Kumiodori dramas recount local historical events or legends, accompanied by a traditional three-stringed instrument.

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Following dinner, the geisha may dance to music provided by a jikata, who plays the traditional, three-stringed shamisen.

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He played stripped-down versions of songs from Go, singing in his mesmerizing falsetto and accompanying himself on three-stringed tenor ukulele, guitar and piano.

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Yet the show does not peak until shadows fall and Gnawa musicians start playing their metal qarqaba (castanets), duff (hand drums) and twanging three-stringed ginbri (bass).

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He also brought his ronroco, a 10-stringed South American equivalent to the ukulele, to the studio to play three songs.

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