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	KOTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		To many, the character of koto music is evocative of traditional Japan with the attributes of the western harp, dulcimer and lute.
		The koto was brought to Japan around the end of the 7th century by Chinese and Korean musicians who came to play in the Japanese court orchestra, gagaku.
		The Sawai Koto School, Sawai Sookyoku-in, in Tokyo was founded in 1965 by the late composer and kotoist Sawai Tadao and his wife Sawai Kazue, and is now directed by their son Sawai Hikaru.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /culture/koto.html (416 words)

	Koto (musical instrument) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Koto are about 180 cm long and have 13 strings that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges along the length of the instrument.
		The koto was introduced to Japan in the 7th to 8th century from China, and largely derived from the Chinese guzheng.
		However, it is still developing as an instrument; works are written for and performed on 20-stringed and bass kotos, and a new generation of players such as Sawai Kazue, Yagi Michiyo (who studied under Sawai) are finding places for the koto in today's jazz, pop and even experimental music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koto_(musical_instrument) (674 words)

	About the Japanese Koto
		Few instruments have remained as unchanged and yet stayed as vibrantly relevant to their culture at large as the Japanese koto.
		These instruments have various numbers of strings, but the koto seems to have had thirteen when it was brought to Japan in the early Nara Period (710-784).
		The shape of the koto is said to resemble that of the dragon (ryu), and the names of various parts of the koto correspond to various parts of the dragon.
	www.kotoworld.com /koto.html (1265 words)

	Koto: the Japanese harp or zither: KotoWorld Home
		Perhaps his most significant contribution was a technical one: he brought western levels of precision to tuning and rythmn, popularized a range of innovative techniques which increase significantly the tonal possibilities of the koto, and raised the bar in the training and evaluation of teachers of the instrument.
		Her speciality is the 17-string bass koto, hitherto considered as an accompaniment to the 13-string standard koto, which she has forged into a major solo instrument in its own right.
		The newness (and expense) of the instrument, coupled with the sheer difficulty for players accustomed to 13 strings to handle nearly double that number, mean that at present only Nosaka and a handful of her disciples are active with this instrument.
	www.fsinet.or.jp /~rslavin/koto (1131 words)

	Korean Musical Instruments
		Above all, he was an expert Kayagum player and devoted all his life to the development of music in Korea through musical composition and the training of Kayagum players, and made efforts to further develop it as a music instrument.
		This kind of instruments are wide spread in the world as traditional national instruments, and were introduced into the professional music of circles of Korea in the 18th century.
		Tanso is a basic instrument for the high range in the composition of traditional wind and string instruments, and is mostly used to play melodies in rendition.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55a/176.html (2570 words)

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		I believe that music is born in your heart, and that's why you like songs from other countries, even though you don't understand the lyrics," he said with serious eyes looking straight ahead, as if he was trying to prove the significance of his words.
		The koto was originally brought from China to Japan in the 7th or 8th century and became popular among court nobles and Buddhist priests in the 16th century.
		The tavil is the main percussion instrument for the Nagaswaram, a tribe in India.
	www.iup.edu /jmag/extensionchords/HSinternational.html (1352 words)

	How the Koto Became Popular \| TOPICS Online Magazine \| ESL/EFL \| Sandy and Thomas Peters
		It was brought to Japan in the middle of the fifth century.
		This instrument is somewhat like a horizontal harp; it's about 185 centimeters long and 26 centimeters wide.
		The strings of the koto are generally plucked with a small ivory piece—the plectra, which is fastened to the fingers of the right hand.
	www.topics-mag.com /edition5/koto2.htm (290 words)

	The Koto, a Traditional Japanese Musical Instrument - TOPICS Online Magazine \| ESL/EFL \| Sandy and Thomas Peters
		The koto, which is made of paulawnia wood, is placed horizontally on the ground on a low table.
		The koto has been popular in ensemble, chamber, and solo music repertoires since the earliest periods of Japanese musical history to the present day.
		It is related to the Korean kum and the Chinese chin musical instruments.
	www.topics-mag.com /edition5/koto1.htm (189 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for zither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		zither ZITHER [zither], stringed musical instrument, derived from the psaltery and the dulcimer.
		koto KOTO [koto], a Japanese string instrument related in structure to the zither.
		Japanese music JAPANESE MUSIC [Japanese music] the highly eclectic musical culture of the Japanese islands.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=zither (610 words)

