San gen kin

San gen kin (Jap.: three-stringed kin), 3-stringed koto of Japan, a development of the ichi gen kin, with which it is identical except for the number of strings. These are tuned c♯1 f♯1 c♯1. The first string is a melody string; the others are used for accompaniment (149, 157). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Norlind, Tobias. Systematik der Saiteninstrumente. Stockholm, 1936; Hanover, 1939. Piggott, Francis. The Music and Musical Instruments of Japan. London. 1909.