the BEST Paganini cover! Caprice 24 on Japanese instrument

[ChronicMetamorphosis]

Thats really cool dude, I wish you could have finished the entire piece. The next variation is one of my favorites.

[godmaster89]

wow cool mate where you live that poster at the back looked like japan

[v1kkz]

what a plectrum!

[karumenmakitokiniwa]

paganini might get a kick out of it

[Max0Inq]

You're Paganini of shamisen.

[mikepenny01]

Wow! Your playing of this has reached sublime status! Really - your intonation with the octaves and the chromatic passages...AWESOME!

[shamikami]

at least one note was sharp but oh well...u can`t win em all as They say.

Who is "They?" you ask? . . . well that`s up to you to figure out Mr. Penny.

HINT: Posts, Trifles and Unexplainable jellyfish phenemenon!

[kutopikot]

jellyfish?

[jikishijinshinken]

jellyfish have been dying in large numbers off ocean coasts lately.

[Hikikomori013]

All the notes were notes. That's better than I've been doing so far.

[TheSturgeonGeneral]

DOOOOD!

[Soulgrazer]

How is a shamisen tuned?

[shamikami]

the interval of a 5th and then a 4th

(root-5th-root). There is no predetermined key in Shamisen because it is designed to be capable of switching keys very quickly as it was originally designed to be an accompaniment for singers (that is partly why the tuning pegs are so big) but today`s players tend to prefer the key of c or d. (c-g-c) or (d-a-d).this shamisen was tuned a little low to play this peice (originally in A) I think it is actually closer to b at the moment.

[momotarodesu]

It is also tuned another way originally .

[mikepenny01]

Yes, the original shamisen tuning, (honchoushi) still used for some pieces in the Tsugaru min'yo repertoire and also as the primary tuning in the nagauta style, is root-4th-octave (of root). E.g., C-F-C, D-G-D, etc.

[shamikami]

Don`t forget about the Pizza we ordered!

Oh, oops! DId you forget?

Darn. you did, didn`t you...

[Kurono3255]

it really sounds akward on shamisen but really good played ^^