Noozhawk

Scholars Record Digital Album Using Ancient Japanese Musical Instruments

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毎日新聞

Japanese artisans use winter cold to make silk strings for traditional instruments

Amid cold conditions at Marusan Hashimoto Co.'s studio, silk threads are stretched between hooks on pillars and excess glue wiped off with a cloth in a process for making strings for Japanese ...
Reuters

Glass gives new sheen to traditional Japanese music

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Ancient Japanese musical instruments have taken on a new shine after one group decided to make theirs out of glass, instead of traditional wood. Drums and flutes play a major ...
Princeton University

Grand master guides novices in Japanese musical tradition

In a rehearsal room in the Woolworth Center of Musical Studies, students are blowing into their instruments, flicking hands over finger holes, shaking heads, and dipping chins up and down to create ...
朝日新聞社

Stuck-at-home musicians make synthesizer wind instruments a hit

Consider the saxophone player's pandemic dilemma: How to play at home in a Japanese apartment, notorious for paper-thin walls, without making your neighbors want to kill you. In a pre-COVID-19 world, ...
Nippon

Ishigure Masayo: Bringing Traditional Japanese Music to New York

In February 2021, Ishigure Masayo was invited to give a performance on the koto at the Japanese Consulate in New York. The event was part of the monthly Friday Night Live series held at the ambassador ...