Taiko

Taiko
	250x250px A kumi-daiko group in Aichi, Japan
Percussion instrument
Other names	wadaiko, taiko drum
Classification	Percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	212.2; (Instruments in which the membrane is struck directly, which have tubular bodies.)
Inventor(s)	Unknown, origin possibly from India, China, or Korea.
Developed	5th-7th century CE

Taiko (太鼓（たいこ）code: ja is deprecated ) means simply "drum" in Japanese. Outside Japan, the word is used to refer to any of the different kinds of Japanese drums (和太鼓code: ja is deprecated , wadaiko, "Japanese drum" in Japanese) and to the more or less new art of taiko drumming bands (sometimes better called, "kumi-daiko", 組太鼓code: ja is deprecated ). The taiko drum originated in the country of Japan. This drum was created by Daihachi Oguchi in 1951. The taiko drum makes a very loud, deep sound.

In a traditional Japanese village the odaiko (big drum) defined the extent of the village land. In modern Japan, wadaiko has become more of a performance art, seen only during festivals or in concert. The most famous Wadaiko performance group are 'Kodo' (meaning heart-beat). They are not only the worlds most respected Japanese drumming group, they also maintain many traditional art forms. They group lives on the island 'Sado Higashima' and live together as a community in a traditional way. Many other cultures have adopted this style of drumming, from Germany and the United States to Australia.

Taiko Media

Taiko Tsukiji Honganji Festival.webm

Taiko Tsukiji Honganji Festival
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Hand-colored print of a woman playing a shime-daiko, circa 1885
Yashima Gakutei - A woman playing a large suspended drum (tsuridaiko) A set of five prints for the Hisakataya poetry c... - Google Art Project.jpg

A woodprint block by Yashima Gakutei illustrating a woman playing a tsuri-daiko
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Taiko drum manufacturing display in the Osaka Human Rights Museum
Bachi are sticks used specifically for taiko performance, and can be slightly thicker than typical drum sticks.
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Several drummers perform a traditional pattern on a taiko drum at a summer festival in Japan.
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Hachijō-daiko is a music tradition involving two players on a single drum.
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A performance in Hachijō-daiko style. On the upright drum, the uwa-byōshi (left) plays more complex rhythms while the shita-byōshi (right) plays a consistent underlying rhythm.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Bender, Shawn (2012). Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0520951433.

Other websites

Taiko history Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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[Bender-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Bender, Shawn (2012). Taiko Boom: Japanese Drumming in Place and Motion. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0520951433.

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Percussion instrument
250x250px A kumi-daiko group in Aichi, Japan
Other names	wadaiko, taiko drum
Classification	Percussion
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	212.2 (Instruments in which the membrane is struck directly, which have tubular bodies.)
Inventor(s)	Unknown, origin possibly from India, China, or Korea.^[1]
Developed	5th-7th century CE^[1]