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Watch the video linked below to learn about some Japanese instruments for Japanese Culture Day! The instruments featured here are:
Some Fun Facts:
Kokyu is the only one played with a bow from traditional Japanese string instruments.
Shamisen is a lute instrument with 3 strings and it has a very long neck like the kokyu.
Sho is a woodwind instrumented used often in "Gagaku" - Japan's imperial court music. Its sound is said to resemble the phonexi's call, and even have a design to look like the stretched wings of a phoenix.
Discuss the 3 instruments on what it looks like and how it sounds. Does it sound like what you thought it would sound like? Why did you think it would sound like that?
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