JAPANESE THEATER

a pear shaped lute.

• hyoshigi

• biwa

• shamisen

long-necked fretless japanese lute

• nagauta

• shamisen

• geza

is a japanese transverse flute or fue

• hayashi

• yokobue

• debayashi

is a japanese end-blown flute that is made of bamboo.

• hyoshigi

• shakuhachi

• hayashi

this music is used for some special effects in kabuki, the musicians are invisible and the audience are seated at the lower seats of the stage. The style at the lower seats of the stage. The style of music is enhanced through the use of special drums, gongs,bells and cymbals.

• nagauta

• geza

• joruri

this is the term used for the hidden musicians

• kagebayashi

• debayashi

• hayashi

used to mark the appearance of the ghost by playing flute and drum.

• biwa

• hayashi

• Hyudorodoro

it is performed on a tiered platform at the backstage. The instruments used are shamisen, drums, and flute.

• nagauta

• debayashi

• Hyudorodoro

this is an onstage music performance in full view of the audience. Debayashi is divided into two consisting of a song or chant with a highly dramatic recitation with shamisen as musical accompaniment.

• joruri

• Debayashi

• shakuhachi

musical ensemble for kabuki theater which is a live performance of the shamisen players. Debayashi is the onstage segment of this ensemble located on a place of the stage right behind the geza.

• hyoshigi

• hayashi

• biwa