About Jackie Frain



おいでやす!

This website started as a blog that was a project idea in my head for some time. I began my shamisen journey with not a clue in my head where to start other than Google. The search was nearly fruitless for English-based resources and instructors in my area were non-existent. Fortunately - with persistence - I was able to locate an instructor who does lessons online.

While there are some websites with information about shamisen, there are little to no resources available in English on jiuta style shamisen specifically. The goal of this website is to track my playing journey and to provide an English language resource for others.

I have received kaiden menjyo (instuctor-level certification) from Soumei Ongaku-kai (創明音楽會) in jiuta shamisen.