ancient music in Japan. In the 5th to 9th centuries, the Japanese had their own music culture. Although the music of the early rope-writing era, the Yayoi era and the ancient grave era has not been handed down, according to archaeological data and documents compiled in the 8th century, such as Records of Ancient Events, Records of Japan, and Collection of Leaves, the Japanese have their own ballads, dances and musical instruments in ancient times. In ancient times, the 5-string harmonica was smaller than the 6-string harmonica. The ancient flutes included bamboo pipe flute, spherical stone flute and Tao Di. The belly of Doudou Meigu is cylindrical. Bells are made of metal, pottery and wood. Bells were used as both musical instruments and decorations at that time. Tudor appeared around the 1st century BC, and the shape of Tongduo was different from that of Zhong and Tudor in China. The basic types of musical instruments were complete in ancient Japan. After entering the farming society, there were the earliest songs where men and women gathered to dance (also known as songs) and the music and dance of witches.
Japanese music and cultural exchanges with foreign countries have a long history, and the cultural exchanges with Eurasia are mainly conducted through North Korea and China. In BC, bronzes were imported and bronze priests appeared. Silla, Baekje and Koguryo, which were introduced into Japan from the Korean peninsula in the second half of the 5th century to the 7th century, were called "Sanhan Music" in Japan. At the beginning of the 7th century, in order to revitalize Buddhism, Shoto Kutaishi encouraged the introduction of mainland music, and let Wei Mo of Baekje settle in Sakurai, Yamato, and teach Japanese teenagers (Shino's first disciple, Xin Han Zhai Wen and others) the music of ci-poetry. Jiyue, also known as Wu Yue, is accompanied by flute, waist drum (also known as Wu Drum) and brass cymbals. In the 7th and 8th centuries, China's music from Sui and Tang Dynasties was introduced to Japan. In 71, according to the Dabao Law, Yale Liao was set up under the provincial control of the Ministry, in charge of traditional Japanese music and dance called Harmony and foreign music and dance. At the opening ceremony of the Giant Buddha held in Dongda Temple in 752, hundreds of musicians and dancers from Yale Temple and various temples performed traditional Japanese music and dance, as well as Sanhan Music, Tang Le Music, Sanyue Music, Linyi Music and Du Luo Le. This shows that professional musicians have begun to appear in Japan.
Note: The first four modes are the basic modes of japanese pop. In the musical notation, the white notes are the core sounds in the mode. Rhythm is divided into fixed beat rhythm (basically double beat) and scattered board rhythm. Singing and playing methods have their own uniqueness, and attention is paid to subtle changes in timbre.
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In 1868, Japan entered the Meiji Restoration and japanese pop entered the stage of modern development. Its basic characteristics are: Japan rapidly absorbs European and American music culture, thus forming a situation in which "traditional music" and "foreign music" coexist. Traditional music has changed a lot in this period. In 1871, the professional organization for the blind was abolished and the popularization Sect was banned, which made Zheng Qu and shakuhachi popular. Samo Pipa and Zhuqian Pipa, which originated from the blind monk Pipa, successively entered Tokyo from Kyushu and spread all over the country. The court elegant music supported by the new regime gradually recovered its vitality and expanded its influence. In the 192s, the "New japanese pop Movement", initiated by Michio Miyagi and others, used Japanese traditional musical instruments and used western European classical music composition techniques for reference to create new songs, which further developed traditional music. His duet "The Sea of Spring" (1929) for Zheng and Inchoa was a great success. The seventeen-string Zheng created by Michio Miyagi was a great achievement in the reform of traditional musical instruments at that time. Since the mid-195s, composers have devoted themselves to creating modern state music with traditional musical instruments. Among them, Miki has contributed to the development of Japanese instrumental music genre and the modern flavor and vitality of Japanese traditional music. Japanese pop Group, which is presided over by Miki and Nagasawa Katsumi, and Bangle Quartet, which is composed of shakuhachi Kitahara and others, have great influence. Their music practice has brought a new wind to the world of state music and created conditions for bridging the gap between state music and foreign music.
