wicked video mate!! just love the sound of the shamisen. where did u learn to play it? i'm really thinking of learning to play it. have no clue whatsoever about where to get one from and where to learn to play it. a few tips from u on both would be awesome. keep rocking it man. cheers!!!
Well, I made one, so thus, no numbers were included ;-) (though I made the 3 piece kind of neck, which makes a near-invisible crack on the 4th "fret")
However, the very first shamisen I played was one I borrowed from a friend, and yes, there were numbers along the whole thing.
what i don't get is that is this instrument like a guitar were its divided by frets like how do you know were your supposed to play and put your fingers
Uhh... Well, like a fiddle or fretless banjo (Minstrel Banjo), it's something where you just build up muscle memory so your fingers will know where to go and you won't have to look at your fingerboard . . . much.
Even guitar players who have played for years, though they have frets, don't have to look at their fretboards 'cause their fingers know where to go, same as fretless instruments.
well i mean is you know like tab like tells you 5th string 4th fret how do you were to press on the shamisen sorry if im bothering you but this is the last question
Oh! I see what you mean! Ah yes, well typically, when you are learning the "hidden" (fretless) scale, you can get a adhesive series of dots along the neck which say the "fret" or position. So when the notation says 4th spot, you can see the location labeled "4" on the adhesive thingy. Beginners typically put those adhesive marks on every fret, but even pros use them, but mostly just on the 6th, 10th and 19(?) spot.
Do you have the music sheet for this? I have trouble trying to play it, it could be because my shamisen isn't tuned properly, but I'm having trouble because its not a tsugaru kind all I know it sounds very low pitched. Any help would be appreciated, I would love to start playing my shamisen
Before I made my Tsugaru Shamisen, I just had a nagauta shamisen. I used that to play the only Tsugaru song I knew - Rokudan, and it worked fine. (though didn't quite have the same *umph* as a futozao shamisen)
thanks for the videos! the site is super helpful and I'm going through all the lessons.
yay : D!
mekkabon 3 months ago
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how much do shamisens usually cost?
aliedesuacido 7 months ago
I recently got a nagauta shamisen and its crazy how much smaller it is.... Im trying to learn rokudan on it xD. But it just doesnt feel right haha.
annyonghaseyo90 1 year ago
wicked video mate!! just love the sound of the shamisen. where did u learn to play it? i'm really thinking of learning to play it. have no clue whatsoever about where to get one from and where to learn to play it. a few tips from u on both would be awesome. keep rocking it man. cheers!!!
udayankarmakar 1 year ago
i just pressed subscribe :)
demonninjaspider 2 years ago
how much did you get your shamisen?
TheKaprys 2 years ago
What do you mean? How much did I pay for it?
fiddlefella 2 years ago
when you bought yours did it come with the dots and were do you buy the music books
Itagaki32 2 years ago
Well, I made one, so thus, no numbers were included ;-) (though I made the 3 piece kind of neck, which makes a near-invisible crack on the 4th "fret")
However, the very first shamisen I played was one I borrowed from a friend, and yes, there were numbers along the whole thing.
fiddlefella 2 years ago
what i don't get is that is this instrument like a guitar were its divided by frets like how do you know were your supposed to play and put your fingers
Itagaki32 2 years ago
Uhh... Well, like a fiddle or fretless banjo (Minstrel Banjo), it's something where you just build up muscle memory so your fingers will know where to go and you won't have to look at your fingerboard . . . much.
Even guitar players who have played for years, though they have frets, don't have to look at their fretboards 'cause their fingers know where to go, same as fretless instruments.
fiddlefella 2 years ago
well i mean is you know like tab like tells you 5th string 4th fret how do you were to press on the shamisen sorry if im bothering you but this is the last question
Itagaki32 2 years ago
Oh! I see what you mean! Ah yes, well typically, when you are learning the "hidden" (fretless) scale, you can get a adhesive series of dots along the neck which say the "fret" or position. So when the notation says 4th spot, you can see the location labeled "4" on the adhesive thingy. Beginners typically put those adhesive marks on every fret, but even pros use them, but mostly just on the 6th, 10th and 19(?) spot.
fiddlefella 2 years ago
The sticky tape thing doesn't show 19 (at least on mine)
kadhine 2 years ago
@kadhine lol mine doesn't have a 19 either
TarisRedwing 2 years ago
@kadhine i just have 18 haha.
annyonghaseyo90 1 year ago
i play fretted guitar and don't have to look at the frets while playing
AtLeastIGotChicken1 2 years ago
Do you have the music sheet for this? I have trouble trying to play it, it could be because my shamisen isn't tuned properly, but I'm having trouble because its not a tsugaru kind all I know it sounds very low pitched. Any help would be appreciated, I would love to start playing my shamisen
Shiiransama 3 years ago
Can this be played on the Nagauta shamisen too?
Chichiri520 3 years ago
Indeed.
Before I made my Tsugaru Shamisen, I just had a nagauta shamisen. I used that to play the only Tsugaru song I knew - Rokudan, and it worked fine. (though didn't quite have the same *umph* as a futozao shamisen)
fiddlefella 3 years ago
Very helpful! Thank you for uploading these series!
ikuyasu 3 years ago 2