YouTube Symphony Orchestra／Introduction Video／marimbamaki（Maki Takafuji）

[the09conradz]

hehe her hair!

i love it!

[NatiHistorymaker]

that sounds very beatiful! Do you make your rolls every times like you did it here?

Somebody says to me that this is false...

But I think that is a posibility, too!

what is your opinion?

[dedigirl]

congrats for your performing and your english!

[2kreh]

your accent is kinda cute ;D ... nice performing by the way

and of course your kimono is awesome

[kidjwc]

What is the name of the piece you're playing? Who is the composer?

[nekonikoban3387]

当日はカーネギーで生の演奏を堪能しました。同じ日本人として誇­りに思えるほどの素晴らしい演奏でした。どうもありがとうござい­ました。

[DaichiMage]

April 15...it already passed

[lunar326]

i wish you would be my teacher. i just started four mallets and need a good teacher.

p.s i love your kimono its beutiful

[ARALENORIMAKI007]

I really like it! Kisses from Catalonia!

[goodcommentguy]

I'm Chinese but that is still awesome ; D

[TodieToLiveLA]

JAPAN SOUL .. beautiful..

[zoecharlotteT]

"nancy" is my fave marimba song :) i like the way you interpreted it and indeed you have great skills!

[caririligado]

muito bom .

[Thebeastwithinusall]

She is wonderful, has an amazing skill and I can't wait to see her in the YouTube Symphony.

[renatterabu]

すごいな～！！

美しいよ～ォ。

まきさんはすごいな人なんだから、

今私は、まきさんのようになりたいｗ

まきさんの英語はVERYGOODだねぇ～！

英語でぺらぺらかな？かっこいいな！！

私は日本人のハーフなんだから、

私も英語と日本語を話せるんだよ　笑

頑張ってね！

アメリカからI'll be rooting for you~ ♥♥

[DruMWerLine]

SHES AWESOME!

i love the marimba!

[e13e7]

Great skill!

[ca280491]

i loved it !

[steveincairo]

Chop stick skilz at their finest. Haha!

[biggestclassifieds]

OUR VERDICT: She should be recommended for Japan Has Got Talents Awards (if there is one).

[evathediva0616]

それはとても美しいよ!

あなたの着物は可愛いね!

:)

[Marilenemary]

Wonderful music

and imagenes

and video

thank you, my friend

Daou, for posting!!

Kisses 5*******

[shlart]

she is great realy nice music

[WorsenOne]

That was beautiful! ^^

[TheNarutoluvrbelivit]

how beautiful! =D

[inumenka35]

whoa. that looks really hard.

*LT~

[snowboarding4life0]

and i thought two sticks was tough

[mokimokiamy]

Omg!! Good luck in New York! I'll be rooting for you!

幸運!! ご多幸を祈る。

- チヒロ ☆

[TeddyChan42]

being in PIT for marching band, I am only allowed to play the "toys" (smaller percussion instruments such as the jingle bells.) yet I wanna learn how to play marimba so bad... :(

bassoon player here, by the way...

[LosAnggraito]

She said she also played the Balinese whadda what-now? I didn't catch that

[AliceGoBoom]

amazing!!

much congratulations!!

You got game Takafuji-san! :D

[andest01]

Is that a malletech marimba? What kind of wood is it?

[SALAIUCHIHA]

yay!! go asian!!!

[smexybeast437]

OH!! Yay, hey, from Kyoto, I want to watch the live thing!! I saw you on the news.

[theeviltikiman]

Congratulations on making the youtube symphony orchestra. Break a leg at Carnegie!

[Moons17]

Amazing ! :D

[Pollypo66]

Wow, Japan got talent ;)

[pitbabii87]

you have BEAUTIFUL technique!! I've been playing marimba for 10 years and it is my major instrument! what mallets do you use? And what brand of marimba is that and how many octaves? Very gorgeous.

[silkwangi]

すごいですね～がんばって下さい

[AlexYo234]

During the first two seconds I thought she was crazy playing with four mallets, but that's amazing!

