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.

♪Music score

My musical score is written in numbers( showed below). The press position is almost decided on the Shamisen. The musical score is different for different schools. But a long time ago, there is no musical score, they learned how to play by watching and hearing.

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The music score has three holizontal lines ( Figer.1 ) representing the string of the shamisen ( Figer.2 ).
When you play, you press the indicated string with left finger at the point of the number shown on the score.
One-four time for a block, one bar for two blocks. That's the basis.