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The heike shamisen compared with a medium-sized, or chuzao shamisen Plectrums for a minyo and heike shamisen. The heike shamisen (Japanese: 平家三味線), is a Japanese musical instrument, member of the shamisen family. Like its other counterparts, the heike shamisen has three strings, a slender neck, a body taut with skin, and it is plucked ...
The heike shamisen (平家) is a shamisen particularly fashioned for the performance of the song Heike Ondo, a folk tune originating from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. The neck of the heike shamisen is about half the length of most shamisen, giving the instrument the high range needed to play Heike Ondo.
Simply put: Love songs have stood the test of time through so many decades. Seriously, the ’60s and ’70s were all about soul and funk, while the ’80s ushered in pop and rock. And then the ...
Kouta (小唄, lit. ' little songs ') is a type of traditional Japanese music that originated in the red-light districts of Edo period (1603–1868) Japan, before developing further and experiencing wider popularity in the geisha districts that succeeded many red-light districts.
Instead, they tended to be sung by non-professionals, generally without shamisen accompaniment. But with the Tsugaru-shamisen "boom" after World War II, these songs began to receive renewed attention. Shamisen accompaniments were composed or arranged by such performers as Takahashi Chikuzan (Takahashi 1976:142). Somewhat earlier there had been ...
Shamisen players (12 P) Pages in category "Shamisen" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... Heike Shamisen; J. Jōruri (music) T. Tomimoto ...
Heike ondo (平家音頭) is a Japanese folk song that originates from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan. The song is basically a narrative of the Battle of Dan-no-ura , which was a major sea battle of the Genpei War , occurring at Dan-no-ura, in the Shimonoseki Strait .
In March 2003, Agatsuma released a traditional shamisen album, Classics (Agatsuma 3), which includes tracks recorded live in a New York church. Currently he is broadening his field with over 100 annual concerts, sessions and media appearances both in Japan and overseas, while continuing to pursue "the traditions of and innovation in the Tsugaru ...