What is the difference between the koto's shape and performance form in different countries

Specifically as follows:

1, the Japanese zheng and China's guzheng in the structure of the same, but there are some obvious differences, such as in the production process, the stringing method, etc. is relatively more traditional, and the artistic characteristics of the very different. The Japanese zheng has become the representative musical instrument of Japan, and it has developed into an independent musical system which is completely different from the Chinese zheng, and at the same time, parallel to the Chinese guzheng, it is one of the main members of the contemporary Asian zheng musical instruments.

2, the Japanese koto in the production process, at present, also compared with the Chinese koto to get elaborate, which is made of Japanese tung wood with a raindrop pattern of the raindrop koto is the most advanced, in the decorative aspect is also very elaborate, some use ivory gold foil embellishment inlay.

3, whether it is koto or Japanese koto, is invariably associated with the region's opera cuju singing and folk music, at least for the people of the region, there will be a strong musical infectivity is also because of this, although the koto this instrument is very old, but it is still able to be strong vitality, in the wider region to continue to pass down the art of the koto in the performance is not to show off the technique.

Rather, it is to express the connotation by the emotion and rhyme, and the way of expression is euphemistic and subtle, with a long flavor of fishing, Jurchen music is the ancient, simple and elegant Chinese national culture, and through the flow of music weave of its song, it shapes the vivid musical image. A good performance should be a combination of both, in order to be called a perfect artistic effect, and it is wrong to be paranoid about one end of the spectrum, the technique is always for the service of the content, and it is the best model of playing to convey the feelings, and the feelings are blended with the black and the white.