Improv on a strange instrument

[Rat656]

hi, propably you are playing a dutar. It is the main plucked instrument all over Central Asia. It looks and sound similar. You can show us this instrument from less magnified view, then maybe I will be able to confirm my presumption. At this time I can only make conjectures this is a "dutar". Best regards. Nice playing btw :)

[nicodanger13]

Maybe if u show it better someone could recognize what kind of instrument it is..

Btw it has a nice sound.

[sitarstylereptiles]

@frikken20 no it's not a sitar

[bmcbride1982]

is that fishing line for strings?

[G4BST4]

its a tahitian ( Tahiti -French Polynesia ) style ukelele, in the hands of a profesional it sounds awesome. I know this becoz im from a neighbouring country ( Cook Islands) i must say your improv on an instrument you dont know of is pretty good. standard tuning is G C E A. check out "tahitian music" on youtube and you'll see this intrument played by many, though you may not understand what the hell they'll be singing about

[frikken20]

hmm is it a sitar?

[superstriker00]

Can you upload video showing the instrument from a few sides?

[Zera213]

dude that was awesome. can you put up another video of this so we can see the instruments full body and stuff?

[DAKMAIN]

tiny dulcimer?

[MrTheeren]

the instrument saund and appierance like turkish baglama

[radioslashmusicmixer]

Quite wonderful music. I do wish you had shown the entire instrument though.

[MrBarryMusic]

Whatever it is, you make it sing! Great playing!

[urgoing21134]

haha this could be a ukulele but i doubt it... its like 2 octaves higher then a regular uke.... idk what that is...

[SuperWaffleNinja]

Could be a Tahitan Ukulele

Four Strings.. G C E A

[Max0Inq]

Quite nice.

[omnomphenomenal]

sounds like a shamisen

[GOSTEON3]

i wish the camera could see the whole instrument, but cool song tho. what instrument is it?

[Rz3rblad3]

nice play.

[dstatt07]

Whatever the instrument is, that was fantastic playing

[seanissane]

you like metal. NO?

[isledeeuropa]

Pipa would have more strings tho

[thewr0ngchild]

I think that is a Chinese Pipa. I recognise the sound as one anyway, could be some other type of lute though.

[darthsion71]

no no no pipa has 4 strings and has about 32 frets dumbass

[seanissane]

silly american!

[wirtzzz666]

Pipa has much richer sound

[LittleUkuleleMonster]

Great playing, very impressive!

Fraid I don't know what it is though.

[rhythmtandemplayer]

Check RHYTHMTANDEM for another strange instrument.

[beans621]

it looks sorta like a dulcemur.. you know a folk music type thing...its used in a lot of blue grass

[corbicula]

no! its not a saz!

saz is very diferent! saz is bigger than this instrument!

[scafool]

I think what you have is a Saz. They are from Iran and Turkey usually.

The turks tend to use three string versions, and there is a two string version found sometines in Iran.

Yes, you did a nice job on ot.

[bbqwhore]

Cool instrument and you play it beautifully!

[clockworkreactor]

sounds like a sitar

[maoristereo]

i dunno wtf that is but its got more strings than i can count

[ngroschen]

Instead of making fun of what you said, I'll just take the high road and point out what the guy said: it's only got two strings. Granted, they're a bit hard to see, so I can understand what you mean. They look like fishing string to me.

[BuxWV184]

What if the high road doesn't lead home!? :(

[ngroschen]

¯\(°3°)/¯

[BuxWV184]

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[ProblemAudio]

you can't count very high.

[Desimodontidae]

shred that... thing!!!

[R00mONFIR3]

its a guitar for sure i know it! by the way ur a really good guitarist

[stoneswithstand]

lol

[polioness]

i am shure that this instrument's name is VIOLA DA GAMBA. There are only 2-3 mans in the world who can make this insrument. It is from BAROKKO period

[bazaar84]

i'm not agree: for me that isn't a viola, for me it look like a LIUTO (an other european instrument)

In Italy people write BAROCCO

not BAROKKO

and in English mans is wrong: men

[PaolaMay]

i am sorry for my mistakes: i am from Belarus, i don't know English well. )

i couldn't to listen it that time, so it was stupid to write that i'm shure :)

it's only looks like a viola da gamba.

last time I was looking for an musicant (Vladimir Volkov, he plays conrabass and viola da gamba) and by this way i faund your video (i don't know why). So I thought that it's a viola.

[perronid]

hey man

look...

viola da gamba is another completely different intrument.

By the way , the ethimology of viola da gamba is viola between knees.

And you can see videos about this intrument who uses bow to play her on youtube.

[PaolaMay]

i know it now. i did a mistake.

thank you! i will see videos when i can, now my internet is too slow for this :)

Good luck!

[malicery]

Dude, Viola da Gamba is an early family of BOWED instruments.

[JollyJonMon]

haha I can tell you play guitar. I think I used to know what that was but it's name has escaped my mind.

[JollyJonMon]

haha I can tell you play guitar. I think I used to know what that was but it's name has escaped my mind.

[MrRedSG]

lol nice little jazzy improv at twenty something... never watched your vids but obviously you play guitar

[thephatone1002]

A balalaika?

[BlueCollarTweeker]

It's definitely not a balalaika

[phineas512]

It looks a bit like a Chinese Pipa, but it's hard to see.

If it's supposed to have 4 strings and the frets are raised really high, it's probably some kind of soprano pipa...

[HenrikRagnarsson]

It sounds and looks a bit like a Saz...

But, it would be easier to decide if you did show the whole instrument and not a bit of the grip-board...

[PepijnJC]

It sounds like a Tahitian Ukulele.

[bighope1]

Isn't that a back packers guitar? pretty common. Easily ordered online.

[JamieSwain]

for an instrument you dont know what is called you are v good at it

[FunkyMonk5]

Thanks !!

On the vid the tunning it's like on a guitar, so it's easier to play it.

[Coui0112358]

cool...i like!!!

[DerusHysop]

quel instrument est-ce que c'est, dude?

[FunkyMonk5]

I think it's a Ukulele, but it doesn't look like a Ukulele. So, I don't really know what is it.

[mo0Z0o]

on dirait un Saz turc. Même sonorité et même style d'instrument.

[shojoGirl18]

O.O your good at whatever it is

[Hobejo]

why don't you SHOW us what kind of instrument it is, instead of just showing the fret board?

[FunkyMonk5]

Rémi, pourquoi t'es con ??

[MickaelBalzary]

big shit, to big marten...

[FunkyMonk5]

Pask y'a pas que des francais justement

[thc0rdie]

pourquoi t'écri en anglais alors ki a ke D franC ki von maté ta vidéo??????????

[rachelstones]

tu gére gros j'adore !