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2. Hirajōshi scale - Wikipedia

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   Hirajōshi scale, or hira-choshi (Japanese: 平調子, Hepburn: hirachōshi, chōshi = tuning and hira = even, level, tranquil, standard or regular) is a tuning scale adapted from shamisen music by Yatsuhashi Kengyō for tuning of the koto. [1] "The hirajoshi, kumoijoshi, and kokinjoshi 'scales' are Western derivations of the koto tunings of ...

3. Shamisen - Wikipedia

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   Shamisen are classified according to size and genre. There are three basic sizes: hosozao, chuzao and futozao. Examples of shamisen genres include nagauta, jiuta, min'yo, kouta, hauta, shinnai, tokiwazu, kiyomoto, gidayu and tsugaru. Shamisen used for traditional genres of Japanese music, such as jiuta, kouta, and nagauta, adhere to very strict ...

4. Koto (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   The koto (箏 or 琴) is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese đàn tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakh jetigen. [1]

5. 17-string koto - Wikipedia

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   The 17-string koto (Japanese: 十七絃 or 十七弦, Hepburn: jūshichi-gen, "seventeen strings") is a variant of the koto with 17 strings instead of the typical 13. The instrument is also known as jūshichi-gensō ( 十七絃箏 ) , "17 stringed koto ", or "bass koto " (although koto with a greater number of strings also exist).

6. Reiko Obata - Wikipedia

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   As one of the few koto performers to perform koto concertos with U.S. orchestras, Obata has been a featured soloist on multiple occasions with orchestras including with Orchestra Nova for San Diego's KPBS in 2010. [1] She has performed koto for television, radio, film, and live theatre. Obata has been a featured performer at harp and folk ...

7. Tsugaru-jamisen - Wikipedia

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   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 Japanese genre of shamisen music originating from Tsugaru Peninsula in present-day Aomori Prefecture and the instrument it is performed with. It is performed throughout Japan, though associations with the Tsugaru remain ...

8. Sanshin - Wikipedia

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   Today, some use a guitar pick or the nail of the index finger. In Amami, long, narrow bamboo plectra are also used, which allow a higher-pitched tone than that of the Okinawa sanshin. A bamboo bridge raises the strings off the skin, which are white, except in Amami , where they are yellower and thinner.

9. Heike Shamisen - Wikipedia

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   The heike shamisen is usually tuned in ni agari," which means "raised two" or "raised second," which is a reference to the fact that the pitch of the second string is raised from a base tuning called honchoshi." Normally, the shamisen is tuned so that the first and third strings are tuned to an octave, and the second string is tuned to a fourth ...