my dad plays raj nplaim

[WinchesterPearl]

i wish i can play

[lengxiong1]

Ur dad should post what he is saying... If I'm right something bout he misses his mom and dad...misses is home country...if I'm right..

[holyshetman1]

Much love goes out to all my Hmong brothers and sisters. I was born here in the United Sates and is considered a Hmong American. Many of my tradition was lost due to a separation of two cultures. This music brings me back to all the memories of my parents that was told to me. Again, two cultures tore me apart from my heritage. Hearing these songs really makes makes me sad. Wish I could of played something this nice to my father when he passed away, I know he would of appreciated it.

[juleevue]

ur papa sure got talents! lol

[maisakura11]

hehe, your dad reminds me of my dad! their both a bit porky; nevertheless, i love my dad even if i only see him a couple of times.

[guys05]

this is why hmong people are the best..they learn everything from scratch and still be the best of everything..good job...mad respect for this guy here..

[zero52one]

i miss my grandpa. pa cheng xiong..

[Touyeng07]

i gotta get a vid of my dad playing his say so... idk how it's spelled

[peaceful246]

any who don't understand , not hmong

[vu2014502]

very good

[sweetleecakes]

wow! sad but true... i always hear the sound of this flute with birds and bugs crying along with it and my folks always translating it for me... lol but never seen how the instrument looked like... lol thanks my hmong bro! =D

[1lonelyhmoobFl]

Great playing.... it remind me of Xab Vaj in Laos who plays an even longer and lower tone one. Too bad I lost my cassette that has all his raj nplaim playing.... I love listening to Xab's playing it make me forget all my sadness when I listen to it.

[1lonelyhmoobFl]

Love this kind of raj nplaim. It's music that will calm the savage beast in everyone. It make me sleep and take away my sadness when I listen to it.

[vmp98765]

at the beginning... i thought someone was laughing :)

[sxyooj]

I've always loved listening to the hmong instruments. Especially the qeej. I remember as a little girl hearing my dad and uncles practicing it.

[18hmoobclans]

thanks to all of you for enjoying my videos

[hmongcanadian]

Absolutely fascinating...

[yangb90]

Lol, I love the ending (scratch head) innocence.

[nancyhang84]

every single sound that come out of the flute has its own meaning. if use one sound and added to another different sound it could say a word. if you're Hmong u might be able to pick up some of the words he's trying to say.. its kind of like kawv txhiaj.. every single flute music is not the same.. it has it own unique meaning telling his/her personal life or feeling.. like a story.. those who are white-wash wouldn't understand it..

anyways, thanks for the share.. love it..

[paxv1]

OMG I HAVE ONE BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY CAN YOU TEACH ME PLSSSS

[user25308]

Please respect our culture. You have to understand this guy is playing from memory and didn't grow up using notes like standard american musician. I give this man many props.

[18hmoobclans]

@user25308 thanks bro

[YgKlan]

@user25308

doesn't Hmong always play by sound? I always ask myself back as a kid, how do they know there note? obviously these note are words and I guess this is how it get play and tune.

[MrTogo50]

Hi every one. I think you guy should need to know and put little respect for some thing like this. You don't have any idea. You guy just want to say what ever you want, but I knew you don't know what he know and can't play his Flute ether. Need to support other please..........respect and help if you know enough. If you don't know nothing want to learn please get help and learn. Because the hmong will run out of time for how to keep there traditional for the young generation. Please wake up.

[niamtxiv]

i love the Raj Nplaim.

[uglyestprince69]

CIaj sia just got owned !

[hmongyai16]

@uglyestprince69 hahaha that shit is funny made my day

[Mr916hmongboi]

hahahaha

[kim0081]

who say this is not music or song, this is not american music ,this is very nice, this is what make you and us as Hmong if u don't undurstand , tell your grand father to translate for you, and you will understand.

[kagomevangel]

does anyone know what he's talking about?

[Chumps87]

Funny how hmong people blow flute according to what they want to say as in the flute is speaking for them and most that I have heard are always about the parents coming to a new land.. I find it cool but funny in that we don't use melodies music like Americans.. FUnny huh.?.. O_o

[MrTogo50]

@Chumps87 May be is funny for you but is not for us. I know the funny is, because you not a hmong and you don't know any thing about hmong traditional at all.

