Traditional music popular in Japan

The Ancient Music of Japan from 5th to 9th Century

The Japanese have long had their own music culture. Although the music of the early rope-writing era, the Yayoi era and the ancient grave era has not been handed down, according to archaeological data and documents compiled in the 8th century, such as Annals of Ancient History, Annals of Japan, Leaves Collection, etc., the Japanese have their own ballads, dances and musical instruments in ancient times. In ancient times, the 5-string harmonica was smaller than the 6-string harmonica. Ancient flutes include bamboo flutes, spherical stone flutes and Tao Di. The belly of Doudou Meigu is cylindrical. Clocks are made of metal, ceramics and wood. At that time, clocks were both musical instruments and decorations. Tudor appeared around 1 century BC, and the shape of Tongduo is different from that of Zhong and Tudor in China. Ancient Japanese musical instruments had a complete range. After entering the farming society, the earliest songs (also called songs) where men and women get together to dance and the music and dance of witches appeared.

Japanese music and cultural exchanges with foreign countries have a long history, and cultural exchanges with Eurasia are mainly conducted through North Korea and China. In BC, bronze wares were imported and bronze priests appeared. Silla, Baekje and Koguryo, which were introduced to Japan from the Korean peninsula in the second half of the 5th century to the 7th century, were called "Three-Korea Music" in Japan. At the beginning of the 7th century, in order to revitalize Buddhism, Shoto Kutaishi encouraged the introduction of China music, and let Baekje Weimo settle in Sakurai, Yamato, and teach Japanese teenagers (Han Xin Zhaiwen, the first disciple of Lincia, etc.) lyrics and songs. Also known as flute, waist drum and brass cymbals. In the 7th and 8th centuries, China's music from Sui and Tang Dynasties was introduced to Japan. In 70 1 year, according to Dabao Law, Yale Liao was established under the administration of the headquarters, in charge of Japanese traditional music and dance and foreign music and dance. At the opening ceremony of the Giant Buddha held in Dongda Temple in 752, hundreds of musicians and dancers from Yale Temple and other temples performed traditional Japanese music and dance, as well as Sanhan music, Tangle music, March music, Linyi music and solo Luo Le. This shows that professional musicians have begun to appear in Japan.

Note: The first four modes are the basic modes popular in Japan. In the music score, white tone is the core tone in the mode. Rhythm is divided into fixed beat rhythm (basically double beat) and loose board rhythm. Singing and playing methods have their own uniqueness, focusing on subtle changes in timbre.