Castanets!!

[Hiarren]

Brilliant stuff.

[TheLadyMMR]

Castanets have nothing to do with flamenco.....they belong to clásico español.

[Drillogicaldrummer]

natural =)

[hajimemo]

>1kgal, ilovejktutun, sorakairi1993,

Thanks very much.

[1kgal]

This is SO cool!

[ilovejktutn]

OH!!! MY!!! GOSH!!! U R TRUELY AMAZING!!! :D!!!

[sorakairi1993]

So simple and so rhythmic!

[hajimemo]

@sorakairi1993

Thanks!

[Timefishblue]

What do you call that kind of shirt? Where did you get it? I like it.

[hajimemo]

@Timefishblue Thanks. I bought this shirt in Thailand when I went there 5 years ago.

I don't know how to call this kind of shirt. This is made of rough cotton.

[joshistheman3]

un tan~

[wilvi66]

This has motivated me to start practicing more! Any suggestions of best exercises to do nightly? That was amazing!

[hajimemo]

@wilvi66 Thanks.

1. Beat by left hand.

2. Beat by 4 fingers of right hand from pinky finger.

(please start 2 fingers from mid finger, 3 fingers from annular finger.)

[VeeBee81]

That's amazing! This looks great for hand and finger exercise.

[hajimemo]

Thanks. I think so too!

[abramson26]

I just got mine too! I practiced for 8 days and Im almost as good. I love them!

[hajimemo]

Good! You have a talent for playing castanets.

[dibbie67]

Uh, sir. You aren't TRYING to play castanets. You ARE playing them and playing them SO WELL. lol. Wow! Amazing. I just got my pair this week and I'm trying like a mad woman to get my fingers to roll like that! A friend of mine who used to dance Flamenco told me it would take me 5 years to get that good. Oh well. We'll see in 5 years I guess. Ole! =)

[hajimemo]

Thank you. I hope you will enjoy your castanets too.

[dibbie67]

@hajimemo. Thanks. You have inspired me, sir. I hope to one day be as good as you are at playing them. God bless! =)

[elfgrin]

This was quite enjoyable, thanks for sharing!

[hajimemo]

Thank you very much.

[CRAGTASTRgames]

so pro

[hajimemo]

Thanks. But Flamenco Dancers are much greater than me.

[distar10]

Nice, but nicer w/music--how about a lessons

[hajimemo]

Thanks. I want to play with music but in movie, I can't.

I need more hands.

[LonerGalore]

If I had those, I would drive my parents crazy.

[hajimemo]

I agree that, the castanets is very loud. Please take care.

[LonerGalore]

Take care as well!~ Seriously though, I can already snap my fingers to make that sound and I do. . . but eh, it's just not the same. :)

[nadaquefazer]

what brand are they and what's the size?

[hajimemo]

I don't know about the brand, but these have a marks "Hernandez".

Sorry, I don't know about the size too...

[nadaquefazer]

Thanks.  : )

[M3town3]

Phil Spector used tons of those instruments in his recordings, sounds great.

[hajimemo]

I don't know the man but I like these too. Thanks.

[SanaOsniva]

*_* rawr! can you not make a toturial ?

[hajimemo]

>ParisRaboneTV, katzeonline, maria297, tangocircus, 3aso0o0la,

Thanks very much!

[katzeonline]

nice!)

[maria297]

:O so pretty!

[tangocircus]

props man,

[3aso0o0la]

u are soo gd i think you have to record in my dads music company

[hajimemo]

Thank you.

[clutchkirby]

CLACK CLACK CLACK

[xxliulyxxl]

of what are the castaniet made???please say me....and sory for my bad english

[sampy]

Hardwood for concerts and actually fibreglass for training.

[hajimemo]

My Castanets are made of Fibra.

[stonecoldarc]

that was cool as hell!

[familyguyguy91]

cool

[hajimemo]

Thank you for seeing. I taught myself to play castanets, so I don't have any guide. Sorry.

I think the basic rhythm is

1. Beat by left hand.

2. Beat by 4 fingers of right hand from pinky finger. (please start 2 fingers from mid finger, 3 fingers from annular finger.)

The tightness of string is depends on your fingers' strength. If your castanets is unclosed when you hold them, it's a little tight. Keep it up!

[devilintheclock]

hey great video, any chance of a more instructional guide? i've just got a pair of castanets and seeing your vid has really helped, how tight should you have the strings and whats a good basic rythm to start on?

keep it up!