	Koto Instrument Description
		The Koto is six feet long, 10 inches wide, Paulownia (kiri in Japanese) wood instrument with 13 strings of equal size and tension.
		New manufactured Kotos are dark in color because the wood is scorched to bring out the grain pattern, the Koto is made of two pieces: a flat bottom and curved upper piece.
		Ryubi, or dragon's tail, are located at the end section where strings are run through holes in the instrument's body and tied off, the leftover string is coiled into two bunches, one of six strings and one of seven strings, and kept in case a string breaks later.
	pages.cthome.net /chegment/kinst.htm (1160 words)

	Trexle - Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Musical Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Met presents an international array of musical instruments of historical, technical, and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to zithers.
		Music X - Hundreds of tabs (tablatures) for drum, bass and guitar for alternative, metal and rock music.
		Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsi - Chart based on a 1914 scheme by Sachs and von Hornbostel classifies orchestral, folk, and electronic instruments into families.
	www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Arts/Music/Instruments (320 words)

	Popular Musical Instruments of Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Though a common Chinese ancestry, this instrument is closely related to the Japanese Koto, the Korean kayakuem, the Mogolian Jetakh and the Chinese Zheng.
		In chamber music of the South Vietnam, the musiciam who plays this instrument also conducts the ensemble by keeping the Song Loan (the percussion instrument which looks like castanets, is used to keep the beat for the song playing), the Dan Nguyet has been widely appreciated by the Vietnamese for centuries.
		It is a plucked stringed instrument used for vocal accompaniment, in chamber music, in royal music.
	kicon.com /LacHong/instruments.html (792 words)

	Musical Instruments
		The different pitches on most stringed instruments are obtained either by having many strings of different lengths, as on a harp, or by changing the vibrating length of strings by stopping them at different points, as on a violin or guitar.
		The pitch of a brass instrument depends on the volume of air that is vibrating, as well as the speed at which the player's lips vibrate.
		In general this means that the instruments must have a different vibrating body for each note, such as xylophone bars, chimes, bells, or the tuned gongs of a gamelan orchestra.
	www.exhibits.pacsci.org /music/Instruments.html (1280 words)

	Guzheng - Chinese zither Gu Zheng and free sample music (and Gu zheng music samples in MP3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is one of the most ancient Chinese musical instruments according to the documents written in the Qin dynasty (before 206 BC).
		Zheng is the forerunner of Japanese koto, Korean kayagum, Mongolian yatag, and Vietnamese dan tranh.
		The origin of the Chinese character representing this instrument seems to indicate that the early version of the instrument was made of bamboo, which is different from that of today.
	www.philmultic.com /guzheng (698 words)

	Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The koto, or Japanese zither, is defined by its long board resonator with an arched surface.
		Traditionally, the koto is used to accompany other musicians and singers during Kabuki performances.
		Kabuki is a highly stylized performing art that combines acting, dancing, and music in an extraordinary spectacle of form, color, and sound.
	www.unm.edu /~maxwell/exhibits/instruments/koto.html (127 words)

	Introduction Of Gu Zheng
		It is similar to the koto from Japan.
		Zheng is a musical instrument which is make up from a horizontal wooden box resonator.
		Koto is a Japanese musical instrument.It is believed originated from China.
	members.tripod.com /szelee/intro.htm (254 words)

	The Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Involved in interdisciplinary and intercultural studies, he lectures and performs on a number of instruments, including the Japanese koto and shamisen, Javanese and Balinese gamelan, and Indian sitar.
		His research on Japanese music and musical instruments is found in the books Japanese Cultural Nationalism and Asian Nationalism in an Age of Globalization, and journals including Asian Music, The Galpin Society Journal and The Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society.
		This book examines this fascinating instrument in terms of its physical form, manufacture and instrument types, its performance traditions and social organizations, and its contexts of performance.
	www.amis.org /pubs/newsletter/2004/v33no3/the_koto.htm (203 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for stringed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers.
		harp HARP [harp] stringed musical instrument of ancient origin, the strings of which are plucked with the fingers.
		Ancient plucked stringed musical instruments discovered in NW China.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=stringed (558 words)

	The Japanese koto
		The original koto was played in China in the 5th to 3rd centuries BC and only had 5 strings.
		In Japan, the koto came to be heard most often in conjunction with the shamisen and the shakuhachi but, from being a group instrument, it became appreciated for its own qualities and played as a solo instrument as well.
		When playing the koto, the thicker end rests on the floor in front of the musician while the thinner end is placed on a block or pillow.
	coco.essortment.com /japanesekoto_rivx.htm (676 words)

