shamisen 三味线
- This shamisen, originating in Okinawa, is a banjo-like three-stringed instrument that is played with a plectrum.
这种三味弦起源于冲绳群岛,是一种像班卓琴那样的用琴拨弹奏的三弦乐器。 - The instrument is described as "melancholy" because traditional shamisen music USES only minor thirds and sixths.
人们常常用“忧郁”来描述这种乐器,因为在传统的三味弦乐曲中只用降三调和六调来演奏。 - The shamisen was introduced to the geisha culture in 1750 and has been mastered by female Japanese artists for years .
三味弦是在1750年的时候引入到艺妓文化中的,并且多年前就已被日本女艺术家们掌握。
shamisen[ noun ]
a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
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