samisen

• Японский струнный музыкальный инструмент с длинным грифом, тремя струнами, ладовой доской и прямоугольным корпусом, на котором играют с помощью плектра.

A Japanese stringed musical instrument with a long neck, three strings, a fretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox, played with a plectrum.

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   A traditional Japanese musical instrument with three strings, a long neck, and a rectangular body, played with a plectrum.

   Сямисэн

   • The musician played a haunting melody on the samisen.
   • She learned to play the samisen from her grandmother.
   • The samisen's sound is central to traditional Japanese theater.

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