[Chumps87]

@MrTogo50

Oh and by the way I am Hmong and I great appreciate our music it is more unique than that of just listen to melodies.. and it takes a great deal to learn it.. I don't mean "funny" literally it was meant sarcastically.. I think that you have misunderstood me greatly. and I don't appreciate it when you say that I am not Hmong and don't know tradition. I am Proud to be Hmong and different. You have no right to say that because you don't even know me. You truly are a rational person.

[Chumps87]

@MrTogo50

Oh and by the way I am Hmong and I great appreciate our music it is more unique than that of just listen to melodies.. and it takes a great deal to learn it.. I don't mean "funny" literally it was meant sarcastically.. I think that you have misunderstood me greatly. and I don't appreciate it when you say that I am not Hmong and don't know tradition. I am Proud to be Hmong and different. You have no right to say that because you don't even know me. You truly are a rational person.

[hmongredline]

Where can I order this album?

[MrsNtxhaishmoobusa]

yog nej muaj chaw qhia yuav tau qhia rau peb cov me nyuam peb thiaj li yuav tsis paub peb le txuj

[Mr436088]

dame your dad is hella good....!!! my dad tryed it but he quit haha...

[hmongkife]

i know him lol

[hersta916]

Dam How Do He Play ? i Wanna Learn

[TurkeyMoua]

well theres the five hole and six hole instruments, so if u can pretty much play a recorder then u can play it lol just gotta make it sound hmong =)

[LeeXyooj]

@TurkeyMoua actually that's not true... have you seen the scaley thing at the mouth?.. the tube is a natural amp and at the mouth is a vibration amplifier that picks up vibration of the throat and the speed of the air travel.. the difference is that it amplifies the throat's vibs as a recoder does not or so I think..

ahahaha.. soo much physics.. o.0

[TurkeyMoua]

well the playing wise is how i stated and how u blow it is how u say lol im self teaching to play the raj nplaim =)

[boynsue]

your pretty close, but you got to control how much air you blowing in there, you jux cant blow and expect it to sound like his. it pretty much like blowing air and mumbling what you wanna hear.

[TurkeyMoua]

lol that i know of =) still in training on playing it, =)

[mzalina]

Thanks for the share. I loved it!!!

[niamtxiv]

I love it. Thank you for sharing.

[Aeristaryang]

can someone translate it for me

[mrpov1983]

Hands down, the best Hmong instrument. Your dad is awesome.

[boynsue]

And tha one of the biggest flute i seen so far, the one's i see is like half that size.

[boynsue]

very very nice, i like it

[jlx4ever]

wow dats amazing!!! btw i think wat ur dad is blowing is somthing about brotherhood... bt im nt sure...

[jrockisthebest]

damn i want this instrument so bad but dont have enough money. BY the way your dad plays this pretty good. How many years has he been playing this?

[NEOexSOLDIER]

well, I'm learning from this one

[breathlessluv]

oh your dad learn from my dad.

[inoout]

sounds cool....

[earthbenderzore15]

thanx for the upload,i learned a lot from your dad on this video,keep em coming

[NEOexSOLDIER]

ciaj siab's done it before, so go check out his videos

[NoobQesAub]

why hmong always play this kinda flute in same style. why not turn it into a song or music..it's like every they play, they are sound the same.......

[tigtoog]

it sounds the same because we don't know the lyrics behind it...its like a song...

[kuvtseemmeme]

good question. i think we should learn so it wont sound the same to us everytime we listen to it.  its kind of like when our parents listen to a rock song and all they hear is that loud guitar noise over and over. \m/

[18hmoobclans]

it sounds the same bt the words r different in every song.. they just use the same tone or same style.. u hav to understand hmong flute language to no wat theyre saying

[HmongBleach]

@NoobQesAub I guess you're not Hmong enough =( ha jk

[froggboss]

@NoobQesAub

it's a type of genre if you think about it.

and if you don't like it the same, you can always be the one to make a new genre

for future generations instead of complaining about how you don't like it.

how about instead of rude comments, you keep it to yourself unless you are willing to

make an effort to make it better.

[NEOexSOLDIER]

@NoobQesAub

Are you even Hmoob? There's a reason why they sound this way...it is poetry, simple as that.

[HmongThunder]

@NoobQesAub because it's deeper than that. it's not about the music nor style. you probably won't understand it.

[kuvtseemmeme]

my dad rocks ! \m/

[bsciontc]

awesome!