著者

西元 久明 ニシモト ヒサアキ NISHIMOTO Hisaaki

出版者

鹿児島大学

雑誌

地域政策科学研究 (ISSN:13490699)

巻号頁・発行日

no.8, pp.129-148, 2011-03

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In the folk songs of the northern Amami Islands, the Shamisen is the only musical instrument used to describe musical intervals. It is therefore thought that the tuning of the Shamisen in relation to musical intervals had a strong influence on the musical and melody structure of their folk songs as well as their range of voice. This idea is generally believed despite the fact that the use of the Shamisen did not spread throughout the islands for some time. This paper investigates the relationship between the tuning and melody structures of the Shamisen and the Hachigatsu-odori songs which do not use the Shamisen.