
	Where results make sense

Topic: Shamisen

Related Topics

Nagauta

Japanese music

Koto

Sanshin

Biwa

String instrument

Shakuhachi

Suikinkutsu

Lute

Taiko

Music of Japan

Musical instrument

Plectrum

Bunraku

Harpsichord

In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Shamisen
		On-stage shamisen music became a constant feature of the kabuki stage from the middle of the seventeenth century.
		The shamisen is three-stringed instrument that developed from the classical Japanese stringed instrument, the biwa.
		When a shamisen player in kabuki theater plays in both nagauta and joruri styles, this mixture of genres is called kake ai performance.
	www.wsu.edu /~dee/KABUKI/SHAMISEN.HTM (318 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shamisen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sound of a shamisen is similar in some respects to that of the American banjo, in that the drum-like skin-covered body, known as a dō, amplifies the sound of the strings.
		The gidayū shamisen and its plectrum are the largest of the shamisen family, and the singer-narrator is required to speak the roles of the play, as well as to sing all the commentaries on the action.
		The shamisen, a Japanese flat-backed, long-necked lute, is a descendant of the Chinese san-hsien, which existed as early as the 13th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Shamisen (2695 words)

	Tsugaru Shamisen Kodai Fukui : TsugaruShamisen
		Shamisen have long been heard in various cultural venues, including the Kabuki and the Bunraku theaters, as a background instrument playing an important role in Geisha and Maiko song and dance performed in an O-Zashiki setting (high class entertainment venues for men).
		The thick-neck type is most commonly used in Tsugaru Shamisen and Gidayu, the medium-neck type is used in Jiuta and Minyo, and the thin-neck type is used in Nagauta and Hauta.
		The culture of Tsugaru Shamisen was born of the harsh climate and history of the northern tip of Japan.
	www.fukui-kodai.com /en/tsugarushamisen/about.html (553 words)

	Japanese Traditional Music [ Musical Instruments/Shamisen ]
		The shamisen is a remodeled version of the snake-skin covered sanshin or jabisen which came to Japan from the Ryukyu islands in the Muromachi period.
		There are several different types of shamisen, with different types of plectrums and bridges to create a wide range of sounds in a very wide range of different styles of music.
		Although virtually all the parts of the shamisen are made from imported materials, the strings are all produced in Japan, the raw silk and strings coming from places on the northern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture.
	jtrad.columbia.jp /eng/i_shamisen.html (1231 words)

	Shamisen
		You might have heard of shamisen music in connection with geishas, the kabuki theater or the Japanese bunraku puppet theater.
		The shamisen plays a major role in Japanese theater - in kabuki and in bunraku - the very special Japanese form of puppet theater.
		The shamisen is often used in an ensemble with two other Japanese instruments - the bamboo flute (shakuhachi) and the koto - a flat floor 13 string instrument.
	www.artelino.com /articles/shamisen.asp (547 words)

	Shamisen KATOH
		It was probably born of the request from the players to make it easier to carry and consideration by the makers to minimize deformation of the neck by making each piece short.
		The birth of a shamisen with a built-in pickup has given rise to diversity in playing styles as it enables musicians to perform with large drums and rock bands, or at outdoor concerts.
		Nevertheless, whether it's an electric shamisen or the conventional acoustic model, the determining factor regarding the tsugaru jamisen's unique sound is how the hide is stretched over the body.
	www.shamisen-katoh.com /e/AXIS.htm (1121 words)

	Naga-uta Shamisen Music
		Apart from the singers, the instrument central to geza is the three-stringed shamisen.
		Mary Ohno has studied Naga-uta style shamisen for 35 years and earned the professional license from Kine-ie shamisen Institute located in Tokyo, Japan, and its title of "Kine-ie Yanacho" in March 1974.
		For the beginner shamisen students, shamisen instruments are available for a nominal rental fee, together with other parts such as bachi(plectrum), koma(bridge), hiza-gomu(rubber pad), etc.Shamisen text is not included.
	webforce.nwrain.net /kabuki/music.html (346 words)

