Japanese Music
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Music of Japan
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The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles 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).[1] Japan is the second largest music market in the world, with a total retail value of 4,096.7 million dollars[2] and most of the market is dominated by Japanese artists.[citation needed]
Local music often appears at karaoke venues, which is on lease from the record labels. Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western Music and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing.[3] In 1873, a British traveler claimed that Japanese music, "exasperates beyond all endurance the European breast."[4]
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[hide] * 1 Traditional and folk music * 1.1 Traditional music * 1.1.1 Biwa hōshi, Heike biwa, mōsō, and goze * 1.1.2 Taiko * 1.1.3 Min 'yō folk music * 1.1.4 Okinawan folk music * 1.2 Traditional instruments * 2 Arrival of Western music * 2.1 Traditional pop music * 2.2 Art music * 2.2.1 Western classical music * 2.2.2 Jazz * 3 Popular
Music of Japan
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The music of Japan includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles 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).[1] Japan is the second largest music market in the world, with a total retail value of 4,096.7 million dollars[2] and most of the market is dominated by Japanese artists.[citation needed]
Local music often appears at karaoke venues, which is on lease from the record labels. Traditional Japanese music is quite different from Western Music and is based on the intervals of human breathing rather than mathematical timing.[3] In 1873, a British traveler claimed that Japanese music, "exasperates beyond all endurance the European breast."[4]
Contents
[hide] * 1 Traditional and folk music * 1.1 Traditional music * 1.1.1 Biwa hōshi, Heike biwa, mōsō, and goze * 1.1.2 Taiko * 1.1.3 Min 'yō folk music * 1.1.4 Okinawan folk music * 1.2 Traditional instruments * 2 Arrival of Western music * 2.1 Traditional pop music * 2.2 Art music * 2.2.1 Western classical music * 2.2.2 Jazz * 3 Popular
References: Min 'yō folk music[edit source | editbeta] A Japanese folkswoman with hershamisen, 1904 Composers * Rentarō Taki (1879–1903) * Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965) * Kiyoshi Nobutoki（1887-1965） * Yasuji Kiyose (1900–1981) * Masao Ohki (1901–1971) * Saburō Moroi (1903–1977) * Kunihiko Hashimoto (1904–1949) * Tomojirō Ikenouchi (1906–1991)