2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Examination of the method of preservation of the sounds of musical instruments which contribute to preservation of intangible cultural properties

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22520133
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
Research Institution	National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Principal Investigator	SUMI Miyako 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 研究助手 (50569829)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	文化財 / 無形文化財 / 文化財政策 / 音楽学 / 文化財保存
Research Abstract	Although it is important to record the size or proportion of the musical instruments at their preserving, it is thought that it is also important to record the sound of it because of its primary purpose. After investigation, it have become clear that it is difficult to record and furnish some sounds with standardizing surroundings and to compare them. However, it is useful to know the sound as matters stand for knowing conditions of musical instruments. We checked up the items and how to record the sound. Trying on the biwa as a case, we choose the sounds of open strings, the sounds with plectrums and some basic techniques as items to record. Moreover, we found that we must record the sounds with being careful according to the condition of musical instruments, and mentioned the kinds of the sounds.

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