Answer:
Samisen music
Explanation:
The three-stringed plucked lute of Japan is known as the shamisen in the Tokyo area or as the samisen in the Kansai district around Kyōto. It seems to have arrived in Japan as an import of the sanshin, or jamisen, from the Ryukyu Islands in the mid-16th century. The Ryukyu form of the instrument, with its oval body and snakeskin covering, is obviously derived in turn from the Chinese sanxian. Evidence for such an origin is reinforced by collections of early Ryukyu music, which use a so-called kukunshi notation. The Japanese samisen underwent considerable physical change, its body being rectangular and the skins coming from a cat or dog. Apparently under the influence of contemporary biwa lute traditions, the plectrum of the instrument was changed from the talonlike pick of the Ryukyus to a wooden or ivory bachi with a thin striking edge. In addition, the lowest string was kept off the small metal upper bridge near the pegbox so that it produced a buzzing sound (sawari) distinctly reminiscent of the tone of a biwa. The three basic tunings of the Japanese instrument are hon-chōshi (b–e′–b′; b represents the B below middle C, b′ the B above), ni agari (b–f♯′–b′), and san sagari (b–e′–a′). Those tunings have remained standard to the present day, although there are occasional variants.
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