Shamisen, koto e shakuhachi

[panInuzuka]

oooh che bello, è meraviglioso, bella musica ^^

[VashjfOficial02]

eu amo a cultura japonesa

e a cultura mas linda do mundo !!!!

EU AMO O JAPÃO

I LOVE JAPAN

[unam7copas]

Japón es un pais admirable!

[unionofonion]

I can respect Japanese traditionalists like this because they usually just want to be left to themselves which is honorable but I have no respect for the rest of Japan after most laughed about the American hurricane katrina crisis.

As far as I am concerned, they angered god with that kind of action and that was the result.

[sanktmikael]

@unionofonion Well, that would explain all the hurricanes in America...

[StewieSwan]

@unionofonion Idiot

[TheIRedIQueen]

@unionofonion Are you fucking retarded? I want to write an argument against yours, but I just... can't. Nothing about that makes any logical sense and I couldn't make you look like any more of an idiot than you have yourself.

[3jra]

yooooooooooooow, i always here that lol

[birdandthe]

I THINK ITS FAIR TO SAY NOT MASTER MUSICIANS, BUT STILL I SEE GREAT BEAUTY, IF THE MIX WAS ALTERED THIS MIGHT BE OUTSTANDING, THE SHAKUHACHI IS FAR TOO LOUD, KEEP IT UP !!!!

[xSephironx]

Beautiful.



[TokyoBubblePOP24]

@octavice wow metal maybe thats probably why you cant hear anything or im sorry "tuned"

[chxavier2]

Koto player is very, very beautiful. Lovely exemple of japanese (and Eastern) women.

[rudaca2010]

De Argentina :muy bueno!!!

[Octavice]

My western ear aint tuned for this. Sorry.

[chxavier2]

@Octavice Your prejudicial mind and all your racism don't let you appreciate real art. Sorry me, to read this stupidy comment of yours.

[Octavice]

@chxavier2 My comment was not racist. Im no racist. Its racist of you to say that to me. I do like Metal from Japan and China though.

[yayan3986]

arigatou gozaimasu...

[LuizV15]

achei mto da hora BRAZIL

[MrRodney1204]

BRAZIL = MUSICA MUITO BOA

[usuario05071987]

すごく綺麗な音楽ですよね。

あの一番長い楽器は、大変弾きにくいそうです。

日本の音楽が大好きなブラジル人のコメントです。

[NobodyOfTheTardis]

I see what Sayuri meant in Memoirs Of A Geisha when she said that traditional

Japanese singing was mainly warbling

[pineapplepeanuts]

Love love love :-) I play shakuhachi, I love it. Definitely an eerie, wistful scale it has. its a little tougher to play than normal flutes. But now I wanna play shamisen :-)

[XxCellerDoorxX]

@pineapplepeanuts I wanna play shakuhachi really bad lol i love my flute and not to be egotistical but i'm pretty decent at it XD so exactly how difficult is it? hehe

[pineapplepeanuts]

@XxCellerDoorxX Its harder than normal transverse flute I'd say. When I first started it took me days before I could even make a sound :-p Its pretty exacting but the rewards are worth it. If you play flute already, you have a headstart. Shaku was my first flute experience haha :D But after playing it, it was easy as pie to make tones on a transverse.

[SockDra]

Sweet i love japan

[fredki]

i like so much! god bless japanese people ! thanks a lot for this nice music ! domo aligato

[medrano72]

it's not comfortable to play and sing on your knees, respect!

[Megabine]

Lol their using Kimonos :D

[IStalkYourStalker]

@Megabine It is a part of their culture! Of course they will wear a kimono. D<

[MyGlobalEventReports]

Have linked to your movie for my educational page on instruments - wonderful feedback from schools. The music made one' listeners cat jump! See link (one word: Sandra Arthur Books dot com)

[undeadvip9x]

hay wá

[pRuEaHoLiCz]

Nihon wa daisuki desu!!!

[Scotsch12345]

@pRuEaHoLiCz

*ga

[swordchucks4life]

@Scotsch12345 Thank you haha

[sekushiiAri]

@pRuEaHoLiCz that's some bad japanese.

[Thief8Bit]

@pRuEaHoLiCz Omae ga Weaboo desu!!!!

[MrOhaiMark]

@pRuEaHoLiCz

You mean Nihon GA daisuki desu.

Don't speak Japanese, learn it first ;)

[inuboi93]

anyone know the history behind japanese traditional music? i love it!

[crookedmelody1]

@inuboi93 i dunno if that could be summed up in a one comment....or even a thousand comments...