	Asiaweek.com \| A Whole Lotta Shamisen \| 1/26/2001
		This distinct genre of shamisen music developed in the Tsugaru area, the northern tip of Honshu island that faces Hokkaido, and was first performed by blind buskers.
		The eclectic melodies and rhythms of the traditional form are said to reflect the tough life of the local people in their chilly corner of the world.
		Unlike traditional shamisen players, the Yoshida Brothers physically react to their music, swaying to the rhythms, and forgoing standard facial expressions of disinterest.
	www.pathfinder.com /asiaweek/magazine/nations/0,8782,95637,00.html (1143 words)

	Shamisen With Plectrum - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The shamisen, a Japanese flat-backed, long-necked lute, is a descendant of the Chinese san-hsien, which existed as early as the 13th century.
		The shamisen has a catskin belly and back, and three strings that are struck with a bachi (a bone plectrum, pictured).
		The shamisen is a traditional instrument in Kabuki theater.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461532650/Shamisen_With_Plectrum.html (60 words)

	Shamisen - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		A shamisen or simonize (in Japanese, literally "what, only three goddam strings?!"), also called wombat ("tree rabbit"), is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum, fingerpicks, or with a specially-shaped flake of tofu.
		Shamisen makers traditionally carve the narrow neck out of polystyrene and fashion the oblong soundbox out of plumwood, ebony, egg cartons, or fiberglass-reinforced soba noodles.
		While the reader may visualize shamisen players as soft-eyed women in geisha costume or old men with an ineffable otherworldliness, the Yoshida brothers Ryoichiro and Kenichi are not in that mold at all.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Shamisen (631 words)

	Shamisen Description
		The shamisen is three-stringed instrument that developed from the classical Japanese stringed instrument, the biwa.
		The three-stringed plucked lute of Japan is known as the shamisen in the Tokyo area or as the samisen in the Kansai district around Kyoto.
		Apparently under the influence of contemporary biwa lute traditions, the plectrum of the instrument was changed from the talonlike pick of the Ryukyus to a wooden or ivory bachi with a thin striking edge.
	www.geocities.com /sljohnson1980/shamisen1.htm (1428 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Shamisen is a traditional Japanese instrument that is an essential aspect of Japanese musical culture in the past and present.
		The shamisen may easily be mistaken for a kokyu, which is an instrument with four strings that is bowed rather than plucked.
		The shamisen consists of only three strings, the skin covering the sides of the body of the instrument is either cat skin or dog skin.
	www.public.asu.edu /~rflanz/shamisen.htm (853 words)

	Shamisen at AllExperts
		The sound of a shamisen is similar in some respects to that of the American banjo, in that the drum-like skin-covered body, known as a dÅ, amplifies the sound of the strings.
		The shamisen derives from the sanshin (a close ancestor from the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa and one of the primary instruments used in that area), which in turn evolved from the Chinese sanxian, itself deriving ultimately from Central Asian instruments.
		The gidayÅ« shamisen and its plectrum are the largest of the shamisen family, and the singer-narrator is required to speak the roles of the play, as well as to sing all the commentaries on the action.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sh/shamisen.htm (858 words)

	Malaysian Jazz .com :: Trivia - Shamisen - Traditional Japanese Musical Instrument (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The shamisen is played with a large weighted plectrum called a bachi, which was traditionally made with ivory or tortoise shell but which now is usually wooden, and which is in the shape likened to a ginkgo leaf.
		The shamisen derives from the sanshin (a close ancestor from the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa and one of the primary instruments used in that area), which in turn evolved from the Chinese sanxian, itself deriving ultimately from Central Asian instruments.
		The gidayu shamisen and its plectrum are the largest of the shamisen family, and the singer-narrator is required to speak the roles of the play, as well as to sing all the commentaries on the action.
	malaysianjazz.com /shamisen.html (624 words)

