Bonsai Exhibition

We were lucky to enjoy another warm and sunny day at this year’s Bonsai Exhibition in Troon. Our group performed a selection of Japanese music with shamisen and koto. We had spent time preparing a range of pieces especially for the event including traditional songs and folk songs. It was great fun performing together and sharing the sound of traditional Japanese instruments with everyone who came along.

♪What is a genre of Nagauta Music

I play a genre of  NAGAUTA with Hosozao Shamisen (a thin neck Shamisen).
Nagauta (literally "long song" ) was originally created as dance music. After it's creation, many other kinds of music influenced Nagauta to help it to develop its own style. However even Nagauta specialists say that because Nagauta doesn't have a particular style of melody is difficult to tell it a part  from other styles.