曲きょく弾びき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

trick playing (on a stringed instrument)

Refers to showy, technically flashy playing on stringed instruments like the shamisen or guitar, often involving fast or acrobatic fingering. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action.

• 彼かれの曲きょく弾びきには観かん客きゃくも驚おどろいた。

  The audience was amazed by his trick playing.

• 三味しゃみ線せんで曲きょく弾びきをするのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to do trick playing on the shamisen.