Sakura Sakura, Japanese traditional folk song 桜

[lorettajfarmers]

nice.

[InoNYamanaka]

Such a peaceful song to relax and calm the mind. I remember my mother used to sing this song to me when I was little. <3 It always brings back good memories.

[TheJarangtidur]

this is what maria ozawa sang when she was child

[lorettajfarmers]

@TheJarangtidur ha!



[SelketMc]

When i Hear this song First Time i wish to be Japanese *-*

[lilhottie4199]

what are the violin notes to this song

[khatpandwa]

nice song - nice music - nice performance

[WEXMAX1]

this song appear in wii music

[nzigen31]

Faved

[chidorikaname86]

wonderful

[ceruleansky11]

Wow nicely played!

[CrazyNative4]

cool

[CrazyNative4]

so beautiful! :)

[KanaWakana]

it sounds good.

we play sakura sakura ,too.

[frai85]

Красиво

[samisama98]

I very much agree with ladyinblacklace.

[LoffleMe]

it's so pretty ...

(it has this weird feeling like, a mix between road's theme from d.gray-man and 'come little children' or whatever it's called from hocus pocus~. and then it adds an extra level of magic and the result is this and it sounds amazing.)

[0kamisamaonegai]

this is so beautiful

[iLifevn]

Uống được chén trà của nó chắc chết vì khát quá....

[ladyinblacklace]

I believe you "feel" the song more without lyrics,it speaks with the soul not with the words.

[scarroll66]

the wooden flute is called a shakuhachi. traditionaly this song is also played with a koto.

[seethenamewouldnotfi]

@scarroll66 I believe Shakuhachi are traditionally made from Bamboo, though.

[gopimenon1]

mor than romantisism... amazing..

[Fundachan]

i love it <3

[mithen]

Absolutely beautiful. You surely have a lot of fantastic folk music in Japan:)

[soldier4670]

the wind instrument is a bamboo flute right?

[Kaoritsuki]

^O^ Kaori believes this song is really nice~ Makes me wish i had my old keyboard to play it on... Makes me regret i sold it.

[Vestu]

now, now, Kaori, why did you sell it? :(

[HatsuneMikuVocaloid2]

I sang this in a concert as a last second performance. I kept forgetting the melody after the first line. Luckily, I got it just in time. XD I love this song.

[DarkAndMartyr]

nice!

[Nonya63]

Doppo 、非常に美しいフルート演奏、伝統的なお茶をありがとう素敵です 式。

[lastranadisfatta]

delightful

[hec94]

さくら　さくら のやま　も　さと　も みわたす　かぎり かすみ　か　くも　か あさひ　に　におう さくら　さくら はな　ざかり さくら　さくら やよい　の　そら　は みわたす　かぎり かすみ　か　くも　か におい　ぞ　いずる いざや　いざや みに　ゆかん

[MimiMonkey83]

BEAUTIFUL

[tds9127]

oh wow this is what keiko abe's "dream of the cherry blossoms" is based on!

[DarkPrincess230494]

indeed! its also used in the song 'Sakura Sakura' by 'The Slants'

[sari611]

i ever have this song...., from my cousen in japan.

[MarjieGirl33]

i have this song on my piano!lol i love the song!

[Loomitt77]

Amazing Video!

Have bought today my second Quena, because with my old, I am not able to blow the last 3 holes (from the tune DO, downwards).

Still not working!

Could anyone help me? Wy am I not able to blow a tone from the third hole down?

[doppodoppo]

Hi Loomitt,

Make sure all holes are closed tightly with your fingers and blow softly when you play low notes, especially lower than "DO"

Doppo

[Loomitt77]

hi doppo,

thank you for your answer.

will try it today.

best regards

[antonioscheel]

@Loomitt77 hey, place the quena on your chin, then use your tongue to apply gentle pressure on your lip to seal the quena. (easier said than done) now the higher notes the Quena needs to tilted lower and lower notes (three notes) the quena is tilted upward. if that makes sense, if you can play the high notes, blow then lower the quena and cover the last three holes. should work if i have explained it properly.

[antonioscheel]

@Loomitt77 hey, place the quena on your chin, then use your tongue to apply gentle pressure on your lip to seal the quena. (easier said than done) now the higher notes the Quena needs to tilted lower and lower notes (three notes) the quena is tilted upward. if that makes sense, if you can play the high notes, blow then lift the quena and cover the last three holes. should work if i have explained it properly. Sorry i meant lift no lower

[InvalidLlove]

I am singing this in choir! I love this song! It sounds sad and deep. But it is a very cheerful song! Its great to sing!

