The shōko (鉦鼓) is a small bronze gong, struck with two horn beaters, used in gagaku. It is suspended in a vertical frame and comes in three sizes. In Buddhist music and Japanese folk music the instrument is called kane/shō.
A atarigane or kane or chanchiki (当たり鉦 or 鉦 or チャンチキ) (ja:鉦鼓(en:Shōko (instrument)) or ja:摺鉦) [kane] is a type of dish-shaped bell from Japan. The atarigane (当たり鉦) is often found in traditional Japanese music or min'yō. Although sometimes suspended...
Traditional Japanese musical instruments, known as wagakki (和楽器) in Japanese, are musical instruments used in the traditional folk music of Japan. They comprise a range of string, wind, and percussion instruments.
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Shoko Nakagawa (中川 翔子, Nakagawa Shōko; born May 5, 1985) is a Japanese media personality, singer, actress, voice actress, illustrator, YouTuber, and cosplayer. Also known by her nickname Shokotan (しょこたん), she is best known as the presenter of...
This is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments. It includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones. Where an instrument meets this...
Gagaku (雅楽, lit. "elegant music") is a type of Japanese classical music that was historically used for imperial court music and dances. Gagaku was developed as court music of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and its near-current form was established in...
The tsudzumi (鼓) or tsuzumi is a hand drum of Japanese origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads...
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