samisen

• Instrument de musique à cordes pincées du Japon, à long manche, à trois cordes, à table d'harmonie et à caisse rectangulaire, que l'on joue avec un plectre.

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

1. Japanese stringed instrumentB2formalart

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

   samisen (instrument à cordes japonais)

   • 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.

   Synonymesshamisen