{"id":657,"date":"2010-08-07T06:34:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T06:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=657"},"modified":"2010-08-10T06:57:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T06:57:32","slug":"japanese-instruments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Way before guitars and violins were introduced to Japan, Japanese music was dominated by traditional Japanese stringed instruments such as these:<\/p>\n<p>A Koto (<strong>\u7b8f<\/strong>) is a 13 stringed instrument made of wood. The koto has 13 bridges, which can be moved around to change the sound.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75uAD-XYs6U\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=75uAD-XYs6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Shamisen (<strong>\u4e09\u5473\u7dda<\/strong>) is a three stringed instrument played with a bachi (<strong>\u64a5<\/strong>). A bachi is a tool used to play the shamisen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDZgPf4JEGQ\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DDZgPf4JEGQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Biwa (<strong>\u7435\u7436<\/strong>) is a pear shaped guitar with four or five strings and four or five frets, depending on the biwa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gagaku biwa gakubiwa \u96c5\u697d\u7435\u7436 \u697d\u7435\u7436\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZsrS2w6sq-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way before guitars and violins were introduced to Japan, Japanese music was dominated by traditional Japanese stringed instruments such as these: A Koto (\u7b8f) is a 13 stringed instrument made of wood. 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