Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Japanese Noh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUhtCLKFMx0

http://www.nohkyogen.jp/english/english02.html


I watched this video for my example of Japanese Noh. According to the second website , these are the elements:

The instrumentalists, called Hayashi, sit at the back of the stage. The instruments include the transverse flute, called a nohkan, an hourglass-shaped drum held at the shoulder, called a kotsuzumi, a slightly larger hourglass-shaped drum placed on the lap, a okawa or otsuzumi, or a barrel-shaped drum placed on a small floor stand and played with two sticks, called a taiko. In addition to these instrument sounds, the drummers shout, which serves as signals for the other musicians.

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