[DOC] [TLE] 4 Traditional Instruments Commonly Used by Geisha | Japan Info [PAR] Aug 26, 2015 ... Besides other traditional arts like poetry writing and reciting, flower arrangement, 
tea ceremony and calligraphy, geisha ... A geisha practices the style of short song
, kouta  since her maiko days, taking years to master it. [DOC] [TLE] Guqin - Wikipedia [PAR] The guqin is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the zither 
family. It has been ... By tradition the qin originally had five strings, but ancient qin
-like instruments ... of all Chinese musical instruments, has a history of about 
5,000 years. ... People from the same school trained under the same master may 
have... [DOC] [TLE] Koto (instrument) - Wikipedia [PAR] (Heterochord half-tube zither sounded with three plectrums). Inventor(s), Kenjun. 
Developed, 16th century. Related instruments  17-string koto, zheng, yatga, 
gayageum, n tranh. The koto (Japanese: ) is a traditional Japanese stringed 
musical instrument derived from the Chinese zheng, and similar to .... Haru no 
Umi is even played to welcome each New Year in Japan. [DOC] [TLE] Some Advice For New Zitherists | Zither US [PAR] Zither players often warn beginners that the instrument they've just taken up is 
slow ... with melody, bass and full accompaniment in less than a month of daily 
practice. To understand why, let's take a quick look at the technique of zither-
playing. ... Their standard (or Munich) tuning is like that of a viola with an extra a, 
that is a'... [DOC] [TLE] Guqin, traditional Chinese classical music and the culture around ... [PAR] Guqin is seven-stringed zither without bridges, the most classical Chinese 
instrument with over 3000 years of history. It is literally called qin ( ) yet commonly
... [DOC] [TLE] The Wind is Calling Me outside: Kazue Sawai Plays Yuji ... - JStor [PAR] function and idiom in contemporary practice. ... To become a master of the 13-
stringed Japanese koto, it is usually taken ... performs on a reconstructed 
Chinese zither. ... in chamber ensembles in the West. The instrument is over six 
feet long. Like ... the same work performed on marimba a few years ago, I 
realized that it is. [DOC] [TLE] World Music String Instruments | Christchurch, Vancouver, Zurich ... [PAR] The Kotamo is a combination of three overtone instruments: Japanese Koto, 
Indian ... the parent instrument, also of many other Zithers in Asia like the 
Japanese Koto or .... Many years of patient practice are needed to achieve 
mastery of this instrument. ... It looks easy but it takes some practice in order to 
produce an even,... [DOC] [TLE] Mei Han Full Reviews - Mei-Han.com [PAR] They are all masters of their respective plucked Chinese string instruments. ... 
Celtic music, and bluegrass: the zheng, for example, sounds very much like a ... a 
long zither of twenty-one to twenty-five strings that resembles the Japanese koto. 
..... slide-tuned beasts on thousands-year journeys from traditional practice to the
... [DOC] [TLE] On Constant Invention | Ibraaz [PAR] Oct 29, 2015 ... The idea behind the manifesto took seed earlier that same year ... how the 
question of genealogy might be used as a form of practice. ... what I learned in 
classrooms in the United States, Japan, United Kingdom, ... Byungki is a leading 
master in the kayageum, a Korean zither-like instrument with silk strings. [DOC] [TLE] Randy Raine-Reusch - Full Reviews - ASZA.com [PAR] Mei Han is monogamous when it comes to her instrument. ... Raine-Reusch 
teams brilliantly with hard-core new music stalwarts like trombonist Stuart ... It 
takes me into a musical world that is new and rich and deeply satisfying while ... 
the scene for his emotionally-inflected ichigenkin (single-string Japanese zither) 
solo. [DOC] [TLE] stringed instrument - The violin family | Britannica.com [PAR] Any musical instrument that produces sound by the vibration of stretched strings, 
which may ... All members of the violin family are basically similar in structure

Question: The mastery of this zither-like instrument of Japan takes years of practice
Answer: Koto