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Includes:
  • How to care for your koto
  • Parts of the koto
  • How to make & wear your picks
  • Proper playing positions
  • How to tune your koto
  • Basic koto Techniques
  • How to play 2 Songs: Kazoe Uta & Sakura

 

KAM-DVD1 - "YOU CAN PLAY KOTO" DVD

Koto Instructional DVD in English - 34 mins. Region free format, i.e., can be played in any country.

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Plectra (Picks) Set
KAM-PIX   ADJUSTABLE KOTO PICKS (TSUME) SET
Set includes 3 standard picks (plectra) - for thumb, index & middle finger - and bands with small adhesive strip on the back, adjustable to fit any size. Bands available in red or black. One finished pick is shown.

Cost, including shipping, is US $35.
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Lightweight Portable Stand disassembled
Lightweight Portable Stand assembled for 6-foot koto
Lightweight Portable Stand in Case

 

KAM-A1   KOTO STAND

Lightweight Koto Stand made of paulownia wood with blue nylon carrying case. This stand can be used for both 4-foot and 6-foot kotos.

Cost, including shipping, is US $200.
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Koto String Tightening Device
KAM-SD   KOTO STRING DEVICE ("ITOJIME")

Koto String Device. If a koto string breaks or becomes loose, this will help you to change and/or tighten the string.

Total cost, including Express Mail shipping, is US $99.

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Tales Alive! Chieko and the Pine DVD
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"Chieko and the Pine" DVD
- a beautiful story of magic, mystery and music. In this moving Japanese folktale, Chieko lives in a remote mountain village and plays the koto. One night she is accompanied by a mysterious flute player from the forest. For many nights Chieko and Matsuo play together, but when a great pine tree is needed to rebuild the village bridge, Matsuo disappears. After finding his flute where the tree was felled, Chieko plays her koto on the new bridge...their music is once again heard throughout the village.

Features live koto performance by Reiko Obata; a talk with bonsai expert Fred Miyahara; footage of Nihon buyo, Japanese classical dance; and a Sumi-e brush painting demonstration by illustrator Takashi Ijichi.

DVD, NTSC, approx. 30 min., $14.99. Free shipping within the U.S.

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Tales Alive! Chieko and the Pine
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"Chieko and the Pine" Book. The illustrations in this book were done using sumi-e ink and gansai on rice paper with Japanese sumi-e brush.

Hard cover, 32 pp., $13.95. Free shipping within the U.S.

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