Shamisen rest stroke / sweep picking

A.K. Kibben

Enjoy this clip of two Shamisen players...
Rest stroke and sweep picking...
Gotta love the tuners, and the picks they use...
Quite interesting to view...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rs7pfZuPs

Stackabones

Fantastic. Gorgeous music.

The picks do look a little bit like an ice scraper.

steven_eire

now THATS a plectrum

Sigurd

I wonder how those ice scrapers would work on la pompe :shock:

Elliot

Hi

It is called a batchi in case anyone is curious.

Stackabones

Elliot wrote:

Hi

It is called a batchi in case anyone is curious.

Actually, I was ... and thanks!!!

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I wonder if it's a real batchi to play?