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Anybody heard of a Sanshin?
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Yes. Just saw an enjoyable play about a grandfather trying to get his grandson to take the sanshin seriously. The play was at the Kumu Theater in downtown Honolulu. They weren't playing chords but rather single note melody accompanied by singing. Finally the grandson incorporates the instrument into rock music and unites the generations. He is inspired to do so by falling in love with a beautiful Okinawan lass. Cherchez la femme.
And lo and behold, it was the play in your attachment, which I hadn't opened. Nice little theater. Once saw a play about a haole woman marrying into a Hawaiian Japanese family. Don't put soy sauce on rice, gringos.
And lo and behold, it was the play in your attachment, which I hadn't opened. Nice little theater. Once saw a play about a haole woman marrying into a Hawaiian Japanese family. Don't put soy sauce on rice, gringos.
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Curiously enough, Stan, I was going through security at an airport about a week ago and a TSA guy asked me if I was carrying a uke (I was). I asked him if he played a uke, and he said no, he played a sanshin!
I live on Okinawa and it is THE national heritage instrument.
BearMakingNoises
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They are all over Tokyo too. I love the sound of them.
cpmusic
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The instrument figures greatly in Kubo and the Two Strings, a lovely stop-motion film from Laika Studios, and is used in a nice cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" for the end credits:
cpmusic
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Oops....I thought it was the same thing with a slightly different spelling. Sorry 'bout that.
Croaky Keith
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Being a picker of melodies, I often thought the high G string on my uke just got in the way of learning. 
bonesigh
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Yep, I found a mini one on ebay one time. It's only about a foot long and has snake skin. Just a wall hanger at the moment.
On the subject of the shamisen, here's a video any blues fan will dig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI_CwnXy3PE
Buddy Guy in Tokyo with Takeharu Kunimoto, shamisen player!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI_CwnXy3PE
Buddy Guy in Tokyo with Takeharu Kunimoto, shamisen player!
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Holy smokes, I found a video Jake plays a sanlele. ...wow wow
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVK6GWr_GmI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KVK6GWr_GmI
Nickie
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Very nice videos. Thanks. That just might be my next uke.....
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Even those Sanshin nickie, they play led Zeppelin holy cow
