Composing for Japanese instruments
By: Minoru Miki ; translated by Marty Regan ; edited by Philip Flavin
Contributors: Regan, Marty, translator; Flavin, Philip, editor
Edition: Paperback edition.
Series: Eastman studies in music -- v. 57; Eastman studies in music -- v. 57.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781580465526
Subjects: Composition (Music); Music; Instrumentation and orchestration; Instruction and study; History and criticism; Musical instruments
Work titles: Nihon-gakkihou
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discographies (pages 207-242), and index.

"List of audio examples": pages xiii-xvii; "Glossary": pages 249-252.

"All audio examples are available on the book's companion website"--Page xiii.
Table of contents: title: Wind instruments. Shinobue ; Ryūteki ; Nōkan ; Shakuhachi ; Hichiriki ; Shō; title: String instruments (lutes). Biwa ; Shamisen ; Special shamisen ; Kokyū; title: String instruments (zithers). Koto ; Special kotos; title: Percussion instruments. Membrane percussion ; Wood and bamboo percussion ; Metal and stone percussion; title: Appendix I. Works for Japanese instruments by Minoru Miki; title: Appendix II. Contemporary works for traditional Japanese instruments by composers other than Minoru Miki, 1981-2015.