Lesson 5 (July 15)

Lesson 4: Explore music in the local context (Japanese traditional music)

• Some of you might already experienced in your junior high school, we'll check out some Japanese traditional music that's still perform nowadays in Japan. This will be under AOI1, and a lot of them will be also under AOI3

• Questions that you should think about while listening to examples introduced:

1. What instruments is used in the example performance

2. What is the form or the structure (road map) of the example performance

3. Possible purposes of compositions

• Kabuki (may be said mainly under AOI3) (check out the website below)

  • INVITATION TO KABUKI

  • example of Kabuki (from Naxos online library)

• Joruri (may be said mainly under AOI3) (check out the website below)

  • What's Joruri?

  • example of Joruri (from YouTube)

• Gagaku (may be said mainly under AOI1) (check out the website below)

  • From the Imperial Household Agency

  • example of Gagaku (from Naxos online library)

• Prepare a short group presentation on the following topics (present on the first class after summer break):

  • Kabuki (Boys)

  • Gagaku (Girls)

• Considered the follow questions below when preparing your presentation:

  • What is it?

  • Musical forms used (if possible to identify them)

  • How did the music pass down from generations to generations? What kind of method, including sheet music, did Japanese people used?

  • Musical instruments mainly used

  • Area of Inquiry the genre belongs

  • Purpose of genre

  • History about it

  • Representative works (show us examples!)

  • MUST INCLUDE A BIBLIOGRAPHY!! (include one in book format)

Examples YouTube video from class: