Tibetan Buddhism sheet music has a unique attraction not found in Western music



Music is regarded as very important in

Tibetan Buddhism , a school of Buddhism developed around Tibet. Such beautiful music sheet used in Tibetan Buddhist music is summarized by Open Culture of culture media.

Tibetan Musical Notation Is Beautiful | Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2019/04/tibetan-musical-notation-is-beautiful.html

Religions, even those with the same roots, are transformed in many ways by blending with the local culture and culture. Buddhism, believed to have been transmitted from India to Tibet in the 7th century, was combined with Bonnism , an ancient Tibetan religion, and transformed into a unique Tibetan Buddhism.

In such Tibetan Buddhism, music is a very important component. Tibetan Buddhist music, like Western religious music, has religious songs with complex notation and a long history, and has inherited sacred music and rituals from generation to generation. Tibetan Buddhist music has been used as a means of remembering sacred texts, representing devotion, driving away demons, and calling God.

In the following movie you can see the Tibetan Buddhist music performer.

Traditional Tibetan Music instrument played by students of Jonangpa Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal


Monks who play a wind instrument called garin . A number of timbres overlap to create unique music.



Children of the back is

dung-dkar pattern that is blowing a conch shell called.



The instrument with a surprisingly long tube is called

Lagdun .



It seems that there are times when you can play outdoors ...



You can also watch them walking around while playing music in the movie.



This is an example of a score used in such Tibetan Buddhist music. A musical score written with wavy curves and lyrics, symbols, etc. looks just like any painting.




Not only does Tibetan Buddhist music not only represent melody, rhythm, and arrangements of musical instruments, but it also describes matters related to Buddhist rituals, such as lyrics and hand gestures.




The curve which draws a beautiful curve expresses the change that the singing voice is smooth, and it seems to be written about the consciousness at the time of singing such as 'sing like a flowing river' and 'light as a bird's song'.



Tibetan Buddhism is based on Buddhism transmitted from India, but the tradition of Tibetan Buddhist music is unique. John Powell, a music researcher at Tulsa University , says that it is essential to firmly understand the concepts of melody and rhythm to understand Tibetan Buddhist music.

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