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J-POP / Anime Themes Adapted To Samisen Date: 2/24/2005 |
The Samisen is an indigenous Japanese stringed instrument resembling a guitar or banjo. Student at the Naruto University of Education attached junior high school have created a score collection that arranges many different tunes sourced from nursery rhymes, animation themes, and J-Pop with the Samisen. Score collections of this type associated with the instrument are considered extremely unusual. 14 people in total worked on the arrangement which was selected by third graders between 2003-04. The score collection book "Samisen101 let's play the samisen - anatamo ima kara syamisenist!!" was released in A4 format with163 pages in 2004. Among those in the selection are the theme from My Neighbor Totoro and SMAP hits. |
Source: Anime News Service |