Japanese traditional music - "Spring Sea" 尺八 & 箏 - 春の海 shakuhachi & guzheng

[manthasagittarius]

It would be beautiful if the person holding the mike would stop tapping it and making it click. Next time use a mike stand.

[createallow3126]

I feel like I'm there experiencing the organic bliss of these two instruments.

[yaljiskaya]

i love it so much.It s a so deep music.

[kchaitanyad]

nice music. melodious. i like this raga very much. its a mixture of two ragas

[kchaitanyad]

melodious music. in indian music i think it is mix of two raagas. revathi raga and and shuddha danyasi. we have many songs in this raga. music is universal

[trialsrider001]

awesome song

[clspon]

WOW!



[maerz87]

Mein damaliger Hauptschulmusiklehrer meinte das höre sich an wie zerkratztes glas, aber irgendwie hat der scheiße geredet ich find die musik richtig toll!!! great music!!!

[Knightphall]

Makes me want to becom a samurai as well, but like the Knights in Europe, you had to be born into the status.

[DiamondChrome42]

anyonw know a digital version of this on youtube?

[veronicawonghk]

where can i get the score for this version?

[seethenamewouldnotfi]

@veronicawonghk I believe Monty Levenson has it

[seethenamewouldnotfi]

@veronicawonghk I believe Monty Levenson has it (this piece of crap wont let me post links .... shakuhachi_._com)

[BlackPhoenix623]

This was in the book Hannibal Rising

[Pingui15gato]

I love It!!!! <3

[narsam92]

I'm in love Japan and it's culture

[marcusyuguang]

The big instrument is chinese and played by a chinese person

[gariadara]

@marcusyuguang It's both Chinese and Japanese at this point. It was invented in China but the Japanese copied it more than 2000 years ago. When something's been in a country for that long, it's pretty much from that country. the Violin evolved from various bowed stringed instruments from the middle east and near eastern instruments from the Byzantine Empire, but you can't say it's not Western Europe anymore.

[marcusyuguang]

@gariadara there is a reason why the instrument is called a guzheng at the start.

I see your point, but it has a flaw - the violin has EVOLVED, meaning it has changed, in this case quite dramatically. The koto, is barely different from guzheng, except for minor differences, and has not developed away from the guzheng. And also, when steal a coin from your bag, and keep it for a year, or a decade, or a millenium, is it rightfully mine?

[ateniense7]

Wonderful!!!

[chrismarcinko]

This makes me want to become a samurai in real life.

[beingadeanerisgreat]

Love, love, love it! What a mercy peace ...

[ContracterYin]

This is so well done, its amazing

[aviyahu01]

this was a year after i last saw him...he's my shak teacher-awesome guy!

[mavin174]

I love it !

[roscoemorganmusic]

Incredible!

[saharacloud2]

very pretty

[JessSims2]

its so peacful. but people don't argue abour it; some like queen others like the beatles. if you dunny like dunny listen to it. i listen to it while reading a book in bead before school. i love it. (I personally prefer queen. lol they're outta my time though)

[Alasyma]

so peaceful like a lot of the music. japenese music is nice to listen to. i have been listening to a lot of it in school and at home while working or playing games. (games are on mute). the online game i play has vent and i'm going to have my friends on it listen to this stuff when my vent gets back to working.

[sibalnom]

where's the typical chinese racist?

[Banduenga]

no words for explaining the feeling, simply out of range.

[SilverGunZoO]

本当にだいすきです

[SilverGunZoO]

すごいなー

これはすごいですでも今の音楽はちょっとー

これと今の音楽は関係ないね

[kemawi13]

I love this! It's so beautiful. It's so relaxing. Amazing!

[reyelfo1]

this really cool this melody Japanese and that carries you those days of old Japan 5 stars これは本当にクール この曲日本語 とを運ぶ 昔の日本のそれらの日 5つ星 esta muy genial esta melodia japonesa como que te transporta a aquellos dias de antaño japoneses 5 estrellas

[orangeeoz]

@reyelfo1

[kristenite]

How can people not like this type of musicc. So Serene!

[kenavo2103]

@kristenite

Exactly! Serene is the word! Music for the soul!

[SilverGunZoO]

@kristenite Because there is a difference between the present and the past, this music suits a style of life without rushing things, slowly and precisely type of thing, but now this doesn't appeal because the present is all about rush, getting the things done fast, no matter the quality as long as it's done kind of thing.

That is what I think.

[strongbad73]

@SilverGunZoO u hit the nail on the head! everything today is "give it to me now" i hate it sometimes, even find myself acting like that over things not even knowing it and feeling like a kid with no patients when i realize it.

[SilverGunZoO]

@strongbad73 Yeah, that's unfortunate because the best things in life take time.

[strongbad73]

@SilverGunZoO true.

[Destroysall]

This is beautiful!

[oldgeezerproductions]

I believe the Koto and the Guzheng were derived from the same Chinese instrument a long time ago, but isn't the modern Guzheng a somewhat more complex and evolved instrument? What is played here is a modern Chinese Guzheng, is it not? Regardless, the performance is beautiful.

