Komagaku (高麗楽) is a form of Gagaku (traditional Japanese court music) form arranged in the Heian period mainly based on the Bohai music and sankangaku (the music of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and is often played as a dance accompaniment. In contrast to other forms of Gagaku, Komagaku uses no plucked string instruments, only winds and percus...
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(from the article `arts, East Asian`) ...were organized into two basic categories. The so-called music of the left was called tgaku and contained the Chinese- and Indian-derived pieces. ... ...Asian, and indigenous Japanese music were organized in the 9th century into two major categories: tgaku, the so-called music of the left, include...
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