SHIMA-UTA 島唄（Okinawa Music)

[Woffina05]

Beautiful, relaxing , touching !!!

Thank you for sharing and best wishes from Italy :)

[keituji]

@Woffina05

Thank you for the nice comment! I am glad you like it! :-)

Best wishes from Japan,

Kei

[drewsneatlife]

i realy enjoyed this,do you study music in general? :)

[feydriva]

この曲はすばらしいですよ!

私は沖縄に行くのをまつことができない!

私は日本語を勉強しています。　これは日本語でわたしのさいしょのコメントです．．．私の間違い­をお許しください。

[keituji]

@feydriva

日本語でのコメントありがとうございます。日本語とても上手です­ね。きちんと伝わっていますよ！

この曲気に入ってもらえて嬉しいです。勉強がんばってください！

Kei

[ZotMalakhov]

You very good musician!! You very great guitarist! Excellent video and music and very good performance! 

[keituji]

@ZotMalakhov

Thank you,Zot!!

I am glad you enjoy it!

Kei

[Baca48]

僕はこの歌が大好きですよ。けいさんのギターを引き方はとてもす­ばらしいです。どうもうありがとう！僕の日本語はわるかった、ご­めんなさい。僕は日本語をべんきょうしています。

[keituji]

@Baca48

日本語でのコメントありがとう！あなたのコメントはとても嬉しか­ったです。

日本語とても上手ですよ。きちんと伝わります。日本語の勉強がん­ばってくださいね！

Thank you so much for kind comment.

Your Japanese is very well.

I am happy you like this piece.

Best wishes,

Kei

[soulsamaful]

Kono kyoku ga daisukidesu ^^

[keituji]

@soulsamaful

arigatou!

kei

[85madeinitaly]

davvero molto bella e dolce! Paul from Italy

[154049903]

非常に良い貢献挨拶は、アルゼンチンから 

[NVIH]

such great musician!

[TrustNooooo1]

Hi Kei,

thanks for nice comment on sato no aki. It's great to meet another composer from Japan!!! Beautiful piece and playing!!! 80,000 views! well done!!!! stay in touch!!!

[arterranova21]

Excelente!!! Una de las melodías más hermosas del Japón.

[Mishu31]

Very beautiful ! Good Job ! I'm going to sing this at a japanese festival at my school :D Nihongo no gakusee desu :P

[seuamiguin]

can u give us the tab plx

[tkyomi]

Love it! Thank you.

[guxpri]

la descose a la viola el ponja,,, 1 maestro

[Otakubandie7]

I've seen this video many times and have probably already commented, but every time I see it, it makes me so happy.

Domo arigatou, Kei-san. This is beautiful.

[gargoloso]

Sugoi!!! Beautiful version!!!

[grantaking]

totemo kirei da kara watashi no oshiri ga kowaremashita... jk. i actually do know what that means but i just had to say something ridiculous because i miss speaking nihongo so much. NIHONGO DE HANASU GA AITAI!!! im not sure if that one was right though. anyway it was a great song and good job

[Maynor210167]

LOL! Quiero aprender a tocar esta canción!  Sugoi! Mechamecha suki da! Como decimos en Costa Rica Qué tuanis!!

[gargoloso]

@Maynor210167 Sin animos de ofender, pero los ticos ya se copiaron el tuani a los nicas? que barbaridad no sabia que se habia extendido tanto. Saludos!!

[kickycasillas]

great job!!!!!!!!

[machimetalthor]

Excelent!!!!!!!!

[inousch]

Great upload, thank you for sharing, Ine

[richyn2]

Congratulations !!.. Felicitaciones !!!.. omedetou gozaimasu !!



[johnmorris008]

Beautiful song, Thanks for the mem'ries and the post. Akabu San.

[jerryleeluigy]

grande loco , lo haces muy bien !

[aleytin30]

exelent no more to say

[meismeyouisyou]

like this

[enotdetcelfer]

とても　こころが　なみに　ういて、　じんせいのくるしみを、つらくても、かなしくても、　いきている　うれしさをこころにもって　いきつずけるきもち。　Guitar を　やっと　かえたら、　たぶん　このうたを　さいしょに　ならいたいですね！

[agrevle]

これは本当にすばらしい歌ですよね！毎日聞きますよ

(^^)b どうもうありがとう！

[GoncaloMartins1]

This song is beautiful. And your performance was simply great.