[dulcimoo]

Chinese Guzheng (which means ancient argument) is the parent of Koto (of Japan) [this is a koto in the video btw] and Gayageum (of Korea). Story goes two princesses were to be marred off ... but only would do so if they could take the same Guzheng, the father spilt it in half lengthwise with 13 stings going to Japan and 12 strings to Korea. Some old Guzheng are known to have 25 stings so perhapns this is true.

[teslaphysics]

Oh. Thank you for clearing that up!

[teslaphysics]

Isn't that a koto, not a guzheng?

[RaikiKohai]

a Guzheng is a Koto :)

[Alexjr1543]

Actually, the koto is the smaller cousin of the guzheng.

[dulcimoo]

Koto are longer than Guzheng but have fewer strings. Modern Guzheng have 21 strings, while koto have 13. Guzheng are 63" long while koto are about 75" long. Tradition has it that koto are "children" of guzheng.

[HijioriDollKokeshi]

@teslaphysics Unfourtuantly not HTat is aChinese Guzhen which is Chinese Koto.

[missCheza93]

japanese music is so relaxing :) i enjoy listening to it ^^

[avatar1874]

i love the music good shit

from a mexican

[BWFSabian]

What 203810mqn said.. I agree.. Not only that but the plucking is good as well..

Konichi-wah ..

[2038102man]

倉橋義雄さんの尺八には、感服・・・サビが感じられます。年季も­入ってて、非の打ちどころがありません。ただ・・・ただ・・・聴­き入るばかりです・・・

[FerencLiszt]

This is wonderful music! Thank you Liu Fang!

[nakamura320]

I really like tradicional japaneese music.

It makes me relax. I LOVE IT!

But I seriously hate japanese rock li ami-yumi and those shit.

[thephilosopherkartik]

Nihon no ongaku ga daisuki desu yo!

[gacktlover23]

sooo beautiful!!!

[IdrilCelebrindal90]

very cool-- guzheng player makes it sound like a koto!

[paramsaram]

now, i'd love to listen to the versions of Guzheng&Dizi or

Guzheng&Bansuri.. of this song. they'll be as wonderful as this version. fantastic performance! thanks for sharing!!

[funkmasteryellow]

Where China meets Japan, nice.

[nmyty7]

Pierre Rampal. Harpist is Lily Laskine .

This music title is HARU NO UMI. CD title is sakura-japanese melodies for flute and harp. check amazon please.

[avivagabriel]

I think I've heard this composition performed way back in the 1970s early 1980s by Jean-Pierre Rampal and another peformer whose name I've forgotten...was it "Lily" something? Of course, Rampal used his Western, silver flute, not the shakuhachi being played here. Does anyone know what I'm referring to? Has anyone ever heard that Rampal album? Can you help me find it again?

[Zakuro88]

oh, this music is so beautiful, i like it. And the musician's are so-so...GOOD!! XD

[nmyty7]

Guzhengというのですか、ありがとうございます。会場の空­気が暖かいのでしょうか、本当に暖かい良い音です。この曲は大正­年間頃、ドイツだったか女史が来日されて採譜後、ヴァイオリン演­奏されたように記憶しております。専門家はたいしたものです。ア­ンネあきこマイヤーさんの佐藤さんの曲も尺八になぞらえて聞いて­みてください。立体的な情景が浮かびますよ。

[mofmofsan]

こんな見事な尺八の音色は初めて聴いた。

これこそまさに色が見えるような素晴らしい『音色』

[nmyty7]

劉芳さんと倉橋義雄さんの見事な演奏ですね。

こんなにしみいる音の尺八は、中々聞けません。

琴の音は少し日本のものより堅い気がしますが、

楽器が違うのでしょうか。

[mofmofsan]

Guzhengと書いてありますね。

漢字でどう書くのかは分からないのですが、Guzhengは確か­中国の方の琴だったと思います。確かにかなりピンピンに張った感­じの音ですね。

[zjlzz]

Japan preserved and developed the ancient Chinese instrument and music, but China is losing its essence of music.

[Vol4eg01]

japanese music is different from chinese mate.

[seethenamewouldnotfi]

@zjlzz China is loosing it's soul. It lives on in Taiwan perhaps.

[saidelburger333]

i played with kurahashi sensei at strathmore center in maryland!!! it was an honor!! and i'm only 13!!! my koto teacher is good friends with him and i got to perform. he's veryy famous.

[IAssolantVencato]

i`m learning shakuhachi for a while and i really don`t think that a 13 yo kid would play with him in the same song...

which style are you and which song you played?

[0583257]

makes me dream of hidden cities behind the clouds, inhabited by benign creatures

[ChrisMcRae]

I agree...one day, i hope to find myself in such a place..

[0583257]

most inspiring

[eunicep79]

It's beautiful yet it gives me the eerie feel.

[Ermengarde11]

Love this. Better audio than some. The traditional, ethereal stuff is the best. I think this is heaven on Earth.

[Chichiri520]

Beautiful! Especially the Guzheng. I never heard a Japanese song played on a Chinese instrument.

[hillwalker54]

This is such a moving piece by two great players! Thank you so much for Sharing..

[JUSTRELAXANENJOY]

"POWERTIFUL" - hehe...-yeah - fits!

[h2w156789]

lol nice! "powertiful" xD

[MasterofMusic13]

Powerful and beautiful!! Its Powertiful!