Particularly, for early modern Japanese music delicate changes in tones, musical intervals and pauses, which could be expressed only through direct manipulation by the players, were positively utilized and pursued.
近世邦楽では特に、演奏家の直接的な操作でしか表現できない微妙な音色、音程、余韻の変化などを積極的に利用、追求して来た。