Drummers prove to be glass act
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January 22, 2010, Friday
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ANCIENT Japanese musical instruments have taken on a new shine after one group decided to make theirs out of glass, instead of wood.
Drums and flutes play a major part in traditional Japanese music, with the "tsuzumi," an hour-glass shaped drum, often in the lead role.
Usually made out of leather and a hard wood such as cherry tree, the tsuzumi is famed for its high pitched beats and is the only Japanese drum that is played using bare hands.
Unveiling a five instrument glass ensemble in Tokyo, the Hari Gonin Bayashi group, established to promote the use of glass in traditional Japanese instruments, played several tunes.
Kaho Tosya, the leader drummer, said that while she's not completely happy with her glass instrument, it still produces amazing sounds.
"If you ask me whether this has the same timbre as the original drum," Tosya told Reuters Television, "I would say that it has still not reached a complete passing grade.
"I suppose because this is the first one made of glass. But, on the other hand, this can reproduce a very sharp high pitch."
Drums and flutes play a major part in traditional Japanese music, with the "tsuzumi," an hour-glass shaped drum, often in the lead role.
Usually made out of leather and a hard wood such as cherry tree, the tsuzumi is famed for its high pitched beats and is the only Japanese drum that is played using bare hands.
Unveiling a five instrument glass ensemble in Tokyo, the Hari Gonin Bayashi group, established to promote the use of glass in traditional Japanese instruments, played several tunes.
Kaho Tosya, the leader drummer, said that while she's not completely happy with her glass instrument, it still produces amazing sounds.
"If you ask me whether this has the same timbre as the original drum," Tosya told Reuters Television, "I would say that it has still not reached a complete passing grade.
"I suppose because this is the first one made of glass. But, on the other hand, this can reproduce a very sharp high pitch."
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