Taiko Drum Set

Taiko (太鼓?) means "drum" in Japanese (etymologically "great" or "wide drum"). Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums (和太鼓, 'wa-daiko', "Japanese drum", in Japanese) and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming (sometimes called more specifically, "kumi-daiko" (組太鼓)).

Kunst and Jocko Domo, bringing japanese culture to Second Life presents:

Taiko Drum Set (playable)

• Features:

       Invite your friends to play using the Taiko Play Hud!:
       4 soundsets (Taiko 1, Taiko 2, Low Taiko and Body)with 10 sounds each plus 4 human screams
       4 pre-recorded songs plus silent mode

• Fully customizable

       Styles, size, sit position, access levels

• Credits:

       Texturing, Sculpts and Sound Edition: Kunst Himmel
       Scripting, Reasearch, promo ads and Sound Edition: Kahiro Watanabe
       Animations: Foobar Merlin



Kunst (Kunst Himmel)
Jocko Domo (Kahiro Watanabe)

The Tsugaru Shamisen

The shamisen or samisen (Japanese: 三味線, literally "three flavor strings"), also called sangen (literally "three strings") is a three-stringed musical instrument played with a plectrum called a bachi.

Kunst and Jocko Domo, bringing japanese culture to Second Life presents this traditional shamisen:

 The Tsugaru Shamisen


Features:

• 7 Songs (plus silent mode, tuning and practice song)
• 3 Animations (playing, holding and sitting (only in rug))
• Styles: Metals, Fabric, String, Wood, Sking, Itomaki all customizable with different textures to choose from!
• Size Changer: Small, Medium, Large and "++", "--" buttons for fine adjustments.
• A rez version is included to decorate your place. This version includes a holder with 2 shamisens
• Rug: to play while sitted includes:
• 3 Styles with 4 colors each: White, Black, Blue, Red
• Sit height adjustment: we know that sit height is a pain in SL so, the rug includes a menu to adjust it.

You can buy or test this virtual instrument at my mainstore: Click to teleport
If you don't have a Second Life account you can make one for free by clicking here 


Credits:

Texturing, Sculpts and Sound Edition: Kunst Himmel
Scripting, Reasearch and Sound Edition: Kahiro Watanabe

Songs:

Tsugaru Shin Jonkara Bushi by Kyle Abbott (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=fiddlefella#p/u/31/_SvkFglRoD4)

Kyle Abbott was kindly enough to borrow one of the songs for this shamisen, I've been following his youtube channel for a while so I thought it was a  good idea to do it. He built his own Tsugaru Shamisen and wrote a book about it! : The Shamisen of Japan:  http://shamisenofjapan.com/
Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/fiddlefella

The rest of the song were taken from Tsugaru Shamisen by Takahashi Chikuzan a traditional shamisen player.

Kunst (Kunst Himmel)
Jocko Domo (Kahiro Watanabe)

December 2009