Your Quick Guide to Shamisen Notation

Get your free Technique Cheat Sheet — a handy reference for all techniques indicated in shamisen bunkafu tablature, so you always know what you’re looking at.

Shamisen notation can look intimidating at first. This free cheat sheet gives you a clear overview of technique symbols used in bunkafu — the standard tablature system for shamisen. Keep it open while you practice and quickly look up signs you don’t recognize.