	Scott Robertson - Koto and Shamisen
		I study contemporary koto with Masayo Ishigure, head of the Sawai Koto Academy, New York.
		At the bottom of the instrument the strings are stretched over a bridge, called a coma, which in turn rests on a skin stretched over a hollow, square box.
		Japanese music is often played in an ensemble using three instruments, traditionally koto, shamisen, and shakuhachi (bamboo flute).
	home.att.net /~s.robertson/koto (359 words)

	KOTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As the Shosoin's treasures include such musical instruments as Chinese koto, Japanese koto, Korean koto, sho, 24-string koto, it is apparent that koto, or Japanese harps, have been played since the Heian period.
		Koto became popular musical instrument as playing a musical instruments became one of samurai class women's requirements.
		Many of kotos are made of paulownia and the surface of the bodies are covered with ivories, gold-leaf paintings and mother-of-pearl inlay works.
	shofu.pref.ishikawa.jp /shofu/intro_e/HTML/H_S53501.html (182 words)

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		The discussion falls into three main parts (object, performance, and music) in order to emphasise that the study of the symbolism of a musical instrument should also consider the object (the form of the instrument) and its function (to play music in performance).
		Here, the playing of music is seen as the primary function of the instrument and therefore one of the main ways by which meanings concerning the koto are transmitted.
		The means of sound production and the relationship between the performer, the instrument, and the stereotypical patterns that are an inherent part of koto music, are examined in connection with cultural meaning that is embodied in the performance event.
	www.lib.umd.edu /ETC/ReadingRoom/Newsletters/EthnoMusicology/.WWW/digest/erd156.txt (1151 words)

	Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire . Interactive Instruments \| PBS
		Made from Paulownia wood, the harp-like koto was brought to Japan from China in the 6th century.
		While early kotos had 5 strings, it now typically has 13 strings made from nylon or silk of the same thickness.
		Often studied by girls in samurai families, the koto was played as an ensemble or solo instrument.
	www.pbs.org /empires/japan/instruments.html (404 words)

	CCES
		It was a traditional Japanese musical instrument, the koto, and she had brought it to share with the primers.
		She held up the six-foot long wooden stringed instrument for the children to see, and explained that it was a form of Japanese harp.
		Shishido's koto lesson was a wonderful introduction to their study of Japan.
	www.cces.org /lskoto06.html (199 words)

	Shoko Hikage Homepage
		Shoko Hikage is a koto (Japanese musical instrument) player who resides in San Francisco, performed regularly throughtout the world.
		The koto is a 13-stringed pluked zither which was introduced from mainland Asia via the Korea peninsula about the seventh century A.D., about the same time as Buddihism and many other cultual traditions from China.
		The instrument has been used in the gagaku court ensemble continuously for over a thousand years and became a very popular secular musical instrument among the merchant class of the Edo Period (c.
	www.geocities.com /shokohikage/index.html (116 words)

	Choose a Musical Instrument to Play - eHow.com
		The bassoon is a very hard instrument in general to learn, and many young students become frustrated easily (as I did when I first started), so it's always a good idea to start on something else.
		I never knew a single instrument all my life and when in 8th grade I decided I should learn an instrument and chose upon the Harp(mainly due to my interest in celtic music and other influences) it's key to find an instrument that suits the kind of music you enjoy.
		While having a hobby in uncommon instruments may be expensive, it automatically introduces you to a new social and academic circle, and it is always rewarding to feel unique.
	www.ehow.com /tips_3117_2.html (1539 words)

	Koto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Kotos are about 180cm long and have 13 strings that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges along the length of the instrument.
		The Koto was introduced to Japan in the 7th to 8th century from China (called gŭzhēng[?])and was initially played mainly in royal court, later spreading into more common use.
		All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
	www.termsdefined.net /ko/koto.html (360 words)

	Masayo Ishigure - Koto
		In 1986 she became a special research student at the Sawai Koto Academy of Music, ultimately joining a small group of virtuoso disciples of Tadao and Kazue Sawai.
		The Sawai Koto Academy is one of the most renowned koto academies in the world.
		The aim of the academy is to shed new light on koto music by incorporating everything from Bach to jazz and thus change the koto from being thought of only as a traditional Japanese instrument into an instrument of universal expressiveness.
	home.att.net /~masayo-koto (289 words)

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