The Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony ...
The Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony ... The Fifth International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony ...
104 ON THE POLYPHONIC SINGING STYLES IN AINU TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND SOME RECENT CHANGES RIE KÔCHI (JAPAN)
On the Polyphonic Singing Styles in Ainu Traditional Music and Some Recent Changes 105 Genres: Several tentative categories have been mentioned in previous studies about the classification of Ainu music (Kubodera, 1939; Chiri, 1960; Monbetsu-cho Kyodo-shi Kenkyu-kai, 1966; Nhk, 1965; Tanimoto, 1989; Chiba, 1996b; Kochi, 2007). Among the indigenous peoples of northern Asia, Ainu music has been said to have a much larger variety of genres (tab. 2; Tanimoto, 1989: 122). Tab. 2 is referring to Rie Kochi (Kochi, 2007) songs for dances songs Recitation of words oral literature with melodies throat singing circle dances (for festivals) dances mimicking animal movements tapkar (elder male solo recitation and dance) songs and dances concerning the rhythms and movements of various labors Crane, whale, sparrow, grasshopper, fox, and so on pounding, farmwork, rowing boat, gathering plants, and so on dances performed by males sword dance, bowing dance dances to test endurance sitting songs (festival songs) Lullabies melodies of birds and insects cuckoo, dove, lark, cicada, and so on lyrical songs Incantations words of prayer, formal greetings heroic epics mythic epics tradition of only Sakhalin Ainu; a kind of game between two people, making various sounds from their throats and the letting them resound within the megaphone formed by hands in front of the mouths of the two Tanimoto indicates the situation and musical character as: “classifying Ainu songs by performing situations, two categories can be set: 1. songs for rituals and festivities; 2. daily life songs.
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On the Polyph<strong>on</strong>ic Singing Styles in Ainu Traditi<strong>on</strong>al Music and Some<br />
Recent Changes<br />
105<br />
Genres: Several tentative categories have been menti<strong>on</strong>ed in previous studies about the classificati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
Ainu music (Kubodera, 1939; Chiri, 1960; M<strong>on</strong>betsu-cho Kyodo-shi Kenkyu-kai, 1966; Nhk, 1965; Tanimoto,<br />
1989; Chiba, 1996b; Kochi, 2007).<br />
Am<strong>on</strong>g the indigenous peoples of northern Asia, Ainu music has been said to have a much larger variety<br />
of genres (tab. 2; Tanimoto, 1989: 122).<br />
Tab. 2 is referring to Rie Kochi (Kochi, 2007)<br />
s<strong>on</strong>gs for dances<br />
s<strong>on</strong>gs<br />
Recitati<strong>on</strong> of words<br />
oral literature with<br />
melodies<br />
throat singing<br />
circle dances (for festivals)<br />
dances mimicking animal<br />
movements<br />
tapkar (elder male solo recitati<strong>on</strong> and dance)<br />
s<strong>on</strong>gs and dances c<strong>on</strong>cerning<br />
the rhythms and movements of<br />
various labors<br />
Crane, whale, sparrow, grasshopper,<br />
fox, and so <strong>on</strong><br />
pounding, farmwork, rowing boat,<br />
gathering plants, and so <strong>on</strong><br />
dances performed by males sword dance, bowing dance<br />
dances to test endurance<br />
sitting s<strong>on</strong>gs (festival s<strong>on</strong>gs)<br />
Lullabies<br />
melodies of birds and insects cuckoo, dove, lark, cicada, and so <strong>on</strong><br />
lyrical s<strong>on</strong>gs<br />
Incantati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
words of prayer, formal greetings<br />
heroic epics<br />
mythic epics<br />
traditi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>on</strong>ly Sakhalin Ainu; a kind of game between two people, making<br />
various sounds from their throats and the letting them resound within the<br />
megaph<strong>on</strong>e formed by hands in fr<strong>on</strong>t of the mouths of the two<br />
Tanimoto indicates the situati<strong>on</strong> and musical character as: “classifying Ainu s<strong>on</strong>gs by performing<br />
situati<strong>on</strong>s, two categories can be set: 1. s<strong>on</strong>gs for rituals and festivities; 2. daily life s<strong>on</strong>gs. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> former is sung<br />
by groups and has more traditi<strong>on</strong>al character, and the latter by individuals, much of it str<strong>on</strong>gly influenced by<br />
Japanese folk s<strong>on</strong>gs” (Tanimoto, 1989: 125).<br />
Am<strong>on</strong>g the above, s<strong>on</strong>gs and dances for festivals are sung by more than <strong>on</strong>e individual, so are especially<br />
relevant to the theme today.<br />
2. Styles of Ainu choral singing<br />
Broadly speaking, there are four types of singing styles in traditi<strong>on</strong>al Ainu choral singing: 1) can<strong>on</strong>ic