[lunar326]

i play 6 mallets sometimes.

[JouChan2005]

love her kimono! <3

[Mysteria9]

i was just about to write that!

[WildFlowerFox]

Awesome Kimono! i love Japan along with the all the things in it! And u play beautifully as well as u speak.^-^

[meow23]

WOW whats that a japanese with a latin instrument???? we have marimba in shout mexico i never see this instrument out in the copuntry ty for this video great the wasy she play

[Fire054]

Marimbas are every in us, i.e. highschool marching bands

[SHdrummerguy08]

The marimba is now a world-wide instrument. It's especially popular in the US now.

[meow23]

i have 10 years living in usa and i never see a marimba in usa. but usa is very way diferent that japan well i am so happy to see that marimba is know in japan that all i care about. bye bye

[isildur5555]

I play the marimba and i live in the usa

[golusda]

y a quien le interesa Xd

[meow23]

es lo que digo yo XD

[meow23]

translation of golusa reply about u comment 'who cares about

[SHdrummerguy08]

I haven't been to a school above elementary level that doesn't have a marimba. I play marimba. Com to my college and you'll see about 8 of them.

[meow23]

LOL my son have classes of sapanish sama as hes anglo friend and that is not mean the anglo friends speak spanish by they onw way. one thing is you have to play a instrument in a school or institucion and another thing is every0ne know about this intrument. goob bye

[onlyfr33b33]

WOW you're MORE than qualified to be in the orchestra!

[RockStarAmilia]

she is wearing a kemono(sp?) which is super cool! Also she speaks English beautifully :)

[silverarrow112]

Kimono :D

Their clothing is very rich and detailed. I mean they arent the fashion capital or anything but their still gorgeous.

[pinoypride333]

that was to thomasneyber0599 btw

[LightningIrving]

Should have let her speak her native tongue. Everyone sounds better in their native tongue. And by better I mean more comfortable. Not insulting her or anything. Just saying she doesn't sound very happy using English. As for translations.... Subtitles anyone? Yeah she speaks it well, but obviously not too happily.

[bubbajames2008]

i've played a piece similar to this

very nice

[EvelynxSO]

I live in Central America too :) in Guatemala! ...and marimba is our national musical instrument too! :D

[shredder101420]

totemo jouzo desu! ganbatte kudasai! anata no eigo ga umai desu!

[mpkandy2]

really good

[SingingFighterKid]

わあああ！！

凄いです！！

頑張ってください！！応援してます！

[kutty55]

Vary Good！

[thomasneyber0599]

You need study more english...

[boinx12]

She speaks English beautifully.

[pinoypride333]

as do you, you missed a "to"...let's cut it w/ being critical on her English and start praising her for her skill on the marimba

[ProjectLightstyle]

Awesome!

[sslashs]

Amazing!!!!!

[Yokailo]

Oh my.

You are amazing, good luck in the Orchestra ^^

[reGeometria]

this is unimaginable!!! i ve never seen this before!!!!

[xbatusai]

my grandpa used to play marimba, it was the leader in the national marimba of my country, he died a couple of months ago.

[Amarusama]

where u live?

[xbatusai]

I live in El Salvador, Central America.

Marimba is a national typical musical instrument here

[sparkleT19]

how cool!! my dad grew up in el salvador, so i'm part 'el salvadorian' you could say xD

[MayandAsh4eva]

OMG so did my dad and my mom is from nicaragua so im half half but born in california but still 100% LATINA!!

[ReTrOsTaRxx]

WOW HOW DO YOU DO THAT?!!

[shaojiang]

omg she is crazily pro !!!

[unknowndeepness]

PLEEEAAASEE play some more!

[nimo5]

慶祝出場♪

カーネギーのステージって、どんな世界だったのか感想待ってます­。

[SIlentPianist47]

how the hell you coordinate all the four sticks?

[psradke231700]

talent and major coordination mah friend

[SIlentPianist47]

can't imagine holding two sticks with one hand ...... and actually all of that.... lOL

[rdavidr]

It's real easy once you get it.

