Tsuzumi
Tsuzumi ( Japanese 鼓 ), also kotsuzumi ( 小鼓 ), is an hourglass drum played at traditional performances in Japan . The body of the hand drum has the shape of a double chalice with a very thin middle section. It is related to the Korean janggu .
Style of play
The tsuzumi is the only drum in Japan that is played with the hands. All other drums such as B. the taiko are played with mallets ( bachi ). Usually the musician puts the tsuzumi over one shoulder and hits it with both hands.
Today the tsuzumi is played mainly in the Kabuki and in the Noh theater . Also with the geishas the tsuzumi z. B. Still in use with Miyako-Odori , as well as in traditional Japanese folk music.
Surname
The character 鼓 ( Japanese : tsuzumi or Sino-Japanese : ko ) used to denote every type of drum, as it is today in Chinese, which is why the big taiko are also written with this character. For this reason, the hand drums are also known as kotsuzumi (Japanese) or, more rarely, shōko (Sino-Japanese) " snare drum".
The Japanese reading tsuzumi is said to be borrowed from either the Sanskrit dundubhi or dudubhi for ancient Indian drums (presumably kettle drums and war drums with a wooden body) or the Chinese dōutánɡǔ ( Chinese 都 曇 鼓 / 都 昙 鼓 ).
literature
- David W. Hughes: Tsuzumi. In: Grove Music Online, September 22, 2015
- William P. Malm: The Rhythmic Orientation of Two Drums in the Japanese No Drama. In: Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2, No. 3, September, 1958, pp. 89-95
- William P. Malm: Japanese Music and Musical Instruments. Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland / Tokyo 1959, pp. 122-124