The earliest European and American music introduced to Japan during the Meiji period was military music. In 1872, the Japanese government began to introduce European and American music education systems, stipulating that music courses should be set up in primary and secondary schools; In October 1879, the Music Research Institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Sports (later called Tokyo Music School, now known as the Music Department of Tokyo University of the Arts) was established, which was managed by the president of Tokyo Normal School, Izawa Hideki. Since then, the training of music teachers and the compilation of music textbooks in primary and secondary schools have been on the track, and professional music education has begun to take shape. Marked by the school songs "Flowers" (19) and "Moon in a Desert City" (191) written by the famous composer Long Yasutaro, japanese pop's creation has produced the first batch of achievements in the early 2th century. Almost all japanese pop's compositions before 1912 were songs. During the Taisho period (1912 ~ 1926), Kosaku Yamada was the first to compose orchestral music "Flower of Mandala" (1913) compiled by a large band. Since the 192s, the creation of foreign music genres, such as solo songs, choruses, instrumental solos and symphonic music, has gradually dominated the culture of japanese pop. The New Symphony Orchestra, the predecessor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, began to perform in February 1927. The National Music Association, founded in the same year, held a chorus competition, which promoted amateur music activities throughout the country. On the eve of World War II, 27 groups joined the association, and there were 3,8 wind bands in China. Well-known composers at that time included Zhujing Saburo and Ikeuchi Tomojiro, self-taught composers who attached importance to national characteristics, such as Qiu Ji, Kiyoseji, Matsuhei Reize, Fumio Hayasaka, Ifu Buzhao and Kanhara Akira.
During World War II, under the rule of militarism, normal music activities in Japan were destroyed. Since 1938, foreign musicians' performances in Japan have been interrupted, and various music groups were ordered to dissolve in 194. By the end of the war, music organizations such as performance groups, music schools, musical instrument factories and record companies had almost stopped all their activities.
since the 195s, post-war japanese pop culture has made great progress in creation, performance, appreciation, music education, music research and other aspects. A number of striking new people emerged after the war. Dan lkuma's national opera The Evening Crane, Yasushi Akutagawa's Three Chapters of Strings and Toshir? Mayuzumi's Nirvana Symphony are all masterpieces that have stood the test of time. In addition to Toshir? Mayuzumi, there are other composers who actively absorbed modern European and American composing techniques, such as Yoshiro Inono, Nanxiong of Chai Tian, Seiji Zhujing, Ranji Tangxian, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Youzhi of Gao Qiao and so on, which were the first Japanese composers to adopt the twelve-tone system. Michio Mamiya, known as "Japan's Bartok", made famous works such as "The First Chorus" by using Japanese folk songs; In the international music world, Toru Takemitsu, Teiz? Matsumura, Miki, Maki Ishii and others, whose music is refreshing, have achieved fruitful results in exploring the national temperament of their works and creating non-Western European music. Akio Akio, Sanshan Hiroshi, Keiyuki Noda, Kenichiro Ikebana, Nanhongming, Sanzhichengzhang, etc., under Tomojiro in Ikebukuro, are all outstanding composers with distinctive personalities after the 196s. In short, all kinds of creative tendencies in the international music scene have been absorbed by the Japanese music scene, which has obvious reflection in the Japanese composition world.
Since 1946, Japanese music circles have successively established Japanese Modern Music Association, Japanese Musicians' Club, Japanese Performance Union, Music Writers' Association, Japanese Composers' Association and other trade organizations to safeguard the rights and interests of musicians and ensure the development of various musical activities. Tokyo has more than 1 professional symphony orchestras, and various overseas music performance groups are constantly flowing, providing colorful music appreciation opportunities. There are 6 colleges and universities with music departments in China, such as the Music Department of Tokyo University of Music and Arts and the Music Department of Tongpeng Academy University, which send a large number of music talents to the society every year, which has played a positive role in improving the international level of Japanese musicians and popularizing social music education.
J-Pop is the abbreviation of Japanese Pop, which refers to Japanese pop music influenced by the west. J-Wave (an FM radio station) coined the name J-Pop and used it to represent "new music". Then it was widely used to represent different types of music in Japan, including pop music, rock, dance music, hip-hop and soul music.
In general Japanese shops, there are four kinds of music: J-Pop, performing songs (a traditional folk song), classical music and English/international music. Some music combines singing and J-Pop, representing the singers as Safely and Nakajima.
History
J-pop (or Jpop) originated in the Showa period (that is, the period of Emperor Hirohito), when jazz became popular. Jazz introduced more musical instruments to bars and clubs that only played classical music and military music in the early days, and added a "Fun" element to the Japanese music scene, while "having tea with music" (music cafe) became a popular place to play jazz live.
