ROUGH SOUND DESIGN

The Anti-nuclear Song that Sadako Sang to Herself

August 19, 1955 / Hiroshima Red Cross HospitalOn August 19, a delegation from China came to visit the patients in the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital. At their welcome reception, the song Genbaku-O-Yurusumaji was sung. Sadako learned it and later taught it to her roommate Kiyo.


http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/antiwarsongs/do_search.php?idartista=598&stesso=1&lang=en

"A song by Ishiji Asada sung by Pete Seeger on The Rainbow Quest album (available on Folkways from globalsound at the Smithsonian for download or on CD: https://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org"

Furusato no machi yakare
Miyori no hone umeshi yaketsuchi ni,
Ima wa shiroi hanasaku.
As yurusumaji genbaku o!
Mitabi yurusumaji genbaku o
Warera no machimi!

In the place where our old home village was
destroyed, we buried the charred bones.
Now the white flowers are blooming there.
Ah! we must never allow, we must absolutely
Forbid another atom bomb to come.

(Contributed by Janet Patterson)

I also like the feel of Nine Inch Nails Song "Hurt" and the way they presented it, unfortunately I can't embed it:

http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=nin+hurt&search_type=&aq=f

Music Video:HURT (by Nine Inch Nails)

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Japanese_musical_instruments

There are several types of traditional, Japanese music (hogaku). Some of the most important

ones are listed below:

H.I.S. Experience Japan Tours Taiko Drumming Course & Asakusa Walk A visit to the Drum Museum, taiko drumming at the Taiko Center and a guided walk around Asakusa.

• Gagaku:
  Ancient court music from China and Korea. It is the oldest type of Japanese, traditional music.
• Biwagaku:
  Music played with the instrument Biwa, a kind of guitar with four strings.
• Nogaku:
  Music played during No performances. It basically consists of a chorus, the Hayashi flute, the Tsuzumi drum, and other instruments.
• Sokyoku:
  Music played with the instrument Koto. Later also accompanied by Shamisen and Shakuhachi. The Koto is a zither with 13 strings.
• Shakuhachi:
  Music played with the instrument Shakuhachi, a about 55 cm long flute. The name of the flute is its lenght expressed in the old Japanese length units.
• Shamisenongaku:
  Music played with the instrument Shamisen, a kind of guitar with only three strings. Kabuki and Bunraku performances are accompanied by the shamisen.
• Minyo:
  Japanese folk songs.