I can't stop listening to it. There's something magical about it. It's calm, relaxing and touching...

Is this your personal arrangement of the song?

Could you share the partiture/tablature of it?

I would really love to play this song and make other people feel like while feel while I listened to you.

[fabiovieirayamanaka]

fantastico !!!

[CarnificinaHumana]

muito bom!! omedetoo

[UruhaPinku]

very good!

[TigerOscar78]

This song is from Shippuden!

[sakuraGR]

our japanese teacher told us about this song!!

sugoi!!!!^^

[balhaki]

Sogoi nee ganbatteeee

[salchi73]

greaat!

tabbb?

[MajorasFlask]

wasn't this the very same song playing at the ceremony in karate kid 2?

[Canchita3]

serio!!! pyche japanese boy!! very good

[videomitubo]

belleza ...

[fujimusumetfc]

これは本当にすばらしい歌ですよね！毎日聞きますよ

(^^)b どうもうありがとう！

[keituji]

現代の名曲ですね。僕もダイスキです。

[taraVegetarian]

This song brings back memories of Okinawa :) I miss it there

[mudageki]

いいですね。

ありがとう！

[uchinanchu67eric]

aksamiyo! Kore wa honto ni natsukashii sa. I miss Okinawa very much.. and those I once Knew there.

[waichafe7]

nothing but beautiful.

[hogasa]

Hey Keituji (Keitsuji)!! Very Beautiful interpretation.

I play guitar too, dema amari josu dewa arimasen ne. JA! Im tryin to play it too. Do you have the tabs. I'm doing it myself but totemo muzukashi.

I'm from Argentina. Shima Uta wa Koko mo iume dese.

Bye

[duanejudo]

very very beautiful...keep sharing your musical interpretations!

[KlodeB92]

Nice melody .Very soothing,thanks for sharing.

[cypdxmfight02]

きれいですね＾＾

[enbejey]

Outstanding.

[snowgluck]

いいですね　録音はどのようにやっていますか．　録音状態がとてもよろしいです　（はえたろう）

[MoonJazz70]

This is absolutely gorgeous!

You play so beautifully,

I am learning the ukulele and want to play this Hana and Nada sou sou

Love listening, Thankyou :)

[LokiHeart]

THIS IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL....love it!!!

-LokiHeart

[keituji]

Thanks,Loki!!

ありがとう！！

kei

[chewhsia915]

The music is really beutiful,

ur palying skill really wonderful!

thank u! i very enjoy...

[walteriobelenky]

Great performance... Have you got the tab?

[japones12345]

shima no uta

kirei uta desu ne!! ^^

omedetou gozaimasu kei san

anata wa totemo kirei yarimashita!!!

gomenesai boku no nihongo wa mada mada

10 nen hayai desu ne...

jiya !!!

subarashikata

yoroshiku onegai shimasu

[keituji]

doumo aligatou!

Totemo totemo nihongo jyouzu desuyo!:-)

ganbatte kudasai!

Kei

[bouletsensei]

言葉にならないほどすばらしい！

[keituji]

どうもありがとう！

[bhagenbeek]

Well done!

Ganbatte!

[keituji]

Thank you！！Aligato!!

[shahino11]

very beautiful music and well played as well, could you please tell me where I can get the music score..

domo aregato gozaimas

[mamorumiyagawa]

wooow

You play it beautifully

my best congratulations for you!

how did you learned it?

or you learned it from ear?

Wish I could play it.

anyway, keep the awesome job!

5 stars~

[roseoderengel]

はじめまして！　タニア　です！

あのね、私も　このうたわだいすきね！

すてきだね！

私は日本語で上ずでわないで。。。　でもこのしまうたはつばらしいだと思います！

私はこの歌を歌いました。。。私の国で。。。　ききたいか？　：）

よろしくね！

[keituji]

タニア、日本語じょうず！！このうた　いいね！

タニアの歌ききたい！

ありがとう！

kei

[ilanchhetri]

ore mo naraitain dakedo koreno guitar tab osiete kurenmasuka. yorosikune

[xkaizerx]

boku mo shima uta wa hontou ni daisuki de, kore wa subarashii da to omoimasu...

keep up the good work...

