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for any given traditional song Players of the shakuhachi (a Japanese flute) will also play only those five notes In an awa odori dance, the players (we don't call them "musicians", because music isn't the point of this dance (the point would be "atmosphere")) agree on a replica Cartier w20012c4 watch key and a rhythm The multiple flute players play the same five notes over and over again, backward and forward, all slightly out of time with one another What was,

long ago, a mere symptom of the participants' lack of "formal music training" has now become a key of the "sound" of an awa odori dance: the flutes are all slightly out of time with one another, relying only on the drums The warbling we hear as the flutes interact with replica Cartier wf9008z8 watch one another is pleasant and interesting (Other genres of music that have evolved this way: rock and roll, etc.)However Please watch the following two videos:Do you see what I see?

One "instrument" in an awa odori ensemble is a hand held cymbal like bell The man banging the bell is the most important member of an awa odori troupe He is the only one that needs perfect rhythm He is the human metronome, guiding the enormous chorus replica Cartier wj11932g watch of taiko drummers More than just a metronome, however, he also has the role of conductor and of DJ The rhythms he beats out on his metronome bell are all unique to one particular pre agreed drum beat