Maple Leaf Rag (guitar-banjo)

[WombatVlogs]

Wow Wow Wow this is fantastic! Can I please please please please have the tab for this??? email me at: wombatvlogs(AT)davidmortiboy(D­OT)com

[inanywaymarie]

out of tune or not --- nicely done

[stickfigboy]

out of tune otherwise good

[o0R3stless0o]

Excellent Job!

[retropicker]

Wow. So very well done and very uplifting!

[jarthevoid]

It must be a " feature" of these infernal machines that they are a b*****d to tune and then to keep 'em in tune....I have a Vintage VGB26 and it "endearingly " has a drop key tuning as it gradually goes out of key whilst being played.......Hell they are fun though !! Nice piece,played well and everything but you know that you need to redo it ! The record quality is piss poor.....but the playing is stunning ,nice one

Jarvoid

[WalkerSurvivor]

just beautiful, i love it :D Great.

Good job ;)

[steve154life]

awww i hope i can learn this song

[HiddenDataFilms]

Sounds like a different key. Am I correct?

[sl8ofhand]

Nice! I like the slightly out-of-tune effect...

[ChingInTheChang]

please rerecord because this is great just not the quality it ought to be at!

[HAMADATakasi]

@ChingInTheChang Thank you! I will try it again with the new banjitar...

[MrLedt]

I'm not surprised because he's asian.

[HAMADATakasi]

@MrLedt Yes, I'm Asian. I love ragtime, and if whoever plays ragtime, I will love it!

[kutari]

you did good job! 很好！

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[SymphoDeProggy]

AWESOME!!!!

i'm learning this piece now...

tho a different arrangement.



[garycamera]

Very cool man.

[KawhackitaRag]

This is marvelous! Ragtime is my favorite kind of music, and you really play this with a TRUE ragtime feel and your embellishments are absolutely true to the tradition while also remaining quite original!!!

Everyone who wants to play ragtime guitar or banjo should watch this video! Even pianists should watch it, because ragtime was banjo music first, and also because of your really authentic flavorings! (the same reason they should watch videos of Tom Brier, Reginald Robinson, etc.) Thanks!!

[banjocracy]

Interesting reworking of Joplin's original harmonisation!

[Robin18us]

Great musician. Very well done.  I'm not sure if it's the recording equipment, bridge placement or what, but it's out of tune on the recording.

[HAMADATakasi]

@Robin18us

Thank you. This video was taken by cheap Nikon digital camera.

I want to post newer version by other camera and other banjitar.

[n14e5o15]

Awesome. Is the instrument out of tune for a stylistic reason?

[HAMADATakasi]

@n14e5o15

No, this Aria Banjo-guitar was hard to make the right tuning...

I already sold it soon after the video has been taken.

[mynillywita9milli]

obviously you have the playing down now all you need is a better audio recording system

[HAMADATakasi]

@mynillywita9milli

Yes, at that time I have only poor camera.

Please check my newer version of YouTube video.

[Doginthefog]

ARIGATO! From Spain

[HAMADATakasi]

@Doginthefog

Thank you, from Japan.

[cool1kid2]

EXTREMELY well played and u even have passion that many musicians lack, myself included and batboi is right joplin would hav loved ur preformance

btw camera=bad haha get a new one asap

[HAMADATakasi]

@cool1kid2

Thank you!

I bought a new digital camera recently, so I will take better one.

[batboi62]

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!! i think mr. joplin himself would have enjoyed your performance of his rag

[HAMADATakasi]

@batboi62

Thank you so much!

[S0ulB]

Very good! I liked it :D

[HAMADATakasi]

@S0ulB

Thank you!

[HoratioChapin]

Great stuff, friend!!

6-string banjos are hard to play and you played that flawlessly with a good, strong, heavy right hand. Applause!!

[HAMADATakasi]

@HoratioChapin

Thank you!

Banjitar isn't so difficult for me to play because tension of the strings is gentle for my finger.

[SolacePiano]

ちょっと、いい仕事友人にそれを維持！

[HAMADATakasi]

@SolacePiano

Thank you!

[Don11995]

wow a japanese playing american music

EPIC WIN!!!

nice work there konichiwa

[HAMADATakasi]

@Don11995

Thank you, konbanwa!

[guampapipo]

cool !!!!!! keep the god work

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[gelegentlich1234]

very nice !

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[fubukimaru]

:D so much win in this vid

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[AfroHorseProductions]

This is Awesome.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[ddanze]

this is GREAT!

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[LTmattYT]

le mani di dio

[HAMADATakasi]

Grazie!

[CanadienAtheist]

That was awesome, well done!

[lewisldurham]

I think this sounds better than when its played on a standard guitar. Great.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[stevenkoehler]

Well done! I have to tell you,I truly believe that this is what the original Ragtime music sounded like. Very musical and melodic,but also kind of rough, and "folky". Do you offer lessons/transcriptions of your music?

[HAMADATakasi]

Yes, I have published some sheet, one of which is still available from TAB Guitar School in Japan.

I will also set my original sheet book some day.

[danteVEC725]

wow,domo arigato, banzai

[HAMADATakasi]

Yeah, douitashimasite (You are welcome).

[blake2go]

Wow, Very interesting! Do you have any foggy mountain breakdown laying around?

Best of luck , and thank you!

