DaFAQ: Shamisen Setup for Left Hand

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8 ай бұрын

In the journey of achieving a 1:1 fluency with shamisen (or any art), it is immensely important to use the hand which we feel most comfortable using, whether it be left or right. Although it's totally possible to order a new custom shamisen built for left hand (contact me if interested), it's actually super easy to setup a right handed shamisen for left handed playing. Unlike other instruments, converting a shamisen from right to left just requires a few steps and can be done in as little as 10 minutes. Let's find out how!
Link referred to in today's episode:
Setting the Sawari
• Setting Sawari for Sha...

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@zeltwood... 8 ай бұрын

This is super helpful! I was curious about how I would go about it left handed. Thanks Kyle!

@TsugaruShamisen 8 ай бұрын

I'm glad it was useful! :-D

@jakko123rock 6 ай бұрын

Hi Kyle, I am interested in purchasing a left handed samishen! What is the name of the company you mentioned at the end of this video? Thanks

@TsugaruShamisen 6 ай бұрын

That's awesome! The company we are partnered with (who I mention at the end of the video) is called Tokyo Wagakki. Currently they only sell directly to retailers, and you can see shamisen made by them here :) - bachido.com/store

@wot_taker5818 6 ай бұрын

Hi kyle, it's me again. The question for this time is can I use nylon guitar on shamisen? And what string should i take? I meant the E,A,D,G,B,E? Pls can you help me?

@TsugaruShamisen 6 ай бұрын

Super good question! The thinnest nylon string would work for the 1st string, but the 2nd and 3rd strings are much thinner than the thinnest nylon guitar string, unfortunately. :(

@wot_taker5818 6 ай бұрын

@@TsugaruShamisen so let's just say that all my string is broken which one should i use? And my apologies for my bad English

@TsugaruShamisen 6 ай бұрын

@@wot_taker5818 Your English is good! :-) Hmm... You could probably use the high E string for the shamisen 1st string. For the middle and last string, you either have to use regular shamisen strings or thick fishing line. Some people have used fishing line as shamisen strings, but I don't know the gauge they used.

@signbear999 3 ай бұрын

Do you know how to play Dodoitsu?

@TsugaruShamisen 2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not! I didn't know about the song until you mentioned it now. Just found tenten's version now! :)

@signbear999 2 ай бұрын

@@TsugaruShamisen Tenten's version is basically as simple as it gets, you can do a lot with the tune. I like 勝太郎's version from 1934, it's pretty fun. (Sadly the versions on KZfaq are pretty low quality.) I also like Ichimaru's Dodoitsu Shamisen (都々逸三味線) for its lyrics. "The bachi of regrets... the flowing tears of honchoushi... my body is thinner than a shami no ito..."