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Employing an array of Chinese musical instruments such as ''[[pipa]]'', ''[[erhu]]'', and Chinese types of flutes, dulcimers, zithers, drums, gongs, and chimes; Chinese language lyrics; and [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing dynasty]] melodies, it is not to be confused with the Ryukyuan ''[[sanshin|uta sanshin]]'' tradition, which features [[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan language]] lyrics; and distinctively Ryukyuan tuning, scales, and melodies. The ''uzagaku'' tradition died out following the [[1879]] [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolition and annexation of the Ryûkyû Kingdom]], leading to the ''uta sanshin'' tradition becoming the core of what is today considered "classical Okinawan music" or "Ryukyuan classical music" (古典音楽, ''koten ongaku''). However, while ''uta sanshin'' songs were certainly performed within the royal court and related contexts, they were most likely performed only for banquets, entertainments, and other somewhat less ritualized contexts; historical records strongly suggest that at court ceremonies conducted as part of official ritual court business, such as formal audiences granted by the king to his officials, it was ''uzagaku'' and not ''uta sanshin'' music that was performed as part of the ceremonies themselves.

Employing an array of Chinese musical instruments such as ''[[pipa]]'', ''[[erhu]]'', and Chinese types of flutes, dulcimers, zithers, drums, gongs, and chimes; Chinese language lyrics; and [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing dynasty]] melodies, it is not to be confused with the Ryukyuan ''[[sanshin|uta sanshin]]'' tradition, which features [[Ryukyuan languages|Ryukyuan language]] lyrics; and distinctively Ryukyuan tuning, scales, and melodies. The ''uzagaku'' tradition died out following the [[1879]] [[Ryukyu Shobun|abolition and annexation of the Ryûkyû Kingdom]], leading to the ''uta sanshin'' tradition becoming the core of what is today considered "classical Okinawan music" or "Ryukyuan classical music" (古典音楽, ''koten ongaku''). However, while ''uta sanshin'' songs were certainly performed within the royal court and related contexts, they were most likely performed only for banquets, entertainments, and other somewhat less ritualized contexts; historical records strongly suggest that at court ceremonies conducted as part of official ritual court business, such as formal audiences granted by the king to his officials, it was ''uzagaku'' and not ''uta sanshin'' music that was performed as part of the ceremonies themselves.

==History==

==History==