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    The biwa (Japanese: 琵琶) is a Japanese short-necked wooden lute traditionally used in narrative storytelling. The biwa is a plucked string instrument that...
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    because of the resemblance of its shape to that of a stringed instrument called the biwa. Kōsō, a learned monk of Enryaku-ji in the 14th century, gave...
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    Biwa hōshi (琵琶法師), also known as "lute priests", were travelling performers in the era of Japanese history preceding the Meiji period. They earned their...
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    recently revived Taishōgoto (大正琴) – a zither with metal strings and keys Biwa – a pear-shaped lute Gottan or hako-jamisen Sanshin (三線, lit. 'three strings')...
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    Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋) that the biwa was designed after Chinese instruments such as the bokuma and the genjō. The Biwa-bokuboku belongs to a special group...
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    This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. AlphaSphere Audiocubes Bass pedals Continuum...
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  • historical corruption of the word 'cornet'. Clavichord pitched in E♭ Mōsō biwa pitched in E♭ Ecossaise in E-flat A piano solo by Ludwig van Beethoven played...
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  • Bass guitar Electric bass guitar Acoustic bass guitar Begena (Ethiopia) Biwa (Japanese) Bordonua (Puerto Rico) Bouzouki (Greece) Trichorda Tetrachorda...
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    Pipa (category Chinese musical instruments)
    thousand years in China. Several related instruments are derived from the pipa, including the Japanese biwa and Korean bipa in East Asia, and the Vietnamese...
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    Banjo (American) Banjolele (United Kingdom) Barbat (Iran) Begena (Ethiopia) Biwa (Japan) Bordonua Bouzouki (Greece) Bugarija (Croatia) Cak (Indonesia) Cavaquinho...
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