[BenHutchinson1]

Where can I hear this song with lyrics? I just found this video, but it has only flute music.

[judessamai]

Here's the lyrics: sakura sakura no-yama mo sato mo  mi-watasu kagiri kasumi ka kumo ka asahi ni niou sakura sakura hana-zakari sakura sakura yayoi no sora wa mi-watasu kagiri kasumi ka kumo ka nioi zo izuru iza ya iza ya mi ni yukan

[BenHutchinson1]

You mistook the question. I mean where can I get a copy of the song in a version which has singers singing it? This stupid Youtube video has ONLY instruments playing it, and NO singing AT ALL!

I did NOT mean in my question what the lyrics are. I don't care. I don't know Japanese. But hearing singing makes the song nice. This sucky Youtube video has NO singing.

[angelahomenow]

You are acting like a you are disrespectful jerk..you , benhutchinson1 are rude!

[judessamai]

sorry....

^^

but it's a folk song....

of course it will be played by their musical instruments and can be sing by anyone.........

SORRY^^

[kentokhromatic]

Let us Japanese decide for ourselves whether this melody sounds "sucky" when it's not sung. The traditional melody means more than that to us than for it to just be sung and it is right to maintain that spirit in different interpretations with traditional Japanese instruments playing the melody, out of all things.

[BenHutchinson1]

I thought the traditional melody had BOTH singing and instruments.

[kentokhromatic]

It can be performed with or without singing. You may not know this considering what you are saying here, but Japan has an instrumental tradition, such as with solo Koto music akin to solo piano music and arrangements in Europe.

Your statement makes as much sense to me as someone complaining about a brass quintet playing the national anthem as being "sucky" because there isn't someone singing in it.

[CrazyStickyMaster]

Wow... beatiful song... I love it. When i lived in japan, i used to hear it lots of times... so many memories....

[autumninuzuka]

purdy

[XxXkelseybearXxX]

I know the lyrics, there really deep sometimes XD

[rinwhr]

I feel tired after listening to it, I get a headache at 1:20. I am not saying this to offend the video, but I feel ill listening to this. I am not sure if its sadness, but I feel hurt.

[KaiKaiCeeCee]

I feel the same way, but I don't know why either.... Its so beautiful and peaceful though ne?

[p3rdyp1nkr0ses]

I honestly think its the key its played in. In the movie "Amadeus", when Mozart played a certain song in a certain key, the dogs howled. When he played the same song, different key signature, the dogs stopped howling, so perhaps it's the notes themselves, not the song?

[rinwhr]

Judging by their white turban, is this a funeral song?

[kileen05]

no it is not a funeral.

[Over9000Wolf]

What exactly do they mean when they say the flute is in Locrian mode?

I know the synth section of "YYZ" is in Locrian but I have no idea what it means. What is Locrian?

[gunblader928]

basically, it is a scale starting on Ti

Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti

modes were a way of describing scales in the medieval times. Modes were primarily used in church music, and people avoided Locrian because it's tonic chord was a diminished chord, so it sounded very dissonant (as evident by people asking if this is a funeral song) and was said to be of the devil.

[kerorocrazy111990]

beautiful

[subh4649]

If this is the song of cherry (spring ) festival, why there is so much melancholy in the tune?

[mauvewolf]

yes, i wonder that too. sad and delicate song like rain falling on blossoms.

but then song like Sukiyaki sung by Kyu Sakamoto is sad song that sounds very cheerful. ???

beautiful playing Doppo, bravo :-)

[Willowcrows]

My Japanese teacher told our class that it was because the song is relating the beautiful sakura trees to the soldiers in Japan who were marching off to fight in WWI. The song's message is that no matter how beautiful something is, it will fade away, just as the cherry blossoms only last a little while before falling to the floor, and just as many of those "beautiful" young men were going out to meet their deaths.

[ZoraMiracle]

i've always loved this song since i was little

[eircom2222]

nice music and nice culture.

[Weepearl]

luv this song

[EnoYamanaka]

were singing this in choir right now..i lovee it(:

beautiful.

[MoNsTeR12048]

We played this in school [=

[3mar09]

doppo, I love your music! Your music inspires everyone at our Church. Thank you for being a fan of my new video on You Tube - Pellegrino Traveler.

[skittleslolz]

OMG iiTS SO LOVELY!

[crazymanthomas1654]

wow very nice, it makes me think of the sakura

[dammitfrakes]

beautiful.

[Japanese3091]

I love this song!!

