Which country does Nokan belong?
Which country does Nokan belong?
Item Description
Instrument Title | Nokan |
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Instrument ID | 14.00 |
Variant Instrument Name | Fue |
Country/area | Japan East Asia Asia |
Hornbostel-Sachs class | 421.121.12-7 |
What is the origin of Nokan?
The Nohkan (能管) is a high pitched, Japanese transverse bamboo flute, or fue (笛). It is commonly used in traditional Imperial Noh and Kabuki theatre. The nohkan flute was created by Kan’ami and his son Zeami in the 15th century, during the time when the two were transforming the Noh theatre forms Dengaku and Sarugaku.
What type of instrument is Nokan?
Noh: A parallel, bamboo flute (fue) is the only melodic instrument used in noh. It is played in both congruent and non-congruent rhythmic styles in entrance music and instrumental dances. In non-congruent segments, the flute plays set patterns improvisationally.
How many holes are there in Nokan?
The nokan or fue’ (flute) is a transverse bamboo flute with 7 finger holes on the front.
How does Nokan make sound?
Through these experiments and collaborations, the nokan has been gaining international attention. the first finger hole (Fig. 2). This simple, yet significant, tube within a tube deliberately distorts the instrument’s natural acoustics, producing inexplicable sounds that attract some and repel others.
What does the hichiriki look like?
Hichiriki is a seven-holed, double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo. It is approximately 18 cm long (7 inches). The first three holes are assigned to the left hand’s fingers and the last four to the right hand. There are also two thumb-holes on the back on the instrument.
What is the famous flute in Japan?
shakuhachi
shakuhachi, a Japanese end-blown bamboo flute that was originally derived from the Chinese xiao in the 8th century.
Where did the hichiriki come from?
Derived from earlier continental Asian models, the hichiriki was used in ancient Japanese court music and survives in the gagaku (court music) tradition, where it shares the main melody with the ryūteki (a transverse bamboo flute).