Strings

Usually, shamisen's strings are made from silk.
Recently, useing nylon's one for onlypractice.

KOMA

Put on it between Skin and strings.
Made from ivory, bamboo, woods, ceramic and plastic.
Of cource, sound is different what materials made from.

Bachi

Every shamisen player use bachi when they are playing it, except Kouta which is one of style.
Player choose size, weight and material, they want.
But somtime player's have to use it that their teacher choosed.
It made from wood(oak,boxwood), plastic, tortoiseshell,
buffalo's horn and ivory.

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