[lalethium]

que bonito

[CrystallicA]

hauntingly beautiful

[HoroGirl]

Love this song...its too beautiful

[emojutsu]

This song is so sad and beautiful! T-T

[mixwhite]

we also study this, nice song, love it.

[amazingviolin]

We're studying this song as of now.

[subh4649]

This a song of the spring festival when the cherry flowers burst into blossom. Then why there is a sad note flowing through the song? Whether there is a latent pain among all happinesses?

[shawnyglass12]

i heard this song in my middle school music class lol

[Obsessions28]

I have a side ways bamboo flute, but no matter, how I stick the paper, no sound.

[july071992]

i like sakura and arirang (korean song). they're both very beautiful.

[Aniazutarianprincess]

I sang Arirang for my District Festival with my school chorus. Gorgeous song; I never got tired of it.

[HoroGirl]

I had to sing arirang last year

loved that song

[dudewithhawk]

Awesome song, my orchestra is playing this now..it's AWESOME.

[crazydiva27]

I love this song! It's so pretty!

[1child1death]

my band class played this song last year. its a beautiful song

[onln4jesus]

WOW! Such a beautiful and rich culture.

[inualchamist2]

Lyrics 1. Sakura, sakura noyamamo satomo Miwatasu kagiri Kasumi-ka kumo-ka asahi-ni niou Sakura, sakura hanazakari 2. Sakura, Sakura Yayoi no sora wa. Miwatasu kagiri Kasumi ka? Kumo ka? Nioi zo izuru; Iza ya! Iza ya! Mi ni yukan.

[CrystallicA]

a beautiful song to match a beautiful culture

[NinjaKrow]

Sakura, sakura. Cherry blossoms springtime brings. Up against the clear blue sky. Mist like petals gently sigh........

[PinkCandys]

i had to play this for my concert thing, sakura, sakura, bloom so bright in april breeze, like a mist or floating cloud,

[XLovelessBelovedX]

^-^ Our Choir did that for a little while, I loved singing it <3

[metalumbrella]

i really want this song at my wedding at some point.

[uguTeBceHaxyu]

it's my favorite song

[LokiDomea]

baha love this song, doing it in music class :D

[Myrdae]

im also singing it too :)))

[bestiaccia]

Wow, beautiful!

[DoogiesX3X]

lol i gotta sing this in chorus and we're studying diff language songs and for us is called sakura matsuri awkward haha

[HatakeSage]

Sakura Matsuri means cherry blossom festival... Are you sure this is the right song?

[DoogiesX3X]

yup im sure hahahaha

[smtlsteph777]

It is merely enthralling. I've heard this song many times and every time it enchants me.

[Daryl135]

i got to do the same thing with kaname for my sakura festival project

[louxaw]

The tea they are makeing I have had before when I was in a tea ceromy. I think it is cool that I reconize it. This music is beautifull. I am glad I got to hear it. Thank you!

[Amenat]

I cried when I listened to it. I've never heard this piece before but I know it..

[tenjin28]

I was litterally at a loss for words on this piece.

[KanameXYuukiXZero]

does anyone know where i can find info on this piece i am doing a school project and i need the info can someone send me the link thank you and this is a beautiful song!

[MasterEled]

Look on wikipedia possibly, sakura (the cherry blossom) is considered very symbolic in Japan, it represents many things such as transience of life, and in China it is representative of feminine beauty.

[lazybummer]

prefer the hyper techno remix from ddr

[SlytherinSistahs]

Wow. This is beautiful...

[SabrinaMessenger]

simply lovely.

[Katya784]

Thank you for posting! This song is so beautiful! I really love it, it made me cry :-)

[getya89]

0_0...this is breathtakingly beautifull... thank you for sharing this

[loony922]

Pretty! I think we played it in band a few years back...

[Epool1988]

wow... nice song.. very relaxing.. i love this song....

[LLew821]

what a wonderfull song

[ilikefluffycow]

I played this in 4th grade music, It sounded so beautiful

[TheNarutoluvrbelivit]

I wish i was from japan.....

but i am still glad that my parents are from mexico becuse it is such a beautiful contry like japan.

[SlytherinSistahs]

right behind ya there...but I'm not from mexico or Japan...:( I'm from America. I don't even have a supercool heritage or anything. The oldest relatives my family knows of were british. So I don't even get awesomely cool roots or anything. :'(

[InterlochenCellist]

Are you saying that being British means you don't have awesomely cool roots? Because that's not true! I'm British, Scottish in fact, and I think it's the best thing ever

[AmiAmiAmix]

I remember singing this in elementary. ((: It's so pretty!!

