If I'm on a budget, is it a good idea to buy a broken shamisen and do a repair job? Instead of paying £1000ish for a new one or building one from scratch. P.S. I got to find the copy of your book I bought to at least give making one a shot. Thanks for taking the time and energy to translate most of shamisen materials into English.
That's a great question. If you find a broken shamisen that includes all the accessories (Bachi, Koma, etc), then it can be worth having the shamisen repaired. However, depending on the damage of the broken shamisen, the cost of repairs can easily exceed the cost of, for example, a brand new Beginner's Shamisen. - bachido.com/store/beginner-shamisen
I learn nagauta shamisen for about 13 years. "Kuroda-bushi" is not one of nagauta song. It is one of traditional Japanese local folk song, which we Japanese call as "min-you."（民謡） Min-you is totally different from nagauta. They are different genre each other. Do you know that?
Hi! That is wonderful you have played for 13 years! Yes, I know that Kuroda Bushi is 民謡 song. I didn't say it was 長唄 song. ☺ There is sometimes misunderstandings, because often 細竿三味線 is called 長唄三味線. When I wrote "Nagauta Shamisen", I meant to say it is "Hosozao Shamisen" I'm sorry for the confusion! 🙇♂
@@TsugaruShamisen Thank you so much for your nice reply. You are great. Yes, that's right, exactly. We use "hosozo-shamisen" for nagauta and the another genre of various shamisen musics. For example, kouta（小唄）or hauta（端唄）. You know Japanese shamisen musics very well. You're amazing. I'm so glad you love traditional Japanese musics. Thank you so much for everything🎶👍😃
I have started to learn to play on shamisen few weeks ago. One of the best decision i ever made.
Ah ! Kuroda Bushi . ii desune !
Just in case if you still have it, do you know the thickness of the neck?
Can't believe how thin that neck is. The strings almost slip off the edge
i think i have one just like it. bought it off ebay and its hard to play with that thin neck
The timbre sounds more like that of a Jiuta Shamisen, which makes me wonder how different the timbres of Japanese instruments were back then
If I'm on a budget, is it a good idea to buy a broken shamisen and do a repair job? Instead of paying £1000ish for a new one or building one from scratch.
P.S. I got to find the copy of your book I bought to at least give making one a shot.
Thanks for taking the time and energy to translate most of shamisen materials into English.
That's a great question. If you find a broken shamisen that includes all the accessories (Bachi, Koma, etc), then it can be worth having the shamisen repaired. However, depending on the damage of the broken shamisen, the cost of repairs can easily exceed the cost of, for example, a brand new Beginner's Shamisen. - bachido.com/store/beginner-shamisen
I learn nagauta shamisen for about 13 years.
"Kuroda-bushi" is not one of nagauta song. It is one of traditional Japanese local folk song, which we Japanese call as "min-you."（民謡）
Min-you is totally different from nagauta.
They are different genre each other.
Do you know that?
Hi! That is wonderful you have played for 13 years!
Yes, I know that Kuroda Bushi is 民謡 song. I didn't say it was 長唄 song. ☺
There is sometimes misunderstandings, because often 細竿三味線 is called 長唄三味線. When I wrote "Nagauta Shamisen", I meant to say it is "Hosozao Shamisen"
I'm sorry for the confusion! 🙇♂
@@TsugaruShamisen
Thank you so much for your nice reply.
You are great. Yes, that's right, exactly.
We use "hosozo-shamisen" for nagauta and the another genre of various shamisen musics.
For example, kouta（小唄）or hauta（端唄）.
You know Japanese shamisen musics very well. You're amazing.
I'm so glad you love traditional Japanese musics.
Thank you so much for everything🎶👍😃