[SIlentPianist47]

like learning how to write

[ToLokyo]

お上手ですね。

Carnegie Hallで楽しんで来て下さい！

[cherrycook]

What a beautiful kimono =D

Buuut An amazing performance u_u

[keituji]

がんばって！

[cobra2k7]

Nice

[rabie206]

congratulations

[azuran133]

ホンマようやった！

[syncmaster20082008]

あなたは良い..

[doomsday316]

Feel the superiority of Nippon.

[BloodFeather]

weeaboo oO

[chongkiez]

uh... people should be focusing on the music not the clothes. :S

[sweetsseven]

おめでとうございます

[GregMarimba]

You sound great. Good luck at Carnegie. Sincerely, Greg Giannascoli

[akasaart]

i never thought i would see someone in a kimono playing the marimba

[Lonestarry]

LOL

[akasaart]

she's gotta be wearin it just for show

Japanese musicians nowadays usually only wear traditional attire when playing traditional instruments like taiko, koto, or shamisen

maybe here she wore the kimono to highlight the whole "international" aspect of YouTube Symphony

[Ari1stalks1hinata]

You and I both.

[kazukun01toontown]

がんばってくださいね！

[fredy26lima2005]

Cool From INGTK tk

[marimba1980]

Are you using Stevens grip??

Very seldom seeing Japanese marimba players using Stevens grip.... most of the time they use traditional grip.

[astralrock]

素晴らしい！ ^^

[icast4majors]

Excellent!

[VibraphoneVibes]

my teacher has the same marimba

[slip8flyers8]

wow

[jokebolt]

Cant wait to see you at Carnegie!

[Battlefieldstemboy]

good 5 *****

[samimis]

search for occupation101

[ryanes77]

awsome...

[sabervolt]

totally harder then an organ cuz you have to dance XD

[Qpaxchan]

su.....suuu..suuugoiiİ!

[liljohnnotbigjohn]

yaaayy!! have fun in New York :)

[gojo345]

Top-Notch

[xicana260]

why is every video i click on says "sorry video is no longer availablae??

[AlyssaAshcroft]

Because the site is too slow, so youtube blames it saying that it's not available, when it really is.

Just refresh the page.

[xicana260]

i dont see a refresh button off top is there any other way to refresh the page?

[AlyssaAshcroft]

Just through your browser?

All browsers have a refresh button beside the URL bar.

Or just re-send the URL.

[iceclimbers1]

reminds me of my grandmother who passed away last year, she was the second best marumba player in the united states by the age of 14

[pinkie24]

LOVE THE OUTFIT!!

and your playing is amazing

[NoodlePowa]

beautiful

[coastykid95]

WOW. That's all I have to say.

[4MaryAnna]

wonderful.thank you

[moonlord1304]

vuvvvvvvvv

[kissmyass112]

wow amazing

[jehuu]

sugoi

[justerleo]

Oh my, this is fantastic .

[mikeliu]

what is the name of the solo at the beginning? i would really like to learn it!

[whatabout50cent]

Thank you for sharing with us all.

[mediumsteve]

lol @ kyoto typo

[lynette39]

Beautiful; such grace.

Thank you for making this video!

[wilykitwow]

That was so awesome ! Would love to see you play more .. make more videos !

[LanBao]

AMAZING! I am absolutely awed by your talent. The Youtube Symphony Orchestra looks so amazing, I wish I could go to New York!!

[musictranscription]

Do you want me to transcribe it?

[Ooshbala]

MARIMBA!!!!

[nc17atnce101]

good recording

[Bellonikka]

Amazing.

[howazakaria]

nice 10/10

[dipsaucerose]

that was really pretty! your instrument sounds like rain droplets!

[TalithaK]

Congratulations!!!

omedetou gozaimasu!

おめでとうございます！

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[BLaCKxMiDNiGHT]

Your playing is so amazing. The instrument itself is unique, but you make it twice as good! :3

Congrats!