Grade 8 Music 2nd Quarter East Asia

6. MUSIC OF
JAPAN
LAND OF THE RISING SUN

7. AISHTERU
1 2 3 4 5 AISHTERU
6 7 8 9 AISHTEMASU
EVERYDAY AND NIGHT AISHTERU
DOUSHITE DOUSHITE SHIMATTAN
DAROU

8. JAPANESE MUSIC
•THE JAPANESE FIRMLY PRESERVE
THEIR MUSIC CULTURES AND
TRADITIONS. THEIR TRADTIONAL
MUSIC IS CALLED AS HOGAKU.

9. JAPANESE MUSIC
•HOGAKU IS BASED ON
EARLY CHINESE AND
BUDDHIST MUSIC.

10. JAPANESE MUSIC
•SHIMYO CHANTS BASED ON
RELIGIOUS HYMNS CREATED
BY BUDDHIST. THIS IS IN
FREE-FORM SUNG IN A

11. 2 DIFFERENT SCALES BASED ON
SHIMYO
•YOSEN - HARD MODE
•INSEN - SOFT MODE

12. 2 DIFFERENT SCALES BASED ON
SHIMYO
•EACH HAS SEVE TONES, BUT
ONLY FIVE ARE USED. THE
OTHER TWO SERVES AS
AUXILLIARY NOTES.

14. J-POP
•IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR
JAPANESE POP OR JAPANESE
POPULAR MUSIC. IT IS A
MUSICAL GENRE THAT STARTED
IN JAPAN IN THE 1900S.

15. J-POP
•MODERN J-POP HAS ITS ORIGINS
IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC
BUT SIGNIFICANTLY IN 1960S
POP AND ROCK MUSIC.