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shamisen
Sign in to saveAlso known as samisen, sangen, shamisens, samisens, sangens
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- Shamisen
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 321.312-6
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- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Construction
- Variations in construction and playing method
- {{transliteration|ja|Hosozao}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Chuzao}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Futozao}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Heike shamisen}}
- Variations in {{transliteration|ja|bachi}}
- Other structural variations
- Variations in playing
- Tuning
- {{transliteration|ja|Honchoushi}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Niagari}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Sansagari}}
- Musical notation
- History and genres
- {{transliteration|ja|Shamisen}} in non-traditional genres
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
- Audio
thumb|Tokyo geisha with , thumb|Kitagawa Utamaro, "Flowers of Edo: Young Woman's Narrative Chanting to the ", thumb|A Japanese people|Japanese man playing a while another sings thumb|A accompanying the traditional Kouta (music)|kouta
The , also known as or (all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument . It is played with a plectrum called a bachi.
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