shamisen instrument drawing

This is the original name for the modern piano, which comes from the fact that a player could play both soft (piano) and loud (forte), unlike its harpsichord ancestor. Slightly larger than the violin, this member of the string family has a hollow wooden body, four strings that are tuned with pegs, and is played with a bow. Air squeezed from the bag into reed pipes. Bassoons play the low notes in the woodwind family. It has four strings, is held between the knees, and is supported on the floor with a metal peg. The recoder has a softer tone than the flute, and it is held vertically, not horizontally. Kouta (Nanatsugo) http://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/dglib/contents/learn/edc8/deao/chusei/index.html. 2. This was the first European-style music that Japanese people had ever heard. Gamelan It is held by a string and struck with a metal rod. A Theremin player moves his or her hands around the instrument instead of touching it. It is used in both orchestras and marching bands. Valves on the tube can be pressed to change the pitch of the instrument. Organ A stringed instrument with a long neck and a flat, hollow body. A stringed instrument in the guitar family with a long neck, five strings and a round body like a tambourine with an open back. A West African percussion instrument consisting of a dried gourd with beads or cowries woven into a net covering the gourd. *Usually considered a traditional instrument of Australia. Sound is made by blowing through the double reed. The largest drum. 13. Chimes A small double-sided drum with skin pulled tight over the top and bottom. Wooden blocks covered with sandpaper that are rubbed together to make a brushing sound. When the keys are pressed, the strings are plucked by quills. The sound is made by striking the tube at the top edge with a mallet. The steeldrum was developed in Trinidad in the 1930's and 40's, and is played with a rubber-headed stick. The only drum that can be tuned to produce definite pitches. Shaker Castanets A stringed instrument with a long neck and a flat, hollow body. A wind instrument that is played by blowing air into a pipe leading to the windbag. Sound is made by blowing through the double reed. A hundred years after the first encounter with Western music, Japanese composers, including Akira Ifukube, Toshiro Mayuzumi and Maki Ishii, as well as Toru Takemitsu, became known worldwide. Each bar gives off a different pitch when struck with a mallet. Gong 16. Music is a huge and deeply ingrained part of our culture. The bars are struck with mallets. Kabuki (Musume Dojoji)  *Usually considered a traditional instrument of Ireland. Music education was started in elementary and middle schools to teach shoka (how to sing songs with instrumental accompaniment) and organs were brought in. Forcing air into a hole by blowing creates one pitch, and drawing air through the same hole by sucking creates a different pitch. The bars are struck with mallets. Contrabassoon Traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe, a mbira is usually made of a wooden board with attached metal tines, and is played with the thumbs. He is the founder and president of the Yorozuya, as well as a highly-skilled samurai, having fought in the Joui War in the past. It gets its name from the Italian word for "little" - short for flauto piccolo, or little flute. À tout moment, où que vous soyez, sur tous vos appareils. 19. Double Bass That said, Japanese people tend to be more familiar with Western music than traditional Japanese music, so conventional instruments used to play Western-style music could be a hook for creating interest in traditional music. A woodwind instrument consisting of a wooden tube, at the top of which is a whistle-like mouthpiece. Its strings are plucked. Cello 6. It is played either with two hammers, or with a piano keyboard. Sound is created by blowing across a mouthpiece at the capped end of the instrument. The largest and lowest brass instrument, with a mouthpiece and a big bell-shaped opening to a tube that is wrapped around in an oval. Its tone is lower and mellower than an oboe. A stringed drone instrument played in India, An Iranian long-necked, waisted lute family instrument, shared by many cultures and countries. He played the shamisen, a three-string instrument whose sound conveys a lot of emotion, while my grandmother danced in a traditional Japanese dress. September 8, 2010. A small, stringed instrument of the lute family. 2. Take for example the sawari sound of the shamisen. Retrieved October 23, 2010. Its name comes from the large kettle-shaped bottom, over which the skin of the drumhead is stretched. Metallophone A single cymbal can also be struck with a stick. Kachusha no Uta (Katyusha’s song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiMpE83f8GM. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder with a skin stretched tightly over one or both ends. This scale consisting of five tones continued to have an influence on Japanese composers even after the late 19th century. These drums are also found in Fontomfrom ensembles. Shakere A stringed drone instrument played in India, Tar  The only drum that can be tuned to produce definite pitches. The reeds vibrate to produce pitches when air is blown or drawn through the instrument. The metal bell at the end of the tube points downward. Music was even taught at seminaries for children of the high-ranking samurai. He was best known for his song "Baby Let's Play House", which was later a hit single for Elvis Presley. Each bar gives off a different pitch when struck with a mallet. It was the biwa players who saw potential in this musical instrument, and use of the shamisen soon spread nationwide. A brass wind instrument with a cup mouthpiece and a long metal tube. Bassoon A small wooden instrument with four strings, similar to a guitar. The sound is made by striking the tube at the top edge with a mallet. Slightly larger than the violin, this member of the string family has a hollow wooden body, four strings that are tuned with pegs, and is played with a bow. The double bass rests on the floor on a metal peg; double bass players often stand when they perform. A single-head drum with a goblet shaped body used mostly in the Middle East and Northern Africa.