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462 misatobue

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Japan
bamboo (medake); L. 41.0cm
fingerholes: front 7, back 1
range: c#"-f#""; "nanahon jōshi length"

A modified shinobue. An extra finger hole has been added at a the back near mouthpiece, so as to facilitate the production of sounds difficult to obtain on the shinobue. This hole is stopped by the thumb of the left hand. Generally speaking, this instrument has not gained much popularlity


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