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Accompaniments & Enrichments
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Shinosuke Okura plays o-tsuzumi, the "big hand drum" that is the principal accompaniment of the spare, poetic dramatic form of Noh, classical Japanese tragedy. Along with the smaller ko-tsuzumi and the nohkan, a shrill transversal flute--and occasionally one or two small stick drums (taiko)--the o-tsuzumi player lays the groundwork for the martial arts-like movements of the Noh actors, and adds to the sonic atmosphere of the drama with plaintive calls.
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