Kane (instrument)

The kane or shō (鉦 or 鐘) [kane] is a type of dish-shaped bell from Japan.

The "Kane" (鉦) is often found in traditional Japanese music or Min'yō. Although sometimes suspended from a bar, it is more common for a musician to hold the bell in place with one hand beat it with the other using a special mallet, often made from bone.^[1] The kane makes three distinct sounds: chon - hitting the middle; chi - hitting the inside edge; and ki - reversing the stroke. This kind of onomatopoeic mnemonic or shouga is common in Japanese music.^[1] There are several sizes of kane, such as the atarigane or the surigane.

Kane are also used in Buddhist or Shinto ceremonies. In temples, they may be used to signify time or alert people to certain events.

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Malm, William (2013). Japanese Music and Musical Instruments. Tuttle Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-1462912353. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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Kane (instrument)

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