ARAGAKI Mutsumi Vocal & Sanshin School
【Skype lessons available. Beginners and professional aspiring students are welcomed.】
Students' voice
■ N.R female age 31 career 2 years
She teaches me very carefully and patiently. It's good for me that she doesn't rush to do many songs, but she steadily teaches me one by one, so I can understand very deeply. For each lesson, she gives me homework which is appropriate for me on each step, so I can tell what I have to practice at home. Her instructions are very detail, for example, which muscle I have to use, exactly where and how I have to control my body, and so on. The more I take her lessons, the more I get higher motivation.
■ I.Y female age 36 career 16 years professional vocalist and player
She knows well what and how to teach for each student, very easy to understand. She supports me to step up one by one steadily. She is very enthusiastic teacher as well as a good singer and player, I trust her and be able to keep it up.
■ OOMOTO Tatsuya (Osaka) male age 52 career 9 months
I enjoy her careful and kind teaching. I also enjoy to play with students,
and to see them improving helps me to understand more.
■ Brenda Chen (Taiwan) female age 38
I haven't studied Sanshin properly at all but have been playing w/t it for
fun by myself for about 1 year. The trial class we had was much much
better than I had anticipated. I only hoped I had more money and time
to dwell on the teachings that day.

Lesson
Super-practical ! How to perform attractively with Okinawan Vocal & Sanshin
~The secrets of increasing the expression skills 10 times more~
You can learn from the basics to the masters’ techniques and spirit,
and enjoy learning Sanshin in a creative and a easy-to-understand way.
While teaching you the fundamental vocal skills, I'll teach you the method of shaping the particular singing voice of Okinawan traditional music, and how to play sanshin with rich sound and expressions.
Also beginners are welcome.
You can learn...
●How to understand the sanshin music score.
●How to make rich and beautiful sound with your sanshin.
●How to play a song with dynamics.
●How to use your fingers and hands for subtle expressions.
●How to make your voice.
●The meaning of the Ryuka, the Okinawan traditional style of poet.
●The background of the songs.
●To listen to the masterpieces.
Application
You can choose from ➀~③ below.
Please apply for each option.
If you do not have Sanshin, we have rental Sanshin at JPY 500 par one lesson. When you buy one from us, the rent fee you have payed till then will be back. As a student, you can buy one at special price. For detail, please contact us.
Please inquire at Yara Sanshin Shop : http://www.yara34.com/ yara34yaa@gmail.com
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➀ Join the association Kichieikai 【SKYPE lesson available】
Kichieikai Official site http://www.kichieikai.com/
About Kichieikai of NOMURA-school classical music and YARA-school traditional folk music :
It's the Okinawan traditional music school and association established by the classical music legend, Mr. Matayoshi Kasyou in 1931. Some of the leading disciples are the worldwide famous maestro Mr. FUKUHARA Chouki who is also known as the estublisher of his record label MARUFUKU RECORD, and Mr. NISHIME Haruo as well as Ms.FUKUHARA Kyoko. The 3rd. school master Mr. YARA Tsuneo, the last pupil of the three disciples, estublished the traditional folk song course officially, and branches of association in Tokyo, Osaka, Hiroshima, Oita.
About Nomura-school classical music :
It is one of the biggest school of the Ryukyu (the ancient name of Okinawa) court music established by the maestro Mr. NOMURA Ancho.
About YARA-school traditional folk music:
It is the style of Okinawan traditional folk music of the 3rd. school master Mr. YARA Tsuneo that is strongly influenced by his teachers, the three maestros, Mr. FUKUHARA Choki, Mr. NISHIME Haruo and Ms. FUKUHARA Kyoko who were the folk music maestro not only the classical music.
【day and time】 It will be set after adjusting your request and the class schedule.
【place】Arte Plaza, Syuri, Akata-cho, Naha, Okinawa, Japan | Buten-kan center, Ishikawa, Uruma city, Okinawa , JAPAN
【fee】please contact us.
★★Contact & Application★★
■Lesson system can be changed, if possible, according to your circumstances.
(e.g.for students from Japan mainland, from abroad). You can request.
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② Workshop 【SKYPE lesson available】
★★Contact & Application★★
【place】Arte Plaza, Syuri, Akata-cho, Naha, Okinawa, Japan | Buten-kan center, Ishikawa, Uruma city, Okinawa , JAPAN
●If you want to take lessons on SKYPE, please contact us. click here
■You can take this workshop as a one-time experience (even for experience for sightseeing tour)
or trial lesson for regular ones.
■Only for this course, you can rent sanshin for free, because it's not regular lesson.
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③ Culture School at Sakurazaka People’s college
【day and time】Thursday 21:00~22:30 7 classes in a course
【Fee】JPY 12,600
【Bring 】Sanshin, Bachi(Sanshin pick), stationary and notebooks.
★★Contact & Application★★
Sakurazaka-Gekijou theater 098-860-9555 http://www.sakura-zaka.com/daigaku/music.html#a108