[blueembers2]

You do a good job of makeing it very Shamisen like.

[keituji]

Hi,Thank you very much! You know Shamisen?Wow,great!!

Shamisen is very nice japanese musical instrument.I don't have it,but I like it.

best wishes,

Kei

[reginr]

Kei-san,

Thank you for the wonderful post. Where can I get that guitar piece? Also may I know what is attached to your guitar and what pickup did you use to record this song? Yoroshiku

[keituji]

Hi,regin!Thank you very much for kind comment!

You know japanese? wow,GREAT!:-)

Sorry,I don't know where you can get it.

My guitar's attachement is tuner.not a mic.

I recorded this piece by movie-camera.

Best wishes,

Kei

[reginr]

Thanks for reply! :) I really want to learn this music. Who wrote the music? Did you made this?

よろしくお願いします！

[Gochi]

Araa.. Kono ongaku wa totemo utsukushi ne *w*... shimauta no ongaku totemo daisuki desu...

Keituji-san wa guitar jyousu desu...

Kono ongaku no video de, arigatou!

PS.- Watashi no nihongo wa mada heta desu... suimasen. UoU

[keituji]

Hi,Gochi-san!Domo Arigato gozaimasu!

Anata no nihongo wa totemo jyouzu desu!Wonderful!!

Mata mite kudasai ne.

Kei

[nanda23asia]

Sugoi......daisuki kono uta...omedetou jyozu desu neh,watashi no sensei ga nihonjin desu folk guitar kono uta oboiritai..mata neh

[keituji]

Arigato,nanda!:-))

[bakagaijin48096]

Beautiful song and beautiful rendition! Thank you, keituji-san!

[keituji]

Thank you!

[Mimirocio]

Hola, I´m a guitar player from Buenos Aires, and I love that song. Do you have the parts, could that be possible to have a copy?

Regards! Laura

[jamrock300zx]

cuando la tengas.. me pasas una por fa!!

tambien es una de mis favoritas??

tenes el de Canon in D?

[keituji]

Oh,sorry,I can't understand your language...

[gatitoprieto]

cuando la tengas.. me pasas una por fa!!

(when you get it, can I get it? please!)

tambien es una de mis favoritas!!

(it's one of my favourites too!!)

tenes el de Canon in D?

(have you got the canon in D?)

[Meliflor]

けいつじさん！あなたのおんがくがはとてもうつくしいです。すみ­ません、わたしのにほんごはまだいいじゃありません。だいがくで­、ともだちはしまうたをうたいました。いちばんのすきうたです！­どもありがとうございます！。

ps：わかりましたか？^.^

[keituji]

はーい！！めりっささん、よくわかりますよ。にほんごじょうずで­すね！どうもありがとう。ぼくもしまうただいすきです。

けいつじ

[Sicaria]

Absolutely beautiful, keituji-san! Shima-Uta is my favorite Okinawan song, aside from Hana! Thank you!

[keituji]

Hi,Sicaria!!Thanks for kind commwent! You sing japanese song so beautiful!!

Kindly,

Kei

[control75]

すばらしい！！！

Very nice, Keituji-San!

Many greetings from Brasil. =)

[keituji]

どうもありがとう！

[lenishilenishi]

Saikou desu!!!!!!!benkiyo seru... arigato!!!

[keituji]

Ｔｈａｎｋ　ｙｏｕ！！

[ajie79]

very very.....ok domo arigato...thank so ...terimakasih banyak....

[keituji]

Thank you very much,ajie79!! domo arigato!!

Kind regards,

Kei

[Twilightgirl737]

love it!!!

[keituji]

Hi,Thanks!!;-)

[JUSTforJEST]

wow... hey great job... this will be my fave guitar version... thanks fer sharing this beautifull piece

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you very much!!!

[k3n1ch1]

とても　上手ですねえ～

おみごと！

[keituji]

Thank you KenIchi!!うれしいです。

Kei

[keituji]

WOW,Thank you very much!!!

