法螺貝 / Horagai

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法螺貝は日本の伝統的な弦楽器の一つです。私は音楽を好きだから、日本の特徴な音楽について知ってるようになりたいために、法螺貝を調べていました。よかったら、日本語の楽器について、見ましょう！

The horagai are conch shell trumpets, used for centuries in Japan for religious, military and musical purposes. They have bronze or (if freezing temperatures make lips freeze to metal surfaces!) wooden mouthpieces, and can produce three to five distinct notes. From over 1,000 years ago, horagai have been used by monks for omizutori (water drawing) ritual purposes, or as accompaniment for chanting sutras. As the jinkai or “war shell,” the instrument was a signal device for military communication used by samurai, feudal warriors. It was used to set a rhythm for marching, and fooling enemies into believing the troop was bigger than it really was. Therefore, jinkai sounds, originally melodic, are changed into resonating monotones and used today in films and television shows to indicate an impending battle.

法螺貝は、本当に綺麗で、戦争する時も使いましたね。すごいですね！日本に行く時、法螺貝とか色々な楽器を吹きみたいです！

よかったら、聞いてみてくださいね！