[She nods, paying attention as he lists them off. Wow, he really is musically inclined.]

I knew the shamisen... though not really that one-- [She points] the koto [Is what he called it, she thinks. Though that one was especially interesting, too.]

Do you mean something like a guitar? Or maybe drums? [The names come easily. She can't really remember what music she might have listened to but of course, she's familiar with the instruments and various genres associated with them.]