The musical instrument koto

Koto is a string musical instrument that comes from Japan. To play the instrument, the strings are plucked using three finger picks (thumb, index finger, and middle finger). Koto is about 180 centimetres (71 in) length, and made from Paulownia  wood. They have 13 strings that are usually strung over 13 movable bridges along the width of the instrument. There is also a 17-string variant.

In older pop and rock music, David Bowie used a koto in the instrumental piece “Moss Garden” on his album “Heroes” (1977). The multi-instrumentalist, founder, and former guitarist of The Rolling Stones Brian Jones played the koto in the song “Take It Or Leave It” on the album Aftermath (1966). The rock band Queen used a (toy) koto in “The Prophet’s Song” on their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. Ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett used a koto on the instrumental song “The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere” from the album Spectral Mornings (1979), and Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks sampled a koto using an Emulator keyboard for the band’s song “Mama”.

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