Balalaika-men

[freeman2545]

pretty cool....

[weegingayin]

Fantastic Roy Smeck one hand tricks

[todorisss]

bravo. Viva Russia !!!! From Greece with love.

[tosainobigdog]

:) tosa ino vs.zwergpinscher rein schauen

[tosainobigdog]

:) tosa ino vs.zwergpinscher rein schauen

[hedonismbot3001]

Looks like Buster from Arrested Development.

[desdeborah89]

MARRY ME! what are you waiting for?? I'M ALL YOURS, TAKE ME WITH YOU!!

[dimas1rus]

Молодчина!!!

[salavatik]

very nice great. thx man,

[sftpmtuci]

здорово!

[luisfcoliveira]

oh man!! such a long time has been since i been looking for a decent interpretation of Rondo Alla Turca

i'm so grateful for this!

cheers!

[u205418]

A Candidate for the Lenin Order!

[lobotrjas1]

@u205418 youtube. com/watch?v=rU9pUt3PJhY Алексей Архиповский master of pabalajka

[CyberRedJim1986]

Balalaika Hero!

[esldave]

/\ |\/| /\ Z | |\| G !

[air90ful]

very nice !

[yogilx200]

trop bien exellent!!!!!! verry good thank's

[SeReGaPluS]

Браво,Бис! )))

[NitnatsnokBugolos]

such a class instrument. no need for retarded electric amplifiers. No for equilizers just acoustic music

[brandistocker]

first part bravo:P

2nd part is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Turkish March

and it needs to be excercised a lil' bit more:P and it is not hard to play whitout eyes, cuz this man too, in the first part NEVER looked at the balalaika .

[mandolineslover]

Bravoooo !!!

Bravisssimooooo !!!

[Olgagusli]

That's cool, man! :)

[canaman42]

DAMN!

[yogilx200]

Exelent! magnifique trop fort..........

[nutrafin87]

ух ты... молодца

[P1tfall]

Beast

That is all

[HazMatMedia]

I love this! Are you actually Russian? (Your profile states you're in Germany, just curious) I have adored the balalaika since I was little, I would love to learn to play someday. Is it a simple instrument to learn?

[jakenfriedlove]

that is fucking shredding right there, those heavy metal guys can't do shit compared to you.

[izCCCP]

Молодец

[arian1945]

What songs are you playing? Brilliant where can I get this tune. I so gonna learn how to play this song.

[youngbyun]

the first one is Beryozy (Birch Trees)

[skypig70]

BRAVO!!!!!!!  Make more please. Great musician. I loved it!

[AndyNamel]

It's amazing what you can play with just 3 strings :)

[nzoneaffe]

Very Very Amazing i wanne buy a balalaika too sounds so funny =)

[AdminSkaz]

молодец! nice!

[yuriy1961gagarin]

To podoz

This song is "Ah tu bereza"

[MarxCymru]

How many strings are on your balalaika?great stuff

[koolme70]

there are 3 strings

[wlodi1955]

Great acrobat balalajka player...(((-:

[hoeffnagel]

if all world soldiers did only like him, war wd be nice

[jolyjacktar]

He's great! I loved it

[Rosemeyer78]

Suuuper! Bravo!

[podoz]

sensational! more! more!

can anyone tell me the name of these songs?

[danielp1984]

Balalaika

[alonsormz]

Balalaika is the instrument

[joeceph]

He plays a couple of popular russian folk songs and some other things I cannot name but that I find strangely familliar. The classical tune he plays blindfolded is the 11th piano sonata by W.A. Mozart.

[brendcl]

COOL!!LOL!!!

[Menschenfrau]

Hallo Fabian,

Kompliment zu deiner schöneen Musik! Ich habe eine russische Seele und liebe außerdem die "Wut über den verlorenen Groschen".

Viele Grüße von Günter und:

Stephanie

[igorg003]

Yup he's good.

[Errathetube]

He's good

[untilass]

fucking BALALAIKA SOLDIER :D

[artreg]

Жжоте+)) гы гы+)

[brainfoodjunky]

Russian Vai on a funy guitar LOL!!

