Chapter 14 Learning Musical Instruments in Japanese Schools

In: Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era
Authors:
David G. Hebert
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Kōji Matsunobu
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Pages:
237–253
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687172_016

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Abstract

In order to explain the current state of musical instrument learning in Japanese schools, this chapter begins with a succinct historical overview of policies and practices connected to the use of common classroom instruments. Next we proceed to a discussion of kurabu katsudō or after-school club activities, such as wind bands and jazz bands as well as hōgaku (or sōkyoku) clubs featuring koto and other Japanese traditional instruments, and finally, we address the role of music in school festivals. We describe how westernization became pervasive, but since the start of the twenty-first century, a policy change supporting the promotion of Japanese instruments has impacted both formal education and extra-curricular activities, leading schools to further develop their role in constructing new musical traditions in Japanese society.

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Series:  Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan, Volume: 18
Cover Handbook of Japanese Music in the Modern Era
E-Book ISBN:
9789004687172
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
13 Nov 2023
Front Matter
Introduction: Japanese Music in the Modern Era
Part 1 Foundations
Part 2 Heritage
Chapter 7 Getting into Min’yō: Online and Offline Access to Japanese Folk Song
Chapter 8 Traditional Folk Music in Contemporary Japan: Case Studies of Standardization and Diversification in Tsugaru Shamisen and Folk Song
Chapter 9 Naniwa-bushi: A Musical Narrative Born in Modern Japan
Chapter 10 An Innovative Conservative: Satsuma-biwa Practice and the Legacy of Fumon Yoshinori
Chapter 11 Wondrous Tones: The Transnational Appeal of the Shakuhachi through Time and Space
Chapter 12 Choreographing Sound: Ensemble Taiko Drumming in Modern Japan
Chapter 13 Studying the Past to Predict the Future: Yamauchi Reach, a Professional Percussionist in the Twenty-First Century
Part 3 Institutions
Part 4 Hybridities
Back Matter
Index