shamisen.space

Free, high-quality shamisen tablature

This is a collection of traditional Tsugaru shamisen pieces, as I have learned them, typeset using LilyPond. You may use, share, and adapt these under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.

Each piece is available as a PDF. The original source is also available in case you wish to make changes; see reuse below.

Scores

Version numbers do not necessarily indicate huge changes. They are provided so that you can check whether your copy is up to date.

Adohadari	あどはだり	Version 4	Source
Akita Ondo	秋田音頭	Version 1	Source
Hanagasa Ondo	花笠音頭	Version 1	Source
Hokkai Bon Uta	北海盆唄	Version 8	Source
Hyakuman Goku Ondo	百万石音頭	Version 5	Source
Kokiriko Bushi	こきりこ節	Version 6	Source
Kuroishi Yosare Bushi	黒石よされ節	Version 9	Source
Nebutabayashi	ねぶた囃子	Version 4	Source
Ringo Bushi	りんご節	Version 11	Source
Sakura Sakura	さくらさくら	Version 11	Source
Sōran Bushi	ソーラン節	Version 3	Source
Tawaratsumi Uta	俵つみ唄	Version 2	Source
Torajosama	虎丈さま	Version 7	Source
Tsugaru Aiya Bushi (minor scale)	津軽あいや節（陰旋律）	Version 2	Source
Tsugaru Jinku	津軽甚句	Version 8	Source
Tsugaru Jonkara Kyūbushi	津軽じょんから旧節	Version 8	Source
Tsugaru Shiogama Jinku	津軽塩釜甚句	Version 6	Source
Tsugaru Tanto Bushi	津軽たんと節	Version 2	Source
Tsugaru Yosare Bushi	津軽よされ節	Version 4	Source
Yasaburō Bushi	弥三郎節	Version 10	Source

Blank tablature

Use this blank manuscript to notate scores by hand.

Reuse

In order to generate PDFs from the source files, you will need:

The original sources for the scores and for shamisen.ly are available on GitHub; the latter includes explanations of the shamisen-specific notation: