Keyword
play music
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1693
Readings
そう
(84%)
かな
(15%)
Composed of
three people
heaven
Mnemonic

With a band of only three people (a guitarist, a bass, and a drummer) you can play music and send your audience to heaven!

(The "tree people" are on the top since they're on a raised stage and the audience is below them.)

Used in kanji (2 in total)
piece together
???
Used in vocabulary (108 in total)
musical performance
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to succeed; to bear fruit
report to the emperor
concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble
accompaniment
instrumentalist; player
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
performing musician
ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.); concert
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
performer; player
live music or performance
wind music; wind instrument music
prelude; overture
success; achievement; fruition
instrumental duet; instrumental duo
interlude; intermezzo
instrumental ensemble
report to the emperor
instrumental quartet
to join in a (musical) performance
musical performance
to succeed; to bear fruit
(instrumental) solo; recital
to succeed; to bear fruit
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
way of playing (an instrument); style of playing; playing technique
playing (a wind instrument); blowing
instrumental quintet
(playing a) variation
delivering a message to the emperor
improvisation (usu. musical); impromptu performance
performance; playing on stringed instruments
reporting to the Emperor
introduction
petitioning the Emperor
wind instrument orchestra; wind band; brass band
secret report to the emperor
musical item being performed; performed song
flute player; flutist; flautist
report to the throne
solo (musical work)
cellist; violoncellist
interlude; intermezzo
to join in a (musical) performance
to match; to harmonize (with)
trying out (a musical instrument; e.g. in a store); test-playing
imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court (during the Muromachi and Edo periods)
instrumental sextet
report to the throne
player of a wind instrument
musical program; musical programme
performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments
direct report to the throne
wayō gassō; mixed orchestra using Japanese and Western instruments
instrumental duet; two-part ensemble
chamber concerto; concerto di camera
direct appeal to the throne by the military
jazz musician; jazzman
musical symbol; musical notation
concert version (of an opera or musical); concert staging
quartet; quartette; piece in four parts or voices
tapping (playing technique; on a guitar, etc.)
playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
report of an official's offence to the emperor (offense)
articulation mark; articulation marking
reporting to the emperor
bowed stringed instrument
confidential report to the ruler of the country of astronomical events and their astrological interpretation
recommendation to the throne
slandering (someone) when reporting to the Emperor
Tanaka memorial (document, ca. 1927)
sight-reading; performing at sight
Examples (82 in total)
Oh, right, I was a little bothered by the way you played this part.
That was a superb performance.
Now that the dress is decided, I have to do my best with the musical performance too.