Jazz was temporarily suspended due to pressure from the Japanese army during World War II. After the World War II, the United States en: During the occupation of Japan, the US military and the Far East network introduced a considerable number of new music styles to Japan. Japanese musicians played Boogie-Woogie, mambo, blues and country music for the US military. Some songs, such as "Tokyo Boogie-Woogie" by Shizuko Kasagi (1948), "Tennessee Waltz" by Jiang Lizhi (1951), "O Matsusuri Mambo" by Meikong and "Omoide no Waltz" by Xuecun Spring, began to become popular. Some foreign musicians and orchestras (including JATP and Louis Armstrong) visited Japan to perform. In 1952, it was designated as the "Year of the Jazz Boom". However, the style of works in this period required superb performance level, which made it increasingly difficult to play, which led many amateur musicians to turn to country music and study and play in the Far East, and finally led to a substantial increase in country music types.
since 1956, there has been a rock craze, which is believed to have started when a country music group named Kosaka Kazuya and the Wagon Masters sang Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" again. The whole rock movement reached its peak in 1959, and some Japanese rock bands once sang in movies. However, Japanese rock music also declined with the decline of American rock music, because too many bands followed the American footsteps and were greatly affected. And some performers began to combine traditional Japanese pop music with rock music. As a musician with this goal, Sakamoto Jiu achieved success with his song "Up to をぃて歩こぅ" (the more widely known song is スキヤキ). This song is the first Japanese song to reach the top of the charts in the United States (four weeks in Cashbox Magazine and three weeks in Billboard Magazine), Japan and America, and it has won a "golden record" of selling one million copies.
Impact on popular culture
J-pop has become a part of Japanese culture and is widely used in many places, such as Japanese animation, shops, advertisements, movies, radio programs, TV programs and video games, etc. Some TV stations even play J-pop songs at the end of news.
Aihui's largest independent record company in the world
Aihui Co., Ltd. (Avex) is a large Japanese record company, which was founded in 1988 and has a history of 2 years. Avex (Aihui Records) currently owns the music labels of Avex Trax, Avex Tune, Cutting Edge, RhythmZone and so on. Ai Hui Records is a star-making factory for Japanese 2-year-old idols. Its artists include Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki, hitomi, BoA, Globe, Every Little Thing, Ai Otsuka, Kumi Kouda and many other first-line Japanese artists, and it is famous as "Little Family".
aihui record company was founded in 1988, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. In 1999, its shares were officially listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
the company's business philosophy is "to create and contribute uniquely". Adhering to this clear concept, all staff, entertainers and business partners have actively started businesses and successfully developed into an international group enterprise that spans music and surrounding industries in the rapidly changing international record industry.
The business involves record production and distribution, artist brokerage, music magazine publishing, website, mobile phone, artist discovery and training.
The company has set up a special animation production company, which has produced the movie version of the animation "Initial D Third Stage" and other programs. In 1997, avex network was established to provide information industry through the Internet. In 21, a dedicated portal for mobile phones was established. In 21, the Music School was established in Tokyo. The company has branches in Hongkong, Taiwan Province, Japan, London and new york.
As we all know, Japan is the largest and most perfect music market in Asia. KTV, the perfect single system, and so on, have witnessed the standardization and huge Japanese market.
Aihui Records should be the leader in the J POP field. Unlike other national record companies, Aihui, as a local record company in Japan, is more based on Japan. It is also almost a popular cash cow artist. Especially in Geji, Ayumi Hamasaki, Kumi Kouda, Hitomi Shimatani and so on are the most popular female singers in Japan.
aihui records set up a branch in Taiwan Province in 21 and officially entered the Chinese language market. The singers of Taiwan Province Aihui Records also have a strong Japanese style. At present, Aihui Records' artists include Lin Xiaopei, Bidai Syulan, Cyndi Wang, Xin, Danson Tang, idol group 5566, and newly joined super girls An Youqi and He Jie. Wu Bai last year &; China Blue's "Moonlight Music" cooperated with "Ai Hui Records" and entered the newly established Cutting Edge label of Ai Hui, and then Wu Bo released Ai Hui's debut album "Bridge of Tears". Wu Bo's joining has undoubtedly strengthened the local strength of Ai Hui Records. Cyndi Wang is the first local newcomer created by Taiwan Province Aihui since its establishment two years ago. Although Ai Hui's publicity is a little insufficient, the advantages of Taiwan Province and Japan's complementary resources and the successful experience of Japan's Ai Hui in creating idols are all the advantages of Ai Hui's records.
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Introduction to EMI
EMI Records Company, full name: Electric and Musical Industries Ltd., which was established in 1931 and headquartered in the UK.