The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 2 sourcesThe shōko (鉦鼓) is a small bronze gong, struck with two horn beaters, used in gagaku. 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. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Shōko (instrument)”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
shōko is Japanese musical instrument, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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