Gagaku Shakuhachi

Japanese: 雅楽尺八 - ががくしゃくはち
Gagaku Shakuhachi

...During lessons, students learn by pronouncing the katakana characters of the musical notation as they are and singing the melody out loud.
[Other Shakuhachi]
The ancient shakuhachi (gagaku shakuhachi) is the oldest, originating in China during the Tang Dynasty and introduced to Japan during the Nara period, where it was used in ancient gagaku ensembles, but died out in the mid-Heian period (around the end of the 10th century). The actual musical form of this instrument is unknown, but an actual instrument is preserved in the Shosoin Repository.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Gagaku Shakuhachi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…教習の際には譜字の片仮名をそのまま発音し,旋律を声で歌って覚える方法がとられる。
[他の尺八]
 古代尺八(雅楽尺八)が最も古く,唐代の中国で生まれ,奈良時代の日本に伝来し,古代の雅楽の合奏曲に用いられたが,平安時代中期(10世紀末ごろ)に絶えた。音楽の実態は不明だが,実物が正倉院に遺存する。…

※「雅楽尺八」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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