Shamisen demonstration

[amegland]

Oh! Que musica mas genial. Me encanta el sonido que produce el Shamisen.

Oh! What a great kind of music. I love the sounds the Shamisen produces.

Gracias por el video.

Thanks for the video.

[bhagenbeek]

Thanks for your comment AMradio.

I think they only use it to hit the strings.

[scarydead]

@bhagenbeek Actually when it hits the skin of the instruments, since the skin is a special kind of skin, it creates a percussion sound letting a flow of rhythm out so basically yes. On other types of shamisens, this does not happens because it is not the style of the instruments.

[AMRadioHits]

Is the plectrum also being used as a percussive device?

[leozar69]

you are gooood =^-^= (i am white)

[rickie3000]

i would just like to point out im white :D and i love this its one of my favourite instruments :D

[lyraelx]

ahhhh stupid white people, this is so much better than britney spears or whatever 'rap' jungle music u play on your mtv

[bhagenbeek]

I agree completely

[reita100sweet]

me too ..shamisen rocks

[OkamiNinja7]

This is very beautiful music, but please don't diss hip-hop, it's an international music genre right now. But still, shamisen sounds alot better than what we have in the States.

[steveteaches]

hip hop is only international because we send our crap everywhere... i doubt other countries honestly want to say they make it.

[OkamiNinja7]

You're responding to an old comment made like, what, 2 or 3 months ago?

[steveteaches]

and?

[mobalistiko]

I do rap music and love shamisen too ....

n indian music , and so much folk music ...

[goread41]

@mobalistiko,

Right on. Nice hearing someone address the fact there being a multitude of great forms of music regardless of cultural operatives that might influence one to have an ethnocentric bias ex.(us & them). From the dance of the cosmos down to the harmonious cellular activities happening within our bodies. All of life is musical in nature, just depends on your level of magnification.

Peace

[enterolf]

These are Tegan & Sara! Look an the homo flag in min 2:41!!!

[bhagenbeek]

I tought let's film the atmosphere:)

[Newerat1]

I love japan...

[bhagenbeek]

Watashi mo

[shintogunjin]

日本を愛することを愛し日本.lets be friend ok!!!!

[bonosbones]

@Newerat1 me to

[SaijaFOX]

amazing!

domo arigato gozaimasu

i love it^^

[bhagenbeek]

Do itashi mashite, tomodachi.

I'm glad you enjoy it.

[TheUnforgivingOne]

japan is no empire...that was abandond durning the war

[bhagenbeek]

Japan is still an empire.

It's the last empire on this planet.

[KuNsHiKeN]

Is it my illusion or does the younger chick play her ushiro bachi all the way behind the koma?!? (Around 0:38)

[bhagenbeek]

Yes, you are right she plays solo. She is quite good huh?

Have a nice weekend,

Bart

[kaljan]

greate music thx

[Berstalin]

I wanna go to The Empire of Japan. This music is amazingly good. I can listen at it all day and all night.

[filhodojo]

just amazing

really amazing

[bhagenbeek]

Cool, I didn't know that.

[xChronoSoundx]

The song is Adohadari/Rokudan

[bghomedawg]

Wow, Yall two are great. What's yalls name? Yall should demonstrate at my school. it would be great. Or at least play at the Japanese Spring Festival

[Miruchisan]

Wow they are good! And they're women! Awesomeness~

also ty for posting! :D

[Kagura785]

Nice music, but it's pronounced and writtern as Tsugaru, not Sugaru. If you write it incorrectly, you basically change both the meaning of the word and the Kanji itself. (You might want one of your Asian friends to pronounce it for you). "Su" and "Tsu" are very very different, just to let you know.

[kaljan]

i love it its great they are realy good

[DeathSiteZero]

man, i was diggin' this. this was very nice.