Shamisen
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title:
Shamisen
text:
shamisen The shamisen (三味線), also known as sangen (三絃) or samisen
(all meaning "three strings"), is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi. The is usually shamisen but sometimes jamisen when used as a suffix, according to regular sound change. In Western Japanese dialects and several Edo period sources, it is both written and pronounced as samisen. The construction of the shamisen varies in
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description:
Japanese plucked stringed instrument
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamisen
date created:
2003-08-28T09:42:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T09:01:42Z
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