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Aitake (gender unknown)

original: 合竹

? [tone cluster (chord) ?]

playing of chords (SE Asian mouth organs)

Identical types: 2

Playing of chords, each of which consist of a maximum of 6 pitches; In classical Gagaku 11 different chords are used.

Sources

Miki, Minoru: Composing for Japanese Instruments. Rochester, 2008, p.66-67.

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Japanese Wiki (Sho)