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Shumuko Lab
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A lab studying traditional Japanese music through quantitative analysis of the sound of shamisen performance.
AboutAbout the lab
Reading culture through the sound of shamisen performance
The Shumuko Lab studies methods for analyzing the sound of shamisen performance.
The lab views the sound produced by each individual shamisen as embedding temporal, spatial, and cultural elements.
To capture these elements, it develops quantitative methods that treat sound as numerical data.
The lab approaches traditional Japanese music and ethnic music through the performed sound itself.
Key terms
- Quantitative methods
- Analytical approaches that, instead of relying on impressions or verbal description, put things into a form that can be measured and compared numerically
- Traditional Japanese music
- Music that has been passed down in Japan over a long time, including music played on instruments such as the shamisen, koto, and shakuhachi
- Ethnic music
- Music handed down by various regions and groups around the world, studied together with its place within the culture it belongs to
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The lab analyzes how temporal, spatial, and cultural elements are embedded in the performance sound of each shamisen. Developing quantitative methods for this purpose is the core of its research.
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- Associate ProfessorColleen Christina Shumuko
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Chuzao-Hosozao-shamisen” Ryukei / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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