Koto Master

I-koto (箏) iyinsimbi ye-zither yeshubhu ehlutshiwe yase-Japan, kanye nensimbi kazwelonke yase-Japan. Isuselwa ku-Chinese zheng ne-se, futhi ifana ne-yatga yaseMongolia, i-Korean gayageum ne-ajaeng, i-Vietnamese đàn tranh, i-Sundanese kacapi kanye ne-Kazakhstan jetigen. I-Koto ilinganiselwa ku-180 amasentimitha (71 in) ubude, futhi yenziwe ngokhuni lwe-Paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-kiri). Uhlobo oluvame kakhulu lusebenzisa izintambo ezingu-13 eziboshelwe phezu kwamabhuloho anyakazayo asetshenziselwa ukushuna, izingcezu ezihlukene okungenzeka zidinga ukushunwa okuhlukile. I-koto enezintambo ezingu-17 nayo ijwayelekile, futhi isebenza njenge-bass kuma-ensembles. Izintambo ze-Koto zivame ukuhlwithwa kusetshenziswa izipikili zeminwe ezintathu (tsume), ezigqokwa eminwe yokuqala emithathu yesandla sokudla.