	Shamisen - SOS団 Wiki
		Shamisen (シャミセン) is a character in the novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the anime of the same name based on the novel.
		Shamisen is a stray cat whom Kyon was forced to adopt by Suzumiya Haruhi.
		Shamisen is voiced by Ogata Kenichi, a veteran seiyuu who has been noted for his roles in many successful anime, most notably the role of Saotome Genma in Ranma ½.
	wiki.sos-dan.com /wiki/Shamisen (176 words)

	Shamisen / Zatoichi \| Wushu Cinema
		A shamisen (Japanese: 三味線;, literally "three taste strings"), also called sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi.
		The shamisen is similar in length to a guitar, but its neck is much slimmer and without frets.
		Its drum-like rounded rectangular body, known as a dō, is covered with skin in the manner of a banjo, and amplifies the sound of the strings.
	wushucinema.com /Zatoichi/Shamisen (142 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		The koto (a thirteen stringed harp-like instrument), for example was introduced in Japan before the sixth century, a primitive type of shakuhachi (a bamboo flute about 20" in length) was introduced in the eighth century and the modern shakuhachi in the 13th century - all from China.
		The shamisen (a three stringed banjo-like instrument) was introduced in the 16th century from Okinawa.
		Shamisen is a three-stringed banjo-like instrument brought to Japan from China in the mid-sixteenth century via Okinawa.
	www.japancorner.com /music.asp (1045 words)

	Biwa, Koto, Shakuhachi and Shamisen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The shamisen is a three-stringed plucked lute that is a modification of a similar instrument introduced from Okinawa in the mid-sixteenth century.
		The shamisen was originally associated with the kabuki and puppet theaters of the Edo period (1600–1868).
		When the shamisen is played as an accompaniment to a singer, which is often the case, the fundamental pitch is set by the singer.
	web-jpn.org /factsheet/music/instr.html (467 words)

	Japan's Shamisen Boom
		The current shamisen boom is clearly attributed to the Yoshida Kyodai, as the Yoshida Brothers are known in Japan.
		The shamisen was often played together with the shakuhachi (an end-blown bamboo flute) and the koto (a zither, usually with thirteen strings).
		Tsugaru shamisen, the musical genre popularized by the Yoshida Brothers, has its roots in minyo (Japanese folk songs) and was born in the Tsugaru region of the Aomori Prefecture on the northern tip of Honshu, Japan's main island.
	www.worldandi.com /newhome/public/2003/november/ar3pub.asp (3400 words)

	Name: Shamisen (Japanese)
		The shamisen is constructed of wood, skin and silk.
		The size of the plectrum corresponds to the size of the instrument: a heavier shamisen uses a larger plectrum.
		The basic pitch of a shamisen depends on the range of the singer.
	www.library.uiuc.edu /mux/exhibits/ethno/shamisen.html (631 words)

	[No title]
		Shamisen is categorized into the "Lute-family" instrument, has long neck, three strings, and no frets.
		In the case of "Hosozao Shamisen", the "I" string is tuned from H to D (When the tension of string is loosed, it can sound smaller volume tone.
		Shamisen has no fret and very long neck, it's difficult for us to move the finger very wide position.
	www.promusica.or.jp /english/06_3shamisen.html (504 words)

	Visual Japan: Shamisen (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shamisen is played as traditional music, accompaniment of Bunraku (puppet play) and Kabuki, also accompaniment in local folkdances such as Awa-odori in Tokushima.
		Tsugaru Shamisen in Tohoku, northern part of Japan and Sanshin in Okinawa are famous.
		Takahashi Chikuzan, a virtuoso of Tsugaru Shamisen was dead in February 1998 at the age of 87.
	www.harapan.co.jp /english/JPImage_e/shamisen_e.htm (315 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)