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　Sanshin
　- A Virtual Musical Instrument for iPhone / iPod touch -
 
 
 
  • Outline
  • Kunkunshi and the Usage of Application
  • Kunkunshis (Sample scores)
  • Keiko HIGA (singer, sanshin player) plays Sanshin app. (Japanese page with movies.)
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    Outline

    		  
     

    The "Sanshin" (Sanxian) is a traditional and very popular musical instrument in Okinawa.

    Okinawa is beautiful islands located on the end of the southwest of Japan.

    The Sanshin is indispensable to life of people in Okinawa with traditional "Shima-Uta" that means song of islands.

    The Sanshin look like the shamisen that is the tradition musical instrument of Japan similarly. But, the performance method of the Sanshin is farther simpler than the Shamisen, and is friendly musical instrument.

    In this application, proper finger positions are displayed by Chinese characters on the screen.

    They also correspond to peculiar scores that is called "Kun-Kun-Shi" written by Chinese characters.

    So, we hope you will enjoy playing the Sanshin even if you have not played the real one or any other musical instruments.

    (Also you can play Sanshin part of your favorite tunes with iPod music playback.)

    Please try and enjoy it.

    Note; Be sure the mode is in silent mode if the sound is null.

    Go to the App Store.

    		  
     
    		 
     

    Kunkunshi and the Usage of Application

    		  
     
    Tinsagunu Hana (tuning: Basic) (go to other Kunkunshis)

    (1) Show the Setting view.
    (2) Turn On / Off Chinese characters.
    (3) Picking (tapping) area.

    Kunkunshi is a peculiar score to the sanshin. Each character shows the string and the finger position, and each cell basically corresponds to one beat.

    Note; Characters below show the string is open, so you do not need to press the character.

    The point added to the upper right of the character as below shows the "uchi-utu" that means play only by hammering on the string without picking.
    In this application, you can play uchi-utu by pressing quickly after picking or by hammering hard, Beaten length is detected by acceleration so do not hold the iPhone too much hard and do not play laying the iPhone on a table.

    		  
     
    		 
     
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