[CossackY2k]

this was the best video ive seen in months!make more

[murdertroll]

Amazing!!! a really balalaika-men...

[Cosmickon]

i own a balalaika.. But without strings.. Does the balalaika have 2 Nylon strings and 1 metal string?

[CossackY2k]

mine does but ive seen some with all metal strings

[idemax]

If you can't find strings. Get a bicycle's break wire and untwist it, it's made of thin strings, use three of them on your Balalaika. I even put those strings to my new Balalaika, play it for nine years now and it sounds better to me.

[joeceph]

It depends on what kind it is as far as I know, all balalaikas from piccolo to the largest bass have metal strings except from the balalaika prima that can have 2 nylons 1 steel or just 3 steel.

[mandrazher]

NO :DDDD  all strings are metal

[mandrazher]

traditional russian has 3 metalstrings..my grandpa had it..there were 3 metal strings, but iam not sure 100% that its right ))

[recessionlover]

@Cosmickon. The highest string is steel. It is an A off a tenor banjo or a mandolin. The other two strings are the top E strings off a classical guitar. They are tuned to the same note, and made of nylon; they used to be made of gut. Soviet factory balalaikas were made with three metal strings because nylon was hard to get in the Soviet Union.

[anonymous275215]

very very nice, I liked the first song better

[Bohemiantonely]

=) man you are so cool, this is my fist time i dear Balalaika.. you play it verry good :) Saludos de venezuela pana

[naturoz]

Real make me more slavic , as a balalaika lover , you play real nice.

[CesarBourguet]

está muy chistoso ese vato!

[BosnianFarmer]

balalaïka balalaïka ai ai ai!!

[kurnoe]

Molotok!!!

[ThunderGoats]

i cant find where to buy one of these things.. or where to learn the chords.. or anything about them! help me!

[DecoGecko]

Balalaikas can be got from Musical Instruments Of Quality (if you are in the UK, that's where I got mine from). For free lessons type 'learn balalaika' into Google - they're not too hard to find! Good luck, from the Deco Gecko.

[ThunderGoats]

well i looked into it a bit and decided to buy one.. got one for $300 from a site called "lark in the morning" cant wait to play it! still waiting for it to come.. found some sites on how to learn, and since i play the guitar it shouldnt be to hard.. but i guess we'll see what comes of it.. hopfully i'll be able to play as good as this guy someday :P

[basecliff]

I'd encourage you to Google to find the closest Russian Folk Orchestra near you and join if it is feasible.

I got to play in a concert where the first piece here was played by Emanuel Sheynkmann, a balalaikist who had his own TV show on an All-Union channel in the old Soviet Union.

[piperpilot]

Is he actually playing that as I am not convinced.

[Cosmickon]

Ofcourse he is... Its jus thta when hes like throwin it around hes playing on the neck part of the strings -_-!

[guitarkorea]

that guy is awesome

[romford25]

amazing ! ;)

[KapnKoolio]

Fantastic! I am not too familiar with the balalaika, but this guy must be a master.

[Vdroid]

that's really cool. especially the second part of performance.

[fabiocora]

Isso é que é tocar balalaika!! parabéns!

[LuGianesella]

I want a balalaika

[jsp2006yahoo]

This guy is pretty good.

[mbrook4949]

Sorry, it's not the bridge it's the main part of the song.

[mbrook4949]

At the beginning he's playing the bridge of a Russian gypsy song called Dve Gitari (Two Guitars). My grandmother loved that one.

[noitakivi]

oh my fucking god! this is... so amazing to playing balalaika, best player what i have seen ever!!!

[kenvorland]

great kalinka warrior

[sanchezan]

At 4:30 mins he plays hell good :| the start is kinda boring but after he is awesome

[fbohnke]

Really amazing! He plays very well.

[nicoo13]

I want the same at home :)

[TawarischSniper]

very nice

[surfcow]

Does anyone know the name of the compositions he is playing? They are great and he is very entertaining.

[sanchezan]

After 4:30 he plays Turkish march by mozart i think. Donno the first one

[youngbyun]

i know after 37 secs he plays "beryozy" meaning birch trees, i got a recording of it if you want....

[furiaromanum]

That's simply amazing.