I can play that on a Guitar!!!

It's a pretty song, isn't it?

As soon as I can get it down pat, I plan on learning, "Gion Kouta," or, the Ballad of Gion. Gion is the famous Geisha district of Japan. : )

Do you have the sheet music for it? I can read sheet music easily!!!

No, I'm afraid I don't have sheet music. I read sheet music too, but I find learning Shamisen is a thing best learned by ear, which is how I have learned "Sakura, Sakura." I will most likely be learning, "Gion Kouta," the same way. :)

Oh, I see. I don't know how to learn by ear yet...

It's a slow process that takes years to learn. I was actually continually trained and drilled to learn music by ear. Most of the time I had to directly notate from ear without even ever having an instrument at which to compare.

In some ways I am very glad to have learned such a skill, a skill that still needs a lot of polishing, yet at the same time, it took so much hard work and studying. Sometimes I would practice three hours a night. . .

Wow, amazing!!

hmmm....:)

hmmm...:).

There is an interesting video on Japaensegeta.com of walking and standing in the Ippon ba. I am sure I could walk in them, but knowing my periodic gracefulness I would probably get so comfortable I would forget their limitations and walk to fast or take to long a stride and end up on the floor or with an ankle damaged (again).

I love my standard ones, but Amercians don't seem to care for the noise they make, so I am considering getting a few pair of komachi geta with the synthetic sole plates. I know they are designed for bette traction, but I am thinking they will muffle my steps a little bit.

Anyone know of a source for tabi socks that go up over the calf like knee-highs?