Music Of Japan

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"The Music of Japan

This paper will discuss the different types of traditional Japanese music, its origin, musical basis, different types of musical instruments, and Japanese music today. Japanese music is known to be almost 2000 years old (and is probably older), while Western music began with Gregorian chants less than a thousand years ago. The traditional Japanese music was imported from China, and the first record of this importation of music mentions the arrival of musicians from Korea in 453 A.D.. Of course, since that time, traditional music has changed much, and now many musicians performing Japanese "koto" music are now interested in performing "shinkyouku," the "New Music," at the expense of the older forms."

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