Japanese music: Quick Facts

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woodcut: samisen player

Japanese music: melodic principles

taiko drum patterns

woman playing a kokyū

Edo koto tunings

musicians playing the shakuhachi

shakuhachi (end-blown flute)

female musicians

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Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)

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