re: #60 wrenchwench

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We were on a service-learning trip in August helping with a couple of summer English language schools. One was on a tiny island with 1200 people. They had a BBQ for us and a local who was regionally famous for playing the Okinawan string instrument that makes the sound that Ry is doing here—the sanshin—performed for us. I got to try my hand at it. It’s hard because the strings are very loose and you have to hit them with precision both in fingering and with the plectrum.