Looks like one of our visitors found Karakui through a search with the keywords “okinawan sanshin tuning”. I could possibly upload an mp3 (or m4a) file of my tuning of a sanshin but it’ll be a whole lot cooler to download this wonderful freeware app called “Sankichi-kun” (available versions for Mac OS 9, Mac OS X, and Windows). I’m a Mac user so I can tell you guys that it works awesomely on a G4 Mac (I assume it’ll work just as well on an Intel Mac too), but PC guys are on your own (sorry).
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An english version of this program would be cool. I could really use a tool like this.
Posted by Travis | 2007/03/18, 4:00 PMI was thinking of putting up an English “guide” to it…
Posted by Richie | 2007/03/24, 9:12 PMI just got my sanshin and It came with a kit but I am not very good at reading kanji are there any websites that I might use to learn about the basics in english.
Posted by mrcookingpt | 2007/08/03, 7:18 PMMrcookingpt: Websites in English about anything Okinawa is very limited but it’s something that we’re definitely working on. May it be uploading instructional clips to YouTube or creating a Podcast in the future (yup, I wish I could do this full-time). If you have any questions about the sanshin, feel free to email me at karakuipress [at] gmail [dot] com.
Posted by Richie | 2007/08/04, 1:04 PMThe Mac version doesn’t seem to work anymore – “power PC not supported’ or something apparently….
Posted by Andrew Gardner (@AG_mubs) | 2011/12/21, 5:16 AM