 [4227]Re:Women and Marimba (356 reads) |
2004-12-04 12:45:43 |
> Does anyone know why there are so many > more female Japanese marimba players > as apposed to male Japanese marimbists? I am writing this completely irresponsibly, but I can think of several reasons: (1) Living on a professional income of being a Marimbist is extremely hard. As a girl, in Japan, you can depend on her husband/boyfriend's income, but as a man, you cannot. Naturally, men will shy away from being a Marimbist. Actually, this is true of most other instruments. If you go to a music college/university, majority of the students are girls. (2) Marimba in Japanese is "Mokkin", which translates as "Wooden Koto". Koto is a Japanese Harp (well, musicologically, it is a kind of Zither). Now, Koto historycally has been a female instrument at large. (On the other hand, Shakuhachi, a kind of bamboo flute, is predominantly a male instrument.) This may be another factor. Cheers, Nat http://www.marimba.org/misc/ Remote Host: host-14.marimba.org |
 [4225]Women and Marimba <Chris Bonacorsa> |
2004-12-04 06:58:19 |
 [4227]Re:Women and Marimba <Nat> |
2004-12-04 12:45:43 |
 [4232]Re:Re:Women and Marimba <William Moersch> |
2004-12-05 22:42:13 |
| [4229]Re:Women and Marimba <Behzad> |
2004-12-05 06:35:21 |