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
