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Japan, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
The 'now and next' functions in the Live Sequencer tool allow students to create their own arrangement of the koto melody from Saydisc Listen To This KS3, track 4 Aki No Shirabe (Autumn Tune). Students also type in their own descriptions of each phrase so they can easily identify each one and demonstrate use of musical language. They can then trigger the phrases live to play in any chosen order. Perhaps this could be used to provide music for a dance or similar performance.
Official classification: Composing, Arranging, Improvising, Changes in Volume, Silence, Phrasing, Melody, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pentatonic Scales, Japan, Koto, Curriculum support, Live Sequencer, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
The precise translation of "Kimigayo" is uncertain, it is thought to mean Emperor and State. The lyrics are based on a Waka poem written in the Heian period (794-1185), sung to a melody written in the later Meiji period. Officially adopted as national anthem in 1999.
Official classification: National Anthems, Audio, Japan, Curriculum support
This shows a Japanese Shamisen orchestra. The shamisen is a 3 stringed instrument.
Keywords:
Shamisen, Japan, Japanese, folk, world music, plucked strings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFanfx0g3sA
Official classification: Video, Japan, Curriculum support, Japanese, Shamisen
Two Ainu women perform a song at a cultural presentation in Hokkaido, Japan. Traditional costumes decorated by designs known to ward off evil or illness from entering the body.
Japan, voice, vocal, ceremony, world music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhQ8wZQuak
Official classification: Health & Wellbeing, Community Events & Special Occasions, Video, Voice, Female, Japan, Curriculum support, Japanese
Music video of Kodo by Yoshida Brothers. Yoshida Brothers song "Kodo" is the theme song for Nintendo's Wii game console!
Shamisen, Japan, Japanese, folk, world music, plucked strings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ron17xFNBf0&feature=related
Official classification: Video, Japan, Plucked Strings, Curriculum support, Japanese
This beautiful video shows Japanese trees - mostly acers - though Shakura is a type of flowering cherry tree. The music that accompanies the video is played on traditional Japanese stringed instruments.
Keywords:
Japan, Japanese, strings, Shakura, folk, world music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwADnoFDng
Official classification: Video, Japan, Curriculum support, Japanese
A group of Japanese percussionists perform a highly stylised drum piece.There is a strong martial arts feel to this.
Taiko, percussion, Japan, Japanese, folk, world music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=92h-kY6vTes
Official classification: Video, Japan, Percussion, Curriculum support, Taiko, Japanese
A Japanese man plays a koto, a plucked 13 string instrument with moveable bridges.
Keywords:
Koto, plucked strings, Japan, Japanese, folk, world music
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2IULGmlj8
Official classification: Video, Japan, Koto, Curriculum support, Japanese
Displaying 1 to 14 of 14 resources labelled with 'Japan'