[supergirlsrule]

Coool!

[bekahchandler]

You did a wonderful job! I lived in Misawa and visited Hirosaki castle for the cherry blossom festival while I was there.

This song makes me miss Japan. Thank you for bringing such a wonderful culture to the United States!

[Chichiri520]

すごい！あなたの楽器は、アンディスのケーナですか。

[doppodoppo]

Yes it is. Thank you

[crazychick901]

i sang that for choir in the sixth grade. i still remember the words

[kalasunshine]

oo Doppo San.. you are soo cute.. !

and the video is Fab..

love ya,

kala

[gillidragon]

I love this song!!! It's so beautiful and peaceful.

[discowithashley]

I played this song on the flute

I still know how to play it ^^

[SilentValtiel]

I've heard this song a looooooong time ago xD

[HalfDemonInuYasha7]

I love Japan and traditional Japanese stuff wcspecially their music. Thanks for the vid and song doppodoppo.

[RakuenTenshi88]

Does anyone know where I can get the piano version for Sakura sakura traditional Japanese folk song? This song is so beautiful.

[AvrilRoxMe07]

i dont know if you were given that piano version yet but if you type in hiromi uehara sakura sakura its just piano ^^

[sYaiTaNz]

hey im a bruneian .. now i'm doing research for Japanese folk song, i will need music and their lyrics as well, some culture dance.

[LaZorrita4ever]

that girl is a tea master and i know that song on my trombone

[kersti110]

i would like to have shhet music for that on flute does anyone now where i could get it send me a letterto my youtube account

[kersti110]

so beatiful i just love it i anyway usualy like sad music

[firstRainbowRose]

Wow, I love your version.  May I ask which instruments exactly you were playing it on (recorder, penny whistle, etc.) and also how you got your sheet music (or if you'd be willing to send me a copy of the sheet music.)

You really did an amazing version.

[Aureliennord]

The song is more than wonderful !

I like it very much

[musica0806]

Great. I played this song by piano.

But your wood flute is... so beautiful.

[Sahimkopkua]

I learned this song in music class in school once. I love it!!

[tenderfool]

My late father bought me an authenic black lacquer Japanese music box lined in red silk that played this melody almost fifty years ago. It was my favorite possession and I handled it so often it literally fell apart. I have searched the web and found few versions to enjoy. Your video is really a treat and I will listen to it often. Thank you my Myspace friend. Your efforts are appreciated.

[flutegeek0101]

We played this at District Honor Band but it had more songs to it. It was called Asian Folk Rhapsody

[evanescensefan2411]

this is so pretty! i play it all the time on my wooden flute because it's such a beautiful song!

well done! 5 sh=tars all the way!!!!!

[evanescensefan2411]

oops..typo. let me retype it; 5 stars all the way!!!!!!!

[Obbyto]

I always hear this tune.

[ClampFanZ]

i know this song!! i even know the lyrics. <well~almost all~~>

[dejiko07]

hermoso... no tengo palabras

[doppodoppo]

Gracias!

[meramerawolf242]

beautiful song. its very relaxing too -w-

[hikarilt]

doppodoppo great job!:>

[doppodoppo]

Thank you, everybody. I played Sakura again last week at my live. I will post "Sakura 2" soon. So enjoy.

[gozueGq]

oh!!i really like it...very utsukushii!!

[evanescensefan2411]

i love this song!!my friend plays a flute, and she does this song, and it is just plain gorgeous!!

[masdojo]

Wow! Very Beautiful! This is one of my favorite Traditional Japanese Folk songs! Well done! 5 Stars!

[Jericaiscool]

Wow great song. I have that piece. I play it on the flute. It is such a great song. I am going to play it on March 25th somewhere.

[InfinityeXpress]

I love everything about japanese music from watching this

[doppodoppo]

I am going to play more Japanese music at next show. Thanks for the comment. Doppo

[jannemarie]

Simply beautiful! I wish I had the opportunity to see you perform.

[doppodoppo]

I am working so hard to put next show as great as before or more. The show is March 4th. Thank you for the comment.

Doppo

[Ezratal]

Preformed very nicely! Is that a Shakuhachi?

[doppodoppo]

It is a quena.

[hirofan]

This is beautiful. My friend does tea ceremony. It's nice to see.

[doppodoppo]

Thank you for the comment. I appriciate it.

[SamuraiLord8]

great!!!

[doppodoppo]

Thanks!!!