[NineJapan]

すごい!!!あなた "the best"~~~

[keituji]

どうもありがとう～：）

[Chichiri520]

すごい！美しいな歌です。

[keituji]

Wow,どうもありがとう！！！：）

[ziahisham]

i luv this song....thanks

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you　very much!!

[humanedomain]

すごいすごい！！すばらしーーーーー

As a guitarist, I must say what a beautiful performance of this song.

[keituji]

えへへ、てれるなあ～！どうもありがとう！

[humanedomain]

!!!!!! thank you for having this song online!

this is my fave song of all

and yes Okinawa is GORGEOUS!

^^ ど～も！！！

[keituji]

あ、ど～もありがとうございます！！okinawaだいすき！

[jyamamo]

Beautiful!

[ClassicalUkruk]

so great so nostalgic...

[littleStomata]

Ah--this is so much a visit away for a moment--I have placed your video in my video log, but also in a playlist about Winter Soldier--the US movement of US soldiers who've served in Iraq and who speak out against the Occupation there. Thanks for any time I can play this!

[keituji]

Hello！Thank you very much!!

Kei

[PeruchoX]

Sugoi Kei San!

do you have the tab? I would love to play this for my wife.

if you don't have it I can do from the vid but it would take longer... onegai, porfavor....

[littleStomata]

I am a big fan of Okinawan music. There is the joyful kind I just want to dance to--and this beautiful song that touches the sorrow in me--I have really enjoyed your version! The simplicity of one man on one instrument. Lovely!

[kristinafaustino]

Kei,you are amazing!it is very healing for my to hear you playing guitar...Thank you so much for sharing this video,it is lovely!I love Okinawa,as well!It is one of most beautiful places in Japan!Once again,thank you so much!!!^^

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you very much,Kristina! Oh,Yes!Okinawa is so beautiful place!!I love Okinawa!!

Kindly,

Kei

[RSM1953]

Muy bonita música Okinawense, al igual que sus playas, su comida y su gente.

[GaaraGirl5]

Great Job!! <3

I love Shima Uta a lot. xD;;

Do you know what the song is about? D:

[tweepixie]

My favourite japanese song!!!Reminds me of my best friends and my vacations in Brasilia :D

[Seikao12345]

Can you send me the sheet music that you played??? Is a very beatyful music...

thanks...

Luiz

[shibek7]

Great,,,

i,m indonesian want learn this song. would you like sent me chord this song in romaji?

arigatou gozaimasta

[keituji]

Oh,Sorry,this is so difficult for me...

[oldkarateka]

Beautiful... A haunting melody. I heard that melody often when I was on Okinawa, but never knew the name,,I should have asked.. Wonderful Guitar picking,, I play,, but not that well,, but would love to learn a simple version of that piece.

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you very much!

[AptomJ]

lol, I like this music. And great guitar skills too. Thanks for sharing!

[keituji]

WOW,Thank you!

[shibek7]

nice guitar and nice expresion...

[keituji]

Thanks!

[ToshioMizukawa]

すごい！！！

あなたは素晴らしい。

[keituji]

どうもありがとうございます！：）

[FeebLe26181]

I lived in Okinawa for 4 years. I thought it was beautiful. Just like the music; so is the culture.

[keituji]

Wow,Great!

[AiKawashima]

Awesome video!

I love okinawa too!^^v

[keituji]

Wow!

Thank you very much!!

[keituji]

どうもありがとうございます。この曲は外国の人たちにとてもウケ­がいいですね。ちなみにギターは河野ギター７０年代のものを使っ­ております。

[kfundx]

いいですねぇ。

素晴らしいです。

ギターは何を使っているのですか？

[BassUkrainec]

some day i will tune my guitar like you did and i will play this song ! :) bot now i will just listen :)

[keituji]

Hi,Thank you for the nice comments!!:D

[santixcl]

great video, thank you for this beatifull version of shima uta.

could you post some tabs or something like that ?

thanks

santi

[BassUkrainec]

I am from Latvia i want to play this song :D

[keituji]

wow,Thanks!!

