Gagaku (and Shō!)

Quality Cucumber · 02-27-2015, 01:41 AM

Crazy ass 7th century Japanese court music.

Lots of awesomeness at play here. The Japanese aesthetic concept of "Ma" emphasizes space in composition. The instruments are pretty cool, too. This is the Japanese version of a harmonica (technically a mouth organ), called "shō," or as I like to say, "face castle"*:

Yyyyyeah boiiiii. Dem kordz.

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/ga...winds/sho.html

The Japanese shō is related to the khaen from Laos, and the Chinese sheng.

What an incredible sound. I was fortunate enough to be at the Los Angeles premier of Unsuk Chin's sheng concerto, "Šu". I bought the ticket for Mahler, but the opener blew me away.

* Sarcasm.

misspoptart · 02-27-2015, 12:14 PM

This is infuggincredible. Thank you for posting. ^_^

Edit: I might have nightmares though.

02-27-2015, 01:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Quality Cucumber Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 60	Gagaku (and Shō!) Crazy ass 7th century Japanese court music. Lots of awesomeness at play here. The Japanese aesthetic concept of "Ma" emphasizes space in composition. The instruments are pretty cool, too. This is the Japanese version of a harmonica (technically a mouth organ), called "shō," or as I like to say, "face castle": Yyyyyeah boiiiii. Dem kordz. https://ccrma.stanford.edu/groups/ga...winds/sho.html The Japanese shō is related to the khaen from Laos, and the Chinese sheng. What an incredible sound. I was fortunate enough to be at the Los Angeles premier of Unsuk Chin's sheng concerto, "Šu". I bought the ticket for Mahler, but the opener blew me away. Sarcasm. __________________ http://i60.tinypic.com/b6awes.gif

02-27-2015, 12:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
misspoptart gimme gimme Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: istanbul Posts: 897	This is infuggincredible. Thank you for posting. ^_^ Edit: I might have nightmares though.