Japanese music - Hogaku

Japanese: 邦楽 - ほうがく
Japanese music - Hogaku
Hogaku is performed using all Japanese instruments such as the koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, wadaiko, and flute. The basic structure of a piece is based on the idea of ​​"Jo (introduction), Ha (development), and Kyu (conclusion)" (everything has a jo, ha, and kyu, expressing the morning, noon, and night of a day, the four seasons, and the life of a person). Most of the pieces are monotonous and do not have a clear melody like Western music. Therefore, a very high level of technique and expressiveness is required because everything must be expressed by playing just one note. Hogaku is a term that refers to Japanese music such as the koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi, and is generally not considered to include folk music such as gagaku, noh, and folk songs and local performing arts. In most cases, Hogaku exists in close relation to literature, dance, and theater, rather than existing alone as music. Examples include storytellers (be), who combined literature and music, and gagaku, joruri, nagauta, and nohgaku, which were combined with dance and theater. However, by calling it "modern Japanese music," we can include all of the above music. In the Japanese Culture Iroha Dictionary, we will provide a broad explanation of "modern Japanese music."

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Japanese:
邦楽の演奏には、琴・三味線・尺八・和太鼓・笛など邦楽器全般が用いられます。曲構成の基礎となるのが、「序(導入)・破(展開)・急(終 結)」(一切の物事に序・破・急があり、一日の朝昼夜・四季・人の一生を表現する)という思想に基づいて表現され構成されています。また、西洋音楽のよう に曲にハッキリとしたメロディがなく単調なものがほとんどです。したがって、一つの音符を奏でるだけで、全てを表現し尽くさなければならないので非常に高 度な技術・表現力が必要です。また、邦楽は、琴・三味線・尺八などの日本の音楽を指す用語で、雅楽〔ががく〕・能楽、そして民 謡・郷土芸能などの民俗音楽を含めない考え方が一般的です。そして、音楽として単独に存在するよりも、文芸・舞踊・演劇などと密接な関係を持って存在して いる場合がほとんどです。文芸・音楽を総合した語り部〔べ〕、舞踊・演劇と結合した雅楽・浄瑠璃・長唄・能楽などがそうです。ただし、「近世邦楽」として称する事によって、上記すべての音楽を含ませる考え方ができます。日本文化いろは事典では、広く「近世邦楽」について解説していきます。

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