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

I can't play original banjo tune!

[emaytee]

is this in the original key? cuz it doesn't sound like it. it's good though! i play both guitar and piano and i find that rags on piano are muuchh easier than on guitar

[HAMADATakasi]

This one is in Bb key (originally Ab) because this guitar-banjo's setting was tippy in normal key.

Thank you!

[kassandrasduplex]

You do honor us westerners and Mr. Joplin. As we used to say...far out! Arigato.

[HAMADATakasi]

Doitashimashite (You are welcome).

Now I have no time, but on the near days, I will update another banjo guitar playing.

[mugable]

very nice!!!!!!!!!!1

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!!!!!2

[ddanze]

This is a very serious rendition of a tricky

tune - one of the greats - if you would do

that first section with an octave added

(like schoenberg did it in 1975) it would

all fall together (great anyway, thanks!)

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

Yes, I think it would be nice if I had arranged octave part of 1st section. Actually I once challanged, but not so effective though very difficult.

I will make it better in the near future.

[skybjn]

浜田さんの演奏は楽しそうにしていて、見ている方も楽しくなりま­す。　この曲を聴くとカルガリーオリンピックでカナダのペアが見せてく­れた、子気味よいステップのアイスダンスをいつも思い出し、もう­一度見たいなぁと思っていたのですが、YouTubeで見れるの­ですね。お気に入りに入れましたから、気が向いたら見てみてくだ­さい。活き活きとダンスしてます。

[HAMADATakasi]

コメントありがとうございます。アイスダンス、よく面白い音楽が­使われているとは思っていましたが、ラグタイムが使われたという­のは素晴らしいと思います。今度探してみますね。

[freakazoid6657]

Skill.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thanks.

[Nate98371]

thats pretty insane i must say

[noazarkle]

Man,I'm glad that you posted this.Your version on the Yammy is an all-time favourite and now there are two to choose from.

[EpiPeavey]

Watch your triplet feel dude!

[KawhackitaRag]

@EpiPeavey I beg to differ. Please go to the Internet Archive or the University of California at Santa Barbara cylinder preservation website, or, even better, YOUTUBE, and listen to recordings of Vess Ossman playing ragtime on the banjo, in recordings dating from 1897 to the 1910s.

You will hear that Mr. Ossman plays with quite a PRONOUNCED swing or "triplet" feel (whatever you want to call it, it is probably very hard to notate) and he is an authentic stylist on era recordings!!!

[EpiPeavey]

@KawhackitaRag How about you check out Scott Joplin, the composer of this tune. You will see what I mean by triplet feel. I am not making up the term. You beg to differ, I don't... Ragtime without triplet feel is just lame.

[omgomgomgz99]

are you having fun?

[ragenroses]

how do you do that your awsome

[hotuser2]

thats awesome, but tune your banjo please

[mijuandi]

dude you are awesome

[sushyoshi]

Nice. Too bad that banjo sound really bad. You should really buy a real banjo instead of a banjitar cause banitar sound really bad. I advise a tenor banjo or a plectrum since the 5 chord banjo is better for bluegrass

[HAMADATakasi]

Thanks for your advise.

I prefer the cheaper sound of banjitar, not a "real banjo", because the sound isn't too loud for complex ragtime syncopations.

Now I don't have Aria's one, but I have Gold Tone Cripple Creek banjitar, which sound is really cool.

[sushyoshi]

Good choice, gold tone makes good banjos. I wanted a goldtone too but i couldnt afford it so i bought a 2nd hand no brand, maybe it was homemade that looks really cool

[internbra]

you're a great player, but your banjo sounds like $hit

[abc123gpl]

Cool ! yeah !!

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

[xuansguy]

Wow..do alot of Japanese play the banjo? I think you were born in the wrong country and like 100 years too late, Takasi San...anyways, good job

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you! I think usually the Japanese who play banjo might be a bluegrasser.

I sold away this Aria guitar-banjo last year, but recently I bought Cripple Creek Banjitar.

I hope on the near days I will upload another files.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you very much.

Please notice that I'm Japanese, not Chinese.

[alanb39]

ok chinese+banjo=BAAAD

[invoclass]

!!!!!!!! +S+U+P+E+R+ !!!!!!!!

[DangerousNez]

kawai XD;

[texican65]

Wow buddy, sounds really cool! I know that's not easy...you do a good job!

[ulisesmeinardi]

Domo arigato!

[buddybleau]

Very Nice!!

[deaforganist001]

Amazing! Delightful!

You can do everything. I note that you know and teach Ainu language. In America we are aware of the Ainu people and their similarity to those of Finland. I am pleased that you preserve the Ainu language.

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you.

I'm an editor of Ainu Times, quarterly newspaper in Ainu language.

Now I'm editting the latest issue which is in slow progress...

[zzzmidnight]

No matter how good you are at anything, it is always someone in Japan who is better.

[LorgonJortle]

Agreed, zzzmidnight.

[HAMADATakasi]

You are right, one must not think "I am better than someone" when enjoying music.

It is important to recognize music itself, not superiority complex.

[zzzmidnight]

You got what I was saying in an amazing way, right on!

[bokito3]

Very good i try to learn it bat... hard song

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!

Please keep on playing and ragging!

[SilviaKs]

nice

[HAMADATakasi]

Thank you!