[jetiih]

that's not koto,that's qifteli

:P

[jaguar98videos]

Amazing! Amazing music and amazing women.

[JupitersEuropa]

I love their robes!!! So beautiful!!

[sideim]

When do the tentacles come out and rape them?

[BratWody]

Wow- nice. ;-)

[gcvorcaro01]

this is the peace and dicipline translated by music...

[nickzambrano]

one word AWESOME!

[Sephira666]

wanna have a koto and wanna learn to play it!!! *__*

[khaiho95]

DEAD MUSIC

[cipactly666]

Muy bonita musica!!! saludos desde Mèxico

[aripck]

This is just Soul of Japan!

[SnowyZeta]

AWESOME kimonos

[ateniense7]

wonderful

[obscurebandfan]

It's like it's dissonant (To my Western ears anyway) but like beautiful.

[mafiashaolin]

omg lord, jesus buddha, ANYONE WHY oh why was I born in Europe WHY!?

[bamboosa]

I have a taste for traditional Japanese music, and pardon me, but this is so adorable.

[freethoughtmusic]

I like it, very nice.

[xxxseeker1]

Damn,now I want sushi.

[blizzbubble]

@Macsk8ing look further into the world how ppl look and live there instead of bitching them out open your eyes for culture.

[KibahinaxSasuino]

@Macsk8ing

Trolls are stupid.

[Evitele]

i love their guitars ;DD

[peterpedes]

replenishing

[tekh07]

beautiful



[Chousho]

終わらなかったでした。完全が聞いたいね。

[zoso1]

i love the sound of em but i have to admit, the tuning is hard to handle for my westernized ears.

[birdandthe]

quite young, i suppose intermediate players but they still sound pretty good, try 'soul of the koto' cd on lyrichord for an all round starter for japanese koto/sham/shakuhaci voice played by master musicians and your journey starts from there

[Onikirimaru231]

Beautiful music!

[MrsYoshiYoshi]

i have a red kimono just like that one!<3 i wish my mother hadn't thrown it away...

[fiviruch]

Chales sere el unico que escriva en español.. je je

me encantan las culturas y tradiciones

[KanoKazuma94]

Sounds like a graveyard song. Kind of like that bellsprout tower theme in pokemon lol.

[lizchann]

Epic comment is epic.

[birdandthe]

@KanoKazuma94 CHUCK YOUR GAMES MACHINE IN THE TRASH CAN

[lupirous]

good song , parabens

[SorathPotestatem]

is it raindrops???

[SorathPotestatem]

whats the name of this song???

[MasterFoMagic]

why do ya have such a paddle? cant you use a standered guitar pick??

[ElectroRome]

@MasterFoMagic this is the narrowest comment I've ever seen…it's called tradition, same thing why we have ragù in our pasta and not a "standard" tomatoe sauce.

[reydelmuerte]

@MasterFoMagic since its a shamisen , and not a guitar...they can't ^^ they have shamisen picks....

[deicidalRuffian]

@MasterFoMagic they could, but it isn't traditional, and it wouldn't sound the same. the "paddle" plectrum is what makes the percussive cracking sound you hear in shamisen music. they don't use it in this video, but if you check out the Yoshida Brothers you'll hear what I mean.

[Gonnakillyou]

I find it curious that apparently no one has mentioned the beautiful ladies in the middle.

[TulsaIzMiiHood]

beautiful music and so calming :) thank you for posting this on youtube, this is definitly going on my playlists

[InnaGalaktyka]

No offenece since I'm a trully interested in asian music but to me japanese instruments koto and shamisen sounds as untuned...of corse this is the character of their sounds...but compare koto and chinese guzheng the second one is the winner with it's clear sound.

[gatheringleaves]

No the Shamisen is way better than the Guzheng

[InnaGalaktyka]

@gatheringleaves well, shamisen isn't from the same family so it's difficuld to say wich one is better but koto and guzheng are so you can compare their sound but in the end everything is just a taste's metter :)

[gatheringleaves]

@InnaGalaktyka

No, Guzheng sounds horrible, trust me this is much better than Guzheng, it speaks to the soul

[birdandthe]

@InnaGalaktyka the chines often use the pentatonic scale which is common worldwide in folk music, the japanese sometimes use this scale but also japanese scales and their tuning is different, this is probably why japanese sounds out of tune compared to guzheng, ive listened to japanese and chinese for twenty years for most of those years i thought of the koto as 'clearer' than the guzheng, maybe its the recordings i have purchased, recent chinese recordings have closed the gap both are great.

[hardcorechicano]

thankyou...

