Kotaro Oshio - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Part 1

[xxhachi88xx]

なるほど！全然わからん！！

[haohao777arah]

“最初は鳴らへんねって。もうすぐ鳴るから”

いいですよねこのやさしい関西弁が。人柄があふれているって感じ­で。

[hibisuke99]

難しかった！

[chegracias]

すごすぎ！



[kierankatsu]

arigato! gomenasai ,dakedo boku wa sona nihongo shabelenai des!

[kkk8aaa6m11]

えげつない.....

[willieduzit]

are his nails polished?

[domeee11]

make english version please.. cant understand lol

[hanpa100]

彼はこの曲だけに特別なチューニングをしていると聞いたのだが凄­い！！

[whngt363]

俺はまだここに来ちゃいけない気がする。出直してくるわ

[thdrjsdnBRB]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk i really wanna play this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! if only dis was translated in english... T^T

[raine1988]

7:37 when he did the taka taka? hilarious! Helpful vid! I now get what I wasnt getting before! you got it?

[KKsmart831]

アコギであんな高速でライトハンドしてる人初めて見た！！＼(゜­ロ＼)(／ロ゜)／

[canonballXD]

wow your finger must be very, fucking hard!

[11maplefreak11]

At 0:56,

He went so fast the screen couldnt even catch up...

[bakamund]

Is the 1st string a C in the tabs? o.O

[YohiMr123]

Do you know what guitar strings he is using?

[algore1993]

@YohiMr123 i think they came with his grevens? you can check out their website :| gosh thats a lot of money

[Bulgogi10]

Thx u so much.

[montetopona]

押尾「できる？」

俺「でけへんで･･･」

[lucadepu]

konichiwa sagumoto sodomail egg fried rice

[pon310]

ならへんで！！ｗｗｗ

[arfalathwen]

need.... English... sub...........

[XxetchosketchxX]

i have not even the slightest idea what he is saying but this video actually helps XD 5*****

[quantumplation]

He demonstrates what he is talking about so well that it's pretty easy to tell what he's getting at, particularly if you already know tune.

[kkssw]

@XxetchosketchxX I know, I have no idea what he is saying but I am still trying to learn, haha

[misadeptrai1011]

@XxetchosketchxX exactly. music has no language barrier whatsoever

[kierankatsu]

@misadeptrai1011 music is a worldwide language inwhich people of all ethnic backgrounds can communicate with :) i love that quote

[exiledlegends]

Is Kotaro from the Kansai area? I thought I heard some Kansai-ben in there XD

[LouisZevcoil]

in jap i dun understand . :(

[jaytem27]

can somone tell me what tuning this is? its really getting to me cuz i cant find it anywhere...thanks!

[machinsky108]

DADGAC

[avarnier]

@jaytem27 Sakamoto Ryuichi - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

[romerovan21]

it´s weird ,i found a GP5 file of this and it´s not a common tuning, all the strings seems to have different tuning

[jaytem27]

yeah, i noticed that all the strings we're differentelly tuned...oddly...so should i just see the tuning and tune it myself?

[romerovan21]

i can send you de guitar pro file

[jaytem27]

sure thing, need my e-mail?

[romerovan21]

yep please

[dadaking]

la la la la la... sounds like heaven. great video.

[GuysSeriously]

mr LAWLence

[kuiyuanyuan]

GREVEN guitars. These guitars are NOT CHEAP. :)

[kevinleeyang]

nice shirt japanese dood

[ZavQQ]

sexy shirt imo

[lumapas]

@ZavQQ yeh.....he dress like James Iha

[subzero14]

arghh learning this all night !

[subzero14]

even if I don't understand what he said :) (just "lalala la laaa"

[lovelymist]

i really love his grevin guitar

[Eskn69]

any body knows what brand of guitar he uses?

[RomerNakata]

He played Greven guitars around that time, but I'm not sure what guitar he plays now.

[danielheu010]

wish it was in english

[paolitas7]

thanks for that is great

[CaelSeraphim]

I want this DVD where do I get it?

[daniel0827lcs]

Can anyone tell me at 2:02 , What`s the little finger use for mute or play the G# ?? Now i`m trying hard to learn 4 this Song...This is the Good Song i never hear b4 in my life.... Pls let my know !!

[dani737]

any1 have any idea what guitar he use ???

[monkeyguitarist]

He uses a GREVEN guitar here.

Search "greven guitars" on google.

[RealityCheckTech]

yeah. its a greven. expect to spend at least 5 grand.

[Gueguense2008]

Thank you for sharing your experience on playing this beautiful song and showing a refined art you made out guitar playing.

[mmggppmgp]

:( can someone dub this... i cant understand japanese...

[nekoSabishii]

you don't need to understand such a beautiful art. just listen and learn.

[Animeairstream]

Yap right!

[Antolewa]

One of the best songs I've ever heard.. I'm very thankful that someone posted the tutorial vids here :D

[yuna20042004]

his fingers must be very strong.

[maqam4000]

Your very good, great work. fantastic

[corduroy1226]

thanks for uploading!!! i got the tab but i didn't know how to play until i saw this video

[twiztedd]

i drink sake in your honour !

