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instruments

SHAMISEN
A long-necked guitar-like japanese instrument with three silk strings. It's usually played with a plectrum, and used for both folk music as well as Kabuki and Noh theatre.

NODO

TAIKO
Barrel-shaped drum made from a hollowed tree trunk. Cowhide drumheads are permanently secured to the body by large iron tacks. The most commonly used Japanese drum especially in festivals.

SHINOBUE
Transverse, seven-holed, folk flute made from shino bamboo.

SHAKUHACHI
A vertically-held bamboo flute, made from the very bottom of a bamboo tree. Four fingerholes are put on the front of the instrument and a thumbhole on the back. The standard shakuhachi takes its name from the traditional measurements of one shaku (30 cm) and eight sun (3 cm) approximately 54cm.

TSUZUMI

MOKKIN
FROGGIES

NARIMONO

FU-RIN
PIANICA

LP Player

VOICE AMP

KENDAMA
