Definition of the French term shamisen in music:
- shamisen (Japanese string instrument)
French musical terms related to shamisen:
- cymbale china – Chinese cymbal, China cymbal
- cymbale chinoise – Chinese cymbal, China cymbal
- erhu – erhu (Chinese bowed string instrument)
- pípa – pipa (Chinese string instrument)
- sarod – sarod (Asian string instrument)
- sarode – sarod (Asian string instrument)
- shakuhachi – shakuhachi (Japanese flute)
- sheng – sheng (Chinese mouth-blown free reed instrument)
- slentem – slenthem (Indonesian metallophone)
- taiko – taiko (family of Japanese drums)
- tom chinois – Chinese tom-tom
- yangqin – yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer)
