Large drum - Otsuzumi

Japanese: 大鼓 - おおつづみ

A type of Japanese musical instrument. Percussion instrument. A large version of the drum. Also called "Okawa". The length of the body is about 28 cm, the diameter at both ends is about 12 cm, and the diameter of the leather surface is about 23 cm. The outer leather and inner leather are made of horsehide sewn onto iron rings at both ends of the body, and the six holes are tightened by alternately passing the vertical thread through them, and then the small thread is tightened tightly, after which the body rope is attached decoratively. Before playing, the outer leather and inner leather are roasted over a charcoal fire for about 30 minutes to dry and taut the leather. The o-tsuzumi is held on the left knee, and the three long fingers of the right hand, which are attached with finger leather and ate leather, are used to strike three different sounds, "kashira (head)," "kan (top)," and "otsu (bottom)." In the case of large pieces such as the Matsubamemono "Kanjincho" in the entrance music of Noh and Kabuki, it can be played while sitting on a floor stool, but otherwise it is played while sitting upright. There are many schools of Noh, such as the Kadono, Takayasu, Okura, Ishii, and Kanze schools, and although the scores are different, there is not much difference in the playing style. There are no schools of Kabuki and Nagauta that specialize in taiko, but taiko players come from schools such as Tanaka, Mochizuki, Tateda, and Tosha.

Okawa drum

Please see the "Taiko" page.

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Japanese:

日本楽器の一種。打楽器。鼓の大型のもの。「おおかわ」ともいう。胴の長さ約 28cm，両端部の直径約 12cm，革面の直径約 23cmで，胴の両端に鉄製の輪に馬皮を縫いつけた表革と裏革を当て，6ヵ所の調孔に縦調べを交互に通して締め，これを小締めで固く締めつけたのち，装飾的に胴縄を掛ける。演奏の前に革を乾燥緊張させるため，表革，裏革を炭火で 30分ほどあぶる。大鼓は左膝の上に構えて，指革，当て革をつけた右の長い指3本で3種類の音「頭 (かしら) 」「甲 (かん) 」「乙 (おつ) 」を打ち分ける。能や歌舞伎の出囃子で松羽目物「勧進帳」のような大曲の場合には床几 (しょうぎ) に腰掛けても奏するが，そのほかは正座して奏する。能関係の流派には葛野流，高安流，大倉流，石井流，観世流などがあり，譜は異なるが奏法には大差がない。歌舞伎，長唄関係では特に太鼓を専業とする流派はなく，田中，望月，竪田，藤舎などの諸派より太鼓奏者を輩出している。