[MatsuriTaiko999]

can u plz tell me where to get tabs?

[Lhunephellion]

Great!! I LOVE IT!!! Okinawa is so lovely!!

Genial!! me encanta!! Okinaa es adorable!!!

[keituji]

Thanks! Okinawa is the happiest place for me...

[tuffy321]

Wonderful music, Keituji! Thanks for posting.

-Chris

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you Chris!!! I'm happy that you like this!

[aparicon27]

Sounds classical to me.The clarity of you play is wonderful and does justice to the guitar.

[keituji]

Wow,Thank you very much for your kind comment!!

Kind regards,

Kei

[hyperaphid]

asadoya yunta.

i love this song so much.

are you from okinawa?

[keituji]

Oh,Really?Great!!I like Asadoya yunta,too!

I'm not from Okinawa,but I love Okinawa and Okinawa people!

Kind regards,

Kei

[botchan80]

i spent the happiest time of my life in okinawa, it brings back great memories. thank you for posting. どうもありがとう、頑張って！

[keituji]

こちらこそ、どうもありがとう！沖縄OKINAWAは、海の色も­人の心も美しい場所ですね。

Kind regards,

Kei

[ElGranCazador]

最高！

[keituji]

どうもありがとう！

[JesseGuitar07]

excelletn playing！5*****

[keituji]

WOW,Thank you very much!!!

[Liranm89]

This is wonderful! thank you sir!

this tone is so familiar to me.. from nintendo game..LOL i'm serious

[keituji]

Hi,Liranm!Please Don't call me 'Sir'!LOL

OH!Nintendo Game!!!I didn't know it!!LoL

Regards,

Kei

[scree123]

Very beautiful. Great sound. Thanks for posting!

Warm regards, Don

[keituji]

Hi,Don!!! Thank you very much!!!I'm very happy that you like it!!!

Regards,

Kei

[AndanteLargo]

Dear Kei!

What beauitful music! And so wonderfully played! I love this! You are very talented!!

Respect,

Per

[keituji]

Hi,Peo!! Thank you very much!!!I love Okinawa music.Okinawa music have a very unique musical scale! I feel it like a very tropical!!

Regards,

Kei

[MguitarL]

A beautiful song! - and you play it so beautifully too,Kei! 5***** and into my

favourites it goes!

Warm regards, Maria

[keituji]

Dear Maria!! Thank you very much!! This is very famous Okinawa pop music.Pizzicato playing is imitate of 'SAN-SHIN'.'SAN-SHIN'is a Traditional stringed instrument. I like this sound!

Kindly,

Kei

[keituji]

Ohhh,I'm so sorry,Maria!!!Perhaps I made the mistake of using word 'Kindly'.

I didn't understand how to use the word.Perhaps should I use another words? What's the English word for it?

Probably the word is 'Regards'?

I'm studying English now.But my English is not good enough!!!

I'm very very sorry,Maria!!!

[MguitarL]

Dear Kei! PLEASE do not apologise for your

English - it'is marvellous! And you are so

polite - nothing you say could give offence!

'Kindly' is fine, anyway! Maybe we would use

'kind regards', but so what?! - Please don't

worry about your English - it's great!

I don't speak any Japanese, so it's wonderful

that we can communicate through English...

Warm regards, Maria

[keituji]

Oh,Thank you very much,Maria!I should have started studing English sooner!There're so many things to learn. But I enjoy it!

If I made some mistakes again,Please don't hold anything back!

Kind regards,

Kei

[MguitarL]

Thank you for al the interesting information,

Kei! You say 'pop' music - Is the tune an old popular melody,or a more recent one?

Beautiful, anyway!

Regards, Maria

[keituji]

Oh,I wonder my reply wasn't recorded!

I'm sorry ,Maria!!

This tune is very recent popular melody,but this composer Mr.MIYAZAWA is using very old traditional scales.

That is called 'RYU-KYU scale'.Every Okinawa music are using this music scale!!I like this scale!!

Kind regards,

Kei

[MguitarL]

Thank you for that very interesting information about the Okinawa scale, Kei -

fascinating! I'll just listen again, very

carefully!

Warm regards, Maria