Cultures
Asian
Latin American
Asia
CHINA:
Music Instruments to Know:Pipa
Art to Know: Ceramics
JAPAN:
Music Instruments to Know: Koto
Theater to Know: Bunraku
INDIA:
Music Instruments to Know: Sitar, You Tube Example
Dance to Know: bharata natyam & kathak
China :Pipa
traditional Chinese instrument- It is 2,000 years old- It has always been popular in China, even today- Made of wood- Similar to the guitar- Four stings AEEA- Left hand bends the notes.
Japan: Koto
Played laying on ground or table- Large- Many strings- Movable bridges- uses picks to strum- Pushes down on stings to bend notes- wooden
India: Sitar
larg instrumen- many strings- wide neck- small oval body
Indonesia: Gamelan Orchestra
Gamel means hammer- mainly percussion instruments- Gong "Spirit"- Metalaphone- Cymbol-bamboo flutes and shakers- Drum "leader"- flowers are used for decoration- no shoes allowed- not allowed to step over instruments- music represents the life cycle by its repetition of the phrases.
