The kotsuzumi is a small, portable drum used in Nō, nagauta (dance music), geza (off-stage Kabuki theater music), and traditional folk music. The left hand holds the kotsuzumi up to the right shoulder and squeezes the rope, while the right hand strikes the head in various ways.

The ōtsuzumi, with its louder sound, is usually more active within the first four of the eight beats, while the softer kotsuzumi picks up in the last four. This creates a continuous fluctuation of color and intensity.

The ōtsuzumi (大鼓), also known as the ōkawa (大皮), is an hourglass-shaped Japanese drum. [1][2] It is a larger version of the tsuzumi, or kotsuzumi, and is used in traditional Japanese theater and folk music. [3] .

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The Kotsuzumi is a small hourglass-shaped drum used in Japanese noh drama. The instrument is held over the right shoulder and the front head is struck with the fingers of the right hand. By pressing with the left hand on the lacing, the player can tighten the …

The kotsuzumi is a double-headed hourglass-shaped membranophone of Japan. Its primary contexts of use are in the nō (noh) drama hayashi (ensemble), the kabuki theatre (for both the onstage nagauta or debayashi ensemble and the offstage …

In Japan, small hand drums called kotsuzumi, and the slightly larger ōtsuzumi, were played at temple dedications, for sarugaku and shirabyōshi dances of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and formed an important part of the musical accompaniment for the …

Mar 16, 2010 · The percussion instrument used by the kotsuzumikata, literally “small drum.” Also known simply as “drum.” The top and bottom drum faces, made of horse leather, are connected with a hemp cord called shirabeo on each end of the thin, hourglass-shaped body. The shape is similar to the ōtsuzumi (“large drum”) – the kotsuzumi is simply smaller.

Otsuzumi and Kotsuzumi are drums used in Noh, Nagauta (dance music), geza and in traditional folk music. Their structure is similar but the otsuzumi is larger and has thicker heads. Heads, made of horsehide and attached to iron rings, are tightly laced to the cherry wood body.