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This is a Min'yo piece from the Min'yo school .

History (from Takahashi Yujiro)
This virtuosic shamisen improvisation (kyokubiki) is based on the song "Tsugaru Sansagari". (Sansagari is a shamisen tuning.) Tsugaru-jamisen is one of the few Japanese traditions that allows significant improvisation, which comes to the fore particularly in the solo style. Tsugaru-jamisen contests small and large have long been common. In one early format, two or three players each improvised for a couple of minutes, continuing until all but one had run out of new ideas.

Tsugaru Sansagari Kyokubiki appears on the following albums:

Album	Shakuhachi	Koto	Shamisen
Jonkara  (Listen)
Min'yo - Folk Song from Japan - Takahashi Yujiro and friends  (Listen)
This virtuosic shamisen improvisation (kyokubiki) is based on the song "Tsugaru Sansagari". (Sansagari is a shamisen tuning.) Tsugaru-jamisen is one of the few Japanese traditions that allows significant improvisation, which comes to the fore particularly in the solo style. Tsugaru-jamisen contests small and large have long been common. In one early format, two or three players each improvised for a couple of minutes, continuing until all but one had run out of new ideas. Copyright 1999 - Dr David W. Hughes e-mail dh6@soas.ac.uk