Shami: Shamisen Practice
Takumi Nishimura Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Shami: Shamisen Practice is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Takumi Nishimura. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 20, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 73 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 20
- 2026 · v0.3.12
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About Shami: Shamisen Practice
Shami is a practice partner app for shamisen players. Turn paper bunkafu (shamisen tablature) into scores that play, slow them down to learn by ear, and record yourself to compare with your last take, so you can keep improving at home. ■ What you can do - Import bunkafu scores from photos and PDFs (AI score reading) - Create and edit your own scores with the bunkafu editor - Play scores back and check by ear: change the tempo, loop a section, or let the score wait until you play the note - Tuner and metronome - Record audio or video of your practice and look back by month or on the calendar - Compare two recordings side by side - Practice songs from the catalog right away ■ Made for - Students who take lessons and want to practice correctly at home - Self-taught players starting the shamisen - Anyone who wants to keep paper scores in one place ■ Members Join Members (monthly or yearly) to save unlimited scores and use AI score reading for up to 15 pages a month. Prices are shown on the purchase screen in the app. Membership fees support running the service and the music rights that let us add more songs to practice. Members is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and the subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple account settings after purchase. Terms of Use: https://shami.jp/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://shami.jp/en/privacy
What’s new
Version 0.3.12 · Updated October 20, 2026
What's new in 0.3.12 - Folders on My Page: organize your scores into folders (create them from the + button) - Tap an empty spot on the staff in the practice screen to move the playhead right there - The score now scrolls along as you play, and a new silent scroll lets you move through the score without sound - The home screen's quick buttons are now five, with Record one tap away - New range setting in the tuner (Standard / One octave lower) so lower-pitched instruments are detected as the right string - Video recording thumbnails now appear no matter whether you recorded on your phone or on the web - Smaller improvements and bug fixes
App privacy
The developer, Takumi Nishimura, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Audio Data, Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
- Other Data: Other Data Types
Used for: App Functionality
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