Shōko (instrument)

This article is about the gong instrument. For the drum instrument, see tsuzumi.

Shōko

The shōko (鉦鼓) is a small bronze gong, struck with two horn beaters, used in gagaku.[1][2] It is suspended in a vertical frame and comes in three sizes. In Buddhist music and Japanese folk music the instrument is called kane/shō.

References

  1. ^ Piggott, Francis Taylor (1909). The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan. Kelly & Walsh. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-0-306-70160-3.
  2. ^ The East. East Publications. 1980. p. 67.