- The
shamisen (三味線), also
known as
sangen (三絃) or
samisen (all
meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed
traditional ****anese
musical instrument derived...
- (chanters), and
shamisen musicians.
Occasionally other instruments such as
taiko drums will be used. The
combination of
chanting and
shamisen playing is called...
- Tsugaru-jamisen (津軽三味線, つがるじゃみせん) or Tsugaru-
shamisen (つがるしゃみせん)
refers to both the ****anese
genre of
shamisen music originating from
Tsugaru Peninsula in...
- the
shamisen since a very
young age. They both
began to
study and play the
shamisen at the age of five
under Koka Adachi,
learning the Minyō-
shamisen style;...
- The
gottan (ごったん), also
known as the hako
shamisen ("box
shamisen") or ita
shamisen ("board
shamisen"), is a
traditional ****anese three-stringed plucked...
-
heike shamisen (****anese: 平家三味線), is a ****anese
musical instrument,
member of the
shamisen family. Like its
other counterparts, the
heike shamisen has three...
- Kyoto.
Their jobs
consist of
performing songs, dances, and
playing the
shamisen or
other traditional ****anese
instruments for
visitors during banquets...
- who was an
accomplished shamisen player,
Setsu Sawamura leaves Aomori and
moves to
Tokyo having lost his p****ion for the
shamisen. He
bumps into the aspiring...
- with
traditional shamisen music using only
minor thirds and
sixths in its composition. All
geisha must
learn to play the
shamisen,
alongside additional...
-
accompanied by a
shamisen.
Typically there are
multiple uta
singers singing together. The
second type is
called aikata. It
involves shamisen music without...