[andrew07e]

しかもおもろいというね。

[silvialily]

格好よくて声良くてギターできる。

最高じゃん

[uwachuu]

theres a proper pdf tab in the url in the 'about this video' :D

[SpringerSix]

Have you got a link to the tab ? Thanks

[SpringerSix]

Yeah I found it thanks ...just clicked on "tabs here" box.

Guitar tuned DADGAc...pretty unusual

[boooombat]

yeah i just found the tab !!! simply google for "Kotaro Oshio - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence tabs" and you´ll find it ! rock on!!

[julianoszL]

the link to tabs inside the website is broken... :(

[boooombat]

hoooooolllyyyyy damn shit!!!! this is a great piece and i want to play it but i cant!!! :'( im am new on guitar playing ... since 1 year and i think this is a great piece to learn and improve dexterty

[sahraoui2910]

Wow, after only 1 year can you already try this? I've been doing a bit longer but oh, no idea when it can sound like a piece...

[boooombat]

yeah i mean TRY this :D but i my goal is to play it like him :D (that would fill my heart with joiness xD ) i think : when you do something dificult first then your learnig progress will be much faster as u start with an easy one! i found the tabs for this one but i´ll first complete "to zanarkand" also a great song!!!

[VirnDirkstoy]

Where are the subtitles? Can't we get a subtitled version? *tries to understand japanese* ARGH MY HEAD!

[calio89]

a perdere tempo

[nathair1977]

che bello una parola in italiano in questo mondo di ideogrammi......

[calio89]

lol

[merricksmile]

Oh sweet! ryuichi sakamoto cover

[ildrug0]

where can i find a tab of this?

[SonNycZ]

In the devil's ass...

[MrCheese5]

dude i hate looking at his shirt ahh it hurts... :p

thats a nice guitar though, sweet fretboard

[Indieguitarist85]

Ive seen the guitars he uses cuz miyavi has one like it...

they're called Headway

[SephirothVN]

It's a Greven Dreadnaught Custom.

[Belleeybutton]

Does any any person know what kind of guitar brand

he use? One of the thing that I know he has

Takamine KO (kotaro oshio) series.

[keitaro310]

I believe this particular one is a Greven Herringbone. He uses this one quite a lot.

[Belleeybutton]

Please people who don know how to tune different

just B quiet... By the way for this song String Tune is : DADGAC

[geck0788]

his 6th string is out of tune :X

[AyumiBaka]

the tuning GGDGGD is for the song hard rain, not this.

[seanpdudley]

We are also going to use tapping. "Tapping?" you say, "What's tapping?" Well, it's a right-hand technique used by rock guitarists. Like this: *taps the hammer-ons*

This technique is called "tapping."

Ok, from the beginning, shall we. *hums riff*

Well, let's begin with that.

[seanpdudley]

It's my favourite song of (Japanese Composer) Ryuichi Sakamoto. It was first used in the movie of the same name (about British soldiers in a Japanese POW camp during the Second World War). And it does have a very Japanese-esque rhythm, doesn't it. *bangs his guitar*

This rhythm is key to the feel of the song

[seanpdudley]

Ok, so the next song is Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence. Everyone has been requesting this more than anything else. I know what you mean; it's one of those songs that, once you hear it, you want to play it right away.

[seanpdudley]

The tuning is DADGAC (the low E is D, A is A, D is D, G is G, B is A and e is C)

I'll translate it for you:

[hookedonguitar]

Does anyone know what happened to the awesome live version of him playing the piece?! It was on Youtube a couple of months back, and now I can't find it. Any ideas??? PLEASE HELP

[coolboylulu]

Thank you very much for sharing! I'll work on it soon!

[007johnie]

can some one translate this because i really love this song and wanna learn

[Envee211]

Download the tabs under the description. You don't really need to understand him. Watch carefully where he places his fingers and with the tabs, it should help you a lot.

[coolboylulu]

He's perfect, he's outstanding!!

[BDyckns]

GGDGGD...He's outta site!

[benhj]

Actually, no its dadgac; interesting :-)

[benhj]

Ok, I don'think the tuning is cagdad. I think its dadgad. Works for me ;-)

[tsutomukun]

what style of tuning does he do?

[AyumiBaka]

i download ur tabs, and not even 1 could be played.... something is wrong..

[youuser]

What do you mean? You couldn't view the tab? It's a pdf file so you have to have something to read pdfs.

[tsutomukun]

its a piano tab, not a standard guitar tab but its the same thing

[snakeheartbr]

@AyumiBaka You are probably using standard guitar tuning, which is not the one for this song.

Standard tuning is: EADGBE.

The tuning you should use for this song is: DADGAC.

Hope I've been any helpful. ^.^"

[gariethgao]

@AyumiBaka don't forget the tuning, it's not the normal guitar tuning, it's DADGAC. hope you could have fun with it :)

[moonsuksuh]

is this in alternate tuning?

[tsutomukun]

it's C-A-G-D-A-D

[slipangle]

this guy is hilarious i want him as my teacher!

[Rithon28]

Thanks a lot :D saves a lot of time

[Kitaka]

Thanks for posting this man, it helps a lot. =]