[Shoknifeman]

Easiest way to remember, the Koto resembles a harp laying on its side, the Shamisen resembles a square banjo and the shakuhachi is the bamboo flute

[assel972]

It's delightful to hear music so beautiful ... and those perfect voices ... I like everything that is in Japan ...

Greetings.

[Qcumber]

It would have been even better with a flower composition in the toko-no-ma.

[TheMikeai]

Koto, Shamisen , Shakuhachi , Voice perfect combination

[ElementalAlchemy]

that was the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[oneasconer]

love that kind of music...can you give me some names ton listen other songs like this one please

Rastafari

[MavericKahwiJones]

it sounds kinda egyptian to me - which is interesting!

[TheSage666]

that's one big PICK!

[jperroud]

Bravo

[GORDONX9]

o que é a música? porque parece tão estranha? Seria como a pedra da lua? Tão comum e ordinária na lua mas tão rara e valiosa na terra?

[pengyou1909]

멋지네요~감사합니다

[LinzySbt]

stupenda...

[david7782004]

sorry i cant help it but the 3 string instrument is called a sanshin.

[Max0Inq]

Shamisen, damnit! Shanshin is covered with snake skin and played in Okinawa.

[comet5002]

No it's not...the sanshin is the predecessor to the shamisen. They're two different instruments.

[Johnnybomb1]

Japanese music has a sad almost eerie sound to it.Anyone else think so?

[kodomokoe]

@Johnnybomb1 yea . ithink you're right. and i thought it was just me. but its still beautiful none the less.

[Max0Inq]

I do. That's way I like it so much.

Sadness in this music is beyond words.

Funny thing is that Sakura Sakura, one of the most known Japanese pieces is about joy coming with spring. Most people who don't know the lyrics finds this song scary (check Romanian choir singing it).

[BushiBato]

@Johhny,there is also an attribute in Japanese music,forgot the technical name,but anyways,they purposely sing and play off key for a split second and then pull back into harmony,and it creates the effect you are talking about,that eerieness.Another word I would use,depending on the mood,is somberness.Or even Igen,dignified.

[DANCERRAVER]

@Johnnybomb1 nah i kinda like it and in my opinion it sounds more like a deep feeling to it.....anyway thats how i see it..XD

[dieglhix]

@Johnnybomb1 Maybe traditional but have you ever heard contemporary? It's extremely high pitched and ultra happy and annoying.

[ZovestaDark]

@Johnnybomb1 It depends on the song.

[l3054]

@Johnnybomb1 the japanese before the west came in were a lot more solemn i think but alot of it has to do with most japanese are very quiet and respectful people so their music reflects that

[avginkel]

@Johnnybomb1 True. It says a lot about Japan itself. Deep souls sunken behind many masks.

[smokey351]

@Johnnybomb1 i see what you mean about the somber overtone. Id say perceiving it that way may be the result of having a different cultural context, for all we know it may resound differently for someone who associates these melodies with happy memories or stories. Regardless i think it sounds beautiful =)

[maria510flores]

nice.

[cryptsrikanthcrypt]

plz tell me the name of the flute like instrument

[Visualundeath]

shakuhachi

[Hanami1023]

stugoi!~ :)

[dindan4]

beautiful but sad music :)

i like it

[HungryFlyProductions]

can someone please tell me the name of the guitar like instrument

[DarthMorbius1977]

Shamisen.

[FranciscoPacoSniper]

shamisen

[LazyFatGuy]

XDD

[anokigryphon]

@HungryFlyProductions

Shamisen :3

[birdandthe]

shamisen ( three strings)

[crimsonbutterflies]

Oh, this is pleasure to my eyes and ears!!!

[demoniosinalas]

the video isn't complete!!! Damn it!!!

[demoniosinalas]

cool!!!

[runtor1988]

This is freaking AWESOME!

[FlameFury117]

the background of the stage looks like they are perfoming in a house in my own opinopm :/

[sherminkiller]

Performances, such as these, originated in people's homes.

[SeriousSam505]

sounds like a shinto music

[dennyrocks7]

that's because you've been raised your entire life listening to western music using western-style chord progressions and scales.

[JosiahSCooper]

@dennyrocks7

I'm used to "western-music", but I love hearing the Koto; I need to get my hands on one

[karyukai93]

first time i saw a shakuhachi!

i love shamisen<3

they look so harmonyc while playing together!

[JaredChacon]

the girl in the black playing the Shamisen has a cool thing in her hair

[ezkin84]

hi!.. im doin my asgmnt on japanese traditional music n instrument.can anyone tell me the history of this song . Or maybe the lyrics. Is it a tradisional song? I really appreciate if you can help me .

