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Made from red sandalwood and ranging from 1.1 to 1.4 metres (3 ft 7 in to 4 ft 7 in) long, the shamisen has ivory pegs, strings made from twisted silk, and a belly covered in cat or dog skin or a synthetic skin. [a] The strings, which are of different thickness, are plucked or struck with a tortoise shell, ivory or synthetic ivory pick.
In Carlo Forlivesi's composition for shakuhachi and guitar "Ugetsu" (雨月), the performance techniques were remarked as "[presenting] notable difficulties in a few completely novel situations: an audacious movement of 'expansion' of the respective traditions of the two instruments pushed as they are at times to the limits of the possible, the ...
for alto flute, harp and string orchestra: Concertante: 1983: 夢の縁へ: To the Edge of Dream: for guitar and orchestra: Concertante: 1984: 虹へ向かって、パルマ: Vers, l'arc-en-ciel, Palma: for oboe d'amore, guitar and orchestra: Concertante: 1984: オリオンとプレアデス: Orion and Pleiades: for cello and orchestra ...
The strings are stretched across the body, raised from it by means of a bridge, or koma (駒), which rests directly on the taut skin. The lowest string is purposefully laid lower at the nut of the instrument in order to create a buzz, a characteristic timbre known as sawari (somewhat reminiscent of the "buzzing" of a sitar, which is called Jivari).
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 ...
Ballade für T.S. for guitar (1973) Tenso for shakuhachi and guitar (1975) 5 Poèmes for violin and piano (1978) Canto épico for string quartet (1981) Die Marionetten der Ree Loo, Garden Music for violin and piano (1983) Meditationen for viola and guitar (1983) Frammenti for 4 violas (1986) Cries in the Dark, Blues for saxophone and string ...
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