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The classical music of Japan, know as Gagaku (雅楽, literally "elegant music"), has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. It consists of three primary repertoires: 1. Native Shinto religious music and folk songs and dance, called kuniburi no utamai 2. A Goguryeo and Manchurian form, called komagaku (named for Koma, one of the Three Kingdoms) 3. A Chinese and South Asia form (specifically Tang Dynasty), called togaku. Gagaku, like shomyo, employs the Yo scale, a pentatonic scale with ascending intervals of two, three, two, two, and thre… read more
The classical music of Japan, know as Gagaku (雅楽, literally "elegant music"), has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. It consists of three primary repertoires: 1. Native Shinto religious music and folk songs and dance, called kuniburi no utamai … read more
The classical music of Japan, know as Gagaku (雅楽, literally "elegant music"), has been performed at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. It consists of three primary repertoires: 1. Native Shinto religious music and folk songs and dance, called kuniburi no utamai 2. A Goguryeo and Manchurian form, called komagaku (named for Koma, one… read more

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