dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
old Japanese court music; gagaku
Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century)
wind music; wind instrument music
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
Western music; European music
orchestra member; musician
music for strings; string music
Music Department (part of the Board of Ceremonies of the Imperial Household Agency)
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh
melodic subject; theme; motif
compositional rules; musical grammar
music for strings; string music
celebrated musician; master musician
musical passage or section
Tang-era Chinese music; tōgaku; style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
gagaku training place (Heian era); place for playing instruments
popular music; common people's music (as opposed to court music)
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
music performed by women; women who performed court Bugaku music and dance
church music; sacred music
new music; shingaku (post-Tang dynasty gagaku piece)
Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century)
Ancient Chinese banquet music
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
form of gagaku performed while marching
old Japanese court music from the Nara period
words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology
Flemish school (of music)
metre or rhythm in Chinese and Japanese traditional music
music in the Korean court
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
ancient type of koto with 13 strings used in Gagaku music
large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance