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product_id: 20203198
title: "Shamisen of Japan: The Definitive Guide to Tsugaru Shamisen"
brand: "mr kyle miro abbott"
price: "R1073"
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reviews_count: 8
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# Shamisen of Japan: The Definitive Guide to Tsugaru Shamisen

**Brand:** mr kyle miro abbott
**Price:** R1073
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- **What is this?** Shamisen of Japan: The Definitive Guide to Tsugaru Shamisen by mr kyle miro abbott
- **How much does it cost?** R1073 with free shipping
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Shamisen of Japan: The Definitive Guide to Tsugaru Shamisen

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Everything you need to know about shamisen is in here, written with love and lots of laughs!
*by K***A on May 10, 2013*

Kyle's book is about as adorable as he is. He writes as I imagine he talks, with frequent asides and footnotes. I frequently laughed out loud, and forced my husband to listen as I read passages out loud to him. But don't get me wrong, this book is not only filled with humor, but is chock full of any information that you could want to know about this beautiful instrument.Want to play tsugaru shamisen but don't have the budget? Kyle will show you how to build one yourself, using many, many photos, diagrams, and templates with exact measurements. Instructions are even included for making the small accessories, which are woefully expensive, should you have to buy them. By the way, if you play the other, smaller types of shamisen, this book is still relevant. Do not NOT buy it if you play the nagauta or jiuta because you think it doesn't apply to you. (I own a nagauta shamisen - and sorry for the double negative.) Buy it, it's covered in there! (Just not the measurements for building one.)After you build your shamisen, Kyle writes with charm, humor and EXTREME detail about how to play your beautiful new custom built instrument, and how to utilize the proper care with it. My favorite photo is the one of him playing his shamisen in the bathtub, and then advising against getting it wet. That was another laugh out loud moment (there are MANY). Sheet music for well known Japanese folk songs are included, along with instructions about how to read it (you don't need to know how to read music notation). He even covers the history of how tsugaru shamisen playing came about.This book is written with the enthusiasm of a teenager and no wonder, because I believe Kyle was about 18 when he started writing the book. If you are interested in the shamisen, his enthusiasm will carry over to you, since he draws you in so completely, and so thoroughly.But WAIT, there's more! If there is something you don't understand in the book, Kyle and Luke, his brother, run a website that offers video lessons at extremely reasonable rates! And the first two lessons are free, right there on the website, for anyone to learn. It took me about 3 days to get through the first two lessons, in about two hour increments. Had I paid a teacher to do that, I would have paid well in excess of a hundred dollars. After that, you pay by song or technique, still at extremely reasonable rates. These kids REALLY understand that not everyone has beaucoup bucks to spend on luxuries. They make the knowledge accessible to everyone for the simple fact that they love this instrument. There is also a worldwide shamisen community, located in the forum section of the website. Anytime I have asked a question there, I have literally received an answer within minutes. Today is my two week anniversary of playing the shamisen using Kyle's website and book, and I have already passed up my two friends who have been taking a class for nearly two months.Seriously, buy this book! Even if you don't play the shamisen, it will have you laughing your behind off! Well, not literally, oh how I wish that were true, but still, it's enjoyable from start to finish. And if you didn't want to play when you started, you will want to play when you're done, because Kyle's love for all things music literally emanates through the book into the reader. Buy it buy it buy it!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All you need to know about shamisen
*by S***D on August 24, 2024*

Perfect.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It really IS the definitive guide
*by S***S on January 11, 2019*

There is little I can add to Killashandra's review. I just want to add my KUDOS to this very valuable book. I have always loved the shamisen and now I can really get into it even without a teacher thanks to this book and Kyle's online teaching.

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*Last updated: 2026-02-24*