掛声

2021.02.25

掛声

Kake-goe

It is the shout of performer who emitted with the Noh of percussion instrument (small drum, large drum and drum). There are basically three types, “ya”, “ha”, and “yoi”. On the Noh stage without a conductor, hayashi depends on the performer’s shout in order to understand the komi and the information from the performer who is in stage and Jiuta also receive signatures from performer’s shouts. Specifically, they along with showing the beat by a shout to made the position of the performance (slow speed or strength, etc.). From this, it is said that the shout is more important than the percussion instrument’s sound.