Japan Part 3

Bellwork: Define Terms

• Netori—an introduction in which each melodic instrument enters in order to identify the pitches of the Cho and evoke its mood.

• Hayashi—accompanying instrumental ensemble comprised of a nokan, 2 tsuzumi and a taiko drum. It is 500 years old and accompanies Noh and Kabuki theater.

• Tayu: a puppeteer who narrates stories and sings to fill the puppets with life.

• The concept of “Ma”: refers to the relationship between sound and silence.

Expectations: A reminder

• Please raise your hand when answering a question.

• All outerwear is to be removed by the first bell—I will begin issuing demerits if it is not.

• Do not talk during listening and video examples.

• When testing we will sit at least two feet/two chairs apart from each other.

Announcements

• Test on Japan is Tuesday, March 18th

• Reading Outline #21 is due Thursday March 13th.

Outcomes

• Scholars Will:

• Grammar: Learn the basics of Japanese music.

• Logic: Sing Sakura

• Rhetoric: Create your own Koto

Hayashi--video

Tayu-video

Guided Kotos

• Kabuki is comparable to opera, with melodramatic activity, music and dancing.

•  In the “slide rule” rhythmic effect: each unit is internally correct but they are not set in terms of the same first beat.

• In the yearly Shinto ceremony Matsuri musicians must learn all the other instruments and parts to be proficient they know exactly where each player is in the Matsuri.

Active Listening#3Song of Kusatsu the

hot spring

• What stringed instrument do you hear?

• The chorus is made up of whom?

• Clap along with the strumming rhythm

Kusatsu Hot Spring

What the lyrics mean

Just the factsListening #3 Songs of Kusatsu the

hot spring

• In the song lyrics, the bubbling spring is personified as the “talk of the townsfolk”.

• The shamisen accompanies the singer like a guitar.

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CFU: Sing Sakura

Sakura: Lyrics

• sakura sakurayayoi no sora wami-watasu kagirikasumi ka kumo kanioi zo izuruizaya izayamini yukan

Singing: the basics

• Breathing Exercises

• The Buzz

• Z Ah

Sakura Translation

• Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,Across the spring sky,As far as you can see.Is it a mist, or clouds?Fragrant in the air.Come now, come now,Let's look, at last!

Bamboo flute-Nokan demonstration

Shinto Festival-video

snowball

• Create one question from the facts you learned in our class today.

• Write it on a piece of paper along with your name and then crumple it up and throw it to the front of the room.

• When you are instructed to, go up and choose one snowball. Open it up and answer the question then turn it in.

CFU: Snowball

CFU: Create your own Koto

• Get into groups of 4.

• Materials you will need:

• One board

• 10 screws

• 5 strings

• 5 bridges

Process

• Screw in the screws at the marked points.

• Tie your string tightly to both screws

• Gently press your bridge up at the left side

• I will come around and help tune the strings

Play a scale

• Pluck each string with your pick starting with the one closest to you.

Exit Ticket

• What does the bubbling spring in the Kusatsu song represent?

• What special skills do the Matsuri musicians of the Shinto festival possess?

• Define Kabuki:

• When are netori used?