B8+Japanese+Music

 Japanese Music

 1. Traditional music 2. New age music 3. J-pop 4. International musicians in Japan 5. Johnnys&Associates


 * Traditional music **

One of the characteristics of traditional Japanese music is a sparse rhythm. It also doesn't have regular chords. The rhythms are based on ma; silence is important. Different from Western music, Japanese music flows, in an attempt to reflect the feeling of nature. The tempo usually starts out very slow and gets faster, returns to being slow again, and has a drawn-out ending. Traditional Japanese music is influenced by Chinese music because some of the musical instruments used in it came from China.


 * New Age **** music **

 The most famous New Age music artists are Japanese such as Yuki Guramoto（ゆき　ぐらもと）, Hisaishi（ひさいし） Joe and るゅいちさかもと(Ryuischi Sakamoto).  **J-pop** A current trend in Japanese music, often featured in anime. Some of the more notable J-Pop artists are Aiko, Morning Musume, Arashi and Hitomi Yaida. They are mostly in a group. The Japanese music industry is the second largest country in the world. []

**International musicians in Japan** In Japan, there are many international musicians; Caucasian(American, Canadians, Australian, Korean, Chinese….). Because people want to listen more variety songs. []

**Johnny’s Associates** It is a company that was formed by Johnny kitagawa who used to be a famous singer in japan. He started to train and promote groups of male idol in japan. Johnny’s associates has debuted over 20 groups so far.

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