Traditional Japanese music

Traditional Japanese music is the folk or traditional music of Japan. There are three types of traditional music in Japan: theatrical, court music (called gagaku), and instrumental.

Japan has several theatrical forms of drama in which music plays a significant role. The main forms are kabuki and noh.

Noh (能^?) or nōgaku (能楽^?) music is a type of theatrical music. Noh music is played by an instrumental ensemble called hayashi-kata (囃子方^?). The instruments used are the taiko (太鼓^?) stick drum, a big hourglass shaped drum called the ōtsuzumi (大鼓^?), a smaller hourglass shaped drum called the kotsuzumi (小鼓^?), and a bamboo flute called the nohkan (能管^?). The hayashi ensemble is performed along with yokyoku, vocal music, in noh theater.

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