Gagaku music from Japan

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Description: Gagaku was for me a strange type of music, performed by flute type instuments (from left to right: ryuteki, hichiriki and shō): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagaku From this link the following visualization can perhaps be important to understand the music: "The sound of the ryūteki is said to represent the dragons which ascend the skies between the heavenly lights (represented by the shō) and the people of the earth (represented by the hichiriki)"
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Thorf13 ::: Favorites  2006-11-02 11:00:30 Hi. Nice work! I found out it's called Gagaku. __________________________________________________
VReijs ::: Favorites  2006-11-02 14:15:49 Thanks, I changed the title and summary __________________________________________________
Thorf13 ::: Favorites  2006-11-03 01:11:56 When I first heard this music, it was far away and feint. I thought it was a baby crying, but it didn't stop, and I wondered why no one took care of the baby! I followed the sound, and eventually found the place where they were playing. It definitely takes some getting used to, this music. __________________________________________________
kortebroekman ::: Favorites  2006-12-19 20:52:53 Since Kurosawas YUME I really like this. __________________________________________________
Icewalker ::: Favorites  2007-02-12 15:32:00 Yume def opened me up to this. Ever since though I've listened to too many bad Gagaku things. Is that really loud one the hichiriki? Not the one playing the sho or the flute, that's hichiriki yea? __________________________________________________
Maraking16 ::: Favorites  2007-03-13 14:11:12 That music was very eerie and frightened me when I first heard it. I am not trying to offend anyone who likes that music. I was just giving my opinion. __________________________________________________
kurenaisama ::: Favorites  2007-04-15 06:51:35 of course not ^^ It does sound scary xD __________________________________________________
agenttk ::: Favorites  2007-05-01 18:30:38 Can you imagine, this was "The Thing" to do in Ancient times. Japanese court music... (I would know... doing a research project on it now... -_-) __________________________________________________
Obbyto ::: Favorites  2007-05-09 19:47:13 HAHAHA... __________________________________________________
ipiuq ::: Favorites  2007-05-23 23:44:30 間 __________________________________________________
WingsTM ::: Favorites  2007-06-30 14:35:09 This kind of reminds me how dreary and depressing feudal Japan was in the time of the Samurai...I wonder if any Gagaku pieces are upbeat. __________________________________________________
bombardiere ::: Favorites  2007-07-02 00:52:56 This music is tought to be a sublime expression of elegance and refinement created by the upper class at court yards of the imperial palace on the classical age of Japan... __________________________________________________
bombardiere ::: Favorites  2007-07-02 00:54:09 Omanuke san __________________________________________________
Chichiri520 ::: Favorites  2007-07-12 16:39:17 Gagaku is beautiful. It does take some time to getting used to. The sho came from the Chinese Sheng. __________________________________________________
munkytron ::: Favorites  2007-07-27 17:56:28 this reminds me of whale song. or something from a sci fi film with aliens. cool though __________________________________________________