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Sanshin

Name: Sanshin
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2.51 (100 reviews)

Bring the peaceful spirit of the islands to your pocket. Learn traditional Shima-Uta using authentic Kun-Kun-Shi notation on the world’s most accessible Okinawan instrument app.

Key Figures

Downloads

26K+

User Rating

2.5/5

Total Ratings

100

Publisher

CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc.

Master the Soul of Okinawa

Discover the beauty of the Sanshin with an authentic digital experience designed for both beginners and cultural enthusiasts.

Authentic Kun-Kun-Shi Notation

Learn to read traditional Okinawan scores using Kanji finger positions, making the ancient art form accessible to everyone.

Intuitive Performance Method

Simpler and more approachable than the Shamisen, our interface allows you to start playing Shima-Uta melodies in minutes.

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App Store

Screenshots

Sanshin - Interface of the Sanshin app showing the strings and traditional Kanji notation on a digital fretboard — Interface of the Sanshin app showing the strings and traditional Kanji notation on a digital fretboard

Sanshin - A mobile app interface for learning the traditional Okinawan Sanshin instrument with Kanji notation. — A mobile app interface for learning the traditional Okinawan Sanshin instrument with Kanji notation.

Sanshin - Digital Sanshin instrument interface on iPhone featuring traditional Kanji notation and custom settings — Digital Sanshin instrument interface on iPhone featuring traditional Kanji notation and custom settings

Sanshin - The settings screen of the Sanshin app showing options for sound customization volume reverb and song guides — The settings screen of the Sanshin app showing options for sound customization volume reverb and song guides

Description

The "Sanshin" (Sanxian,三線) is a traditional and very popular musical instrument in Okinawa. Okinawa is beautiful islands located on the end of the southwest of Japan. The Sanshin is indispensable to life of people in Okinawa with traditional "Shima-Uta" that means song of islands. The Sanshin looks like the shamisen that is the tradition musical instrument of Japan similarly. But, the performance method of the Sanshin is farther simpler than the Shamisen,and is friendly musical instrument. In this application, proper finger positions will be displayed on the screen with Kanji. These also correspond to scores that is called "Kun-Kun-Shi" written in Kanji. We hope you will enjoy playing the Sanshin even if you have not played a Sanshin. Please try and enjoy it!