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Python-skin fretless 3-string banjo

Posted by BenBob on June 5, 2010 at 12:54pm in Other stuff - off topic, fun stuff, whatever
I think it's a shamisen, but she's playing with fingers. Ever wonder what classical, blues, and bluegrass would sound like mixed up with some Okinawan black-belt mojo? Get to practicing boys... LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_7HxUQSxM

(Skip the 1st minute).

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  • Roger Morin January 6, 2011 at 4:35am
    That big instrument is not a shamisen, a shamisen has a small body with a long skinny neck and a body about 8" square.
  • Mark Bliss January 6, 2011 at 2:14am

    I kinda dig this clip myself........

    Now dont that look fun? YEE HAW!

  • Siklopz January 6, 2011 at 1:48am
    my apologies, it's a chinese sanxian (longer necked predecessor to both the sanshin and the shamisen), but i think the skin is still python.  sorry for the confusion.  if you want to check out some great shamisen vids, look up kevin kmetz on youtube.  he's a japanese born american player who has won numerous awards in japan for his playing and he likes to play anything from traditional japanese tunes to metal, baroque classical, hendrix, etc.
  • Siklopz January 6, 2011 at 1:46am
    it's an okinawa sanshin.  it's the okinawan predecessor of the shamisen and is played a bit differently.  the skin is traditionally python, but they're often made of synthetics now (vs. the dog or cat skin typically used on a shamisen).  the pick is a buffalo horn monstrosity that fits on the index finger as opposed to the large ginkgo-shaped bachi used to pick a shamisen.
  • BenBob June 5, 2010 at 3:08pm
    Nope, nice video - thanks.
  • Keni Lee Burgess June 5, 2010 at 2:52pm
    Have you seen this video?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWD6RlfOazc

    Enjoy, Keni Lee
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