[Stephanorsk]

How is the pronunciation?

SHAmisen, like 'Shall', or SAmisen, like 'sand'? (I mean, if the 'H' is silent)

[xthia25]

Like shall, h is not silent!

[Stephanorsk]

Thanks!

[aznloveu1]

Nice...........

[xxRitsuandSoubixx]

mustlove10000puppies, the instrument on the floor, that looks sort of like a harp is a koto, and the wind instrument is some sort of recorder.

[AMetalNinja]

The wind instrument is called a shakuhachi. The banjo-like instruments are called shamisen. :D

[tereds1]

HUTSAAA !

[mustlove10000puppies]

Grrr I need to know what those instruments are called :[ I only know the Shamisen but nothing else. ..

[ProudToBeNerdy]

the shamisen as you already know is the 3-stringed guitar-like instrument, the joto is the zither-type wooden panel with strings on, and the shakuhachi is the bamboo flute.

[Max0Inq]

The zither on the left - koto.

The flute - shakuhachi.

[sakirey]

Hi! Sorry for answering so late! Those instruments are called KOTO, for that one is playing in the ground, and another one is SHAKUHACHI, like a flute. Thanks for the comments!

[twikie258]

@mustlove10000puppies the instrument at left is a koto, the two at the middle are some shamisens and the last one atthe right is a shakuhachi flute...

[MSCANCERPATIENT]

i love their voices, such a unique sound.

ive always wanted to play the koto~ i found a koto actually, its expensive but i'd do anything to learn.

one day hopefully! :)

[MineiroRoots11]

very good music!! I like all asian musical intruments!!

one day I`ll go Japan to apreciate this kind of music!

CONGRATULATIONS!

[gangurodevil]

omg people listen to yourselfs!!! must tom cruise be involved in this XDDD

[ChineseinCanada]

Takes you back to another, pre-modern era...

[Max0Inq]

Too bad it's so short. Beauitful music.

[antita14]

Japanese somehow feel old-fashioned because the're not like USA, which is the most powerful nation nowdays and since a long time ago. I believe they've got a inferiority complex with western people, so they try to be more western and modern... but for oriental culture lovers like me it's too sad, isn't it?

[acepperson]

Wow really? ignorant much?

[gatheringleaves]

Yeah it is quite sad

I actually think Japanese, Oriental traditional culture is superior to Western

More Disciplined and Mystical

[600Prometheus006]

modern, bleh! old culture, yay!

[Tsukasa171]

i agree with ticrak1, it really makes me sad to see how japanese are becoming more and more westers, even it reality it was a sad thing when the westers first invaded japan, if you seen the movie "The Last Samurai" you know what i mean

[F33bs]

Westerners never invaded Japan, The Last Samurai was about a rebellion within Japan of samurai against the government.

[LigalosCo]

Not against the government, but against the western trade markets that government wanted. If you remember the leader of Samurai was humble servant of the Highness.

[knoxvilleguy2]

Tsukasa171:

Maybe underneath the facade of modern culture, high - tech electronics, Western influence, I think the people of Japan ( & Korea & SE Asia, too ) are still very traditionally Asian. It's not my call to make.

[banzaileah]

japan has a very strong culture that dosn't fade of course some things change but that isn't always a bad thing as a result of inviting foreign influences japan lost some things such as samurai and the right to wear a sword or topnot but the up side to this is women gained rights and japan's technological advancements increased because of It

[Liz72009]

喜欢她们的乐器，很清晰，简单而美。可真的不懂欣赏那歌声，太恐­怖啦~~象在招魂~~~

[ticrak1]

It's ashame to see the fact that the japanese are becoming too westernized. sorta sad.

[PaganstormIV]

not sorta but very sad

[WallyWadeMovies]

And here i thought i was the only one thinking that.

[vinniram]

too bad the audience isn't wearing traditional clothes like the performers are... it's so sad to see this cultural erosion in Japan.

[alexaxaxel]

It really is.

[vinniram]

lol westerner who put thumbs down get a life :P

[neonygatito16]

私は日本の音楽のように

[xSavetex]

I love Shamisens : )

they're so beautiful sounding, whoever hates it's sound has no taste in music.

Beautiful!

[Alona86]

I agree they lack beauty of they can see and heard the beauty in I

[ChocolateKunai]

Ahh, this song is so pretty~ ANd so is other Japanese music (well, tradional). It's fun to listen to, cause it's peaceful, relaxing, and quiet. -favs-

[vinniram]

I agree - modern Japanese music is horrible compared to beautiful traditional music.

[princeofdarkness187]

very beautiful, almost haunting