Hatikvah on the Shofar

[DjK4Yahweh]

beautiful...shalom!!

[SuperAmberjade]

Shofar Sho good

[ssteward7777]

only in israel have like this.

[ssteward7777]

Shofar God chosen instrument for his glory.amen . god bless all of us.

[ddlyify]

Shofar so good!

[starblade99]

that was crazy awesome...i love this song and then to hear it on a shofar...praise the Living God of Israel...Yesuah Adonai

[loffski]

Interesting. There are no modifications on my shofar. I'm a purest. I didn't want to take away the challenge of playing the shofar in a way it wasn't supposed to be able to play. Your shofar sounds interesting and I haven't even heard it. Do you have any recordings?

[goldsmithexile]

@loffski

Thanks for your reply Friend

Whern I say modified, it wasnt a major thing, basically making the interior of the mouthpiece cup bigger. I have acquired several ebay horns (yemenites) that had tiny mouth pieces, and would give 1 or 2 high tones. After widening and reaming a bit, they start to give out 4 or 5 tones instead, much more resonant. But at the cost of it being harder to hit the very highest tones..

But the majority of the control, I find comes from Ruach ha Kodesh

Shalom Jon

[Plecostomus308]

@loffski I've been reasearching the shofar lately and listening to it and I must say that you have the most incredible tonality and skill that I have seen yet! How much of that pitch change was from moving your hand? Do you play any other instruments or horns?

[goldsmithexile]

I have found that I am able to play scales and tunes on my rams horn. But I had to heavily modify it. I reduced the length to about 300mm (to remove a badly delaminated section) then reamed out the mouthpiece to a deep long taper, with very thin walls, treated inside and out with danish oil and waxed outside. I find the more I sound it, the better and richer the tones develop, with an increasingly uniform character throughout the range of notes. I also find side blowing works far easier

[johnknoefler]

@goldsmithexile I have a rams horn Shofar that has a great mouth piece. I am new to this and had been using a goard that I grew myself from some seeds I hybridized for the the shape and size. Then when I got bored with that I found a great sea shell that I converted by adding a mouth piece. Then a few months ago a friend realized my interest and GAVE me this wonderful rams horn. It is from an American wild sheep I believe. I have been cleaning it and sanding the rough outside and practicing.

[goldsmithexile]

@johnknoefler

What does it sound like? Have you got a video up yet?

shalom, Jonathan

[johnknoefler]

@goldsmithexile My ram's horn has a great tone. Sadly I am such a novice. But at times when I am well rested it seems to really do well for me. After watching this I would be ashamed to even put up a video. I should take some photos. It has no splits. The outside layer was weathered and had streaks of what looked like paint and even animal dung embedded. Also it had deep checks and weathering look. I have removed all that and am busily polishing it to complete the shine. I will also measure it.

[goldsmithexile]

@johnknoefler

Keep practising, its worth it to develop strength and stamina in the diaphragm and lip. Mine would often bust open at first (lip that is, not diaphragm; in fact it still does sometimes if I over do things) I think a good blast comes right out of your belly. LOL sometimes I can get NO sound at all from my various shofars....

Check out my kudu wet-sanding and polishing videos. I used grinder/sanding disc, scraper and emory papers, then buffed with metal polish...

shalom, Jonathan

[johnknoefler]

@goldsmithexile Hey buddy, I looked at your channel and could find no sanding or finishing videos. Just Shofar blowing. And you did a great job. And I left some funny comments just so you'd know I was there. Shalom and cheers.

[perstaere]

WOW!

[mtldrmr]

Absolutely Amazing

[theimposible14]

Truly amazing , hard to do...

[v8350chrome]

thanking you for this beautiful music. Happy Pesach--- Baruch Hashem Adonai

[kelin12100]

i like that sound i have one almost like that shofar

[cantareatza]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[godroks]

no way wow wow wow oh wow

[loffski]

@godroks

thanks for your comment. yes it can be done.

[1812over2]

@loffski How do you get to play a scale on the shofar? I accually bought a small one but i just can't figure out how to make songs on it.

[loffski]

@1812over2 - first step is knowing if you have a shofar that is playable.

[1812over2]

@loffski Yeah i could play basically just one note but i can't play a scale

[LauderdaleBaptist]

that is so cool. He's playing that thing like it's a sax!

[1pimp4history]

sir you should give a lesson on how you do this im soo amazed or if not just to me jajaj =] just play for every one ♥

[loffski]

@1pimp4history - you need to find out if you have a good shofar. not all shofars are playable. find someone who can blow shofar, let them try yours. they can tell you if yours is good. once you know you have a good shofar then you can start learning how to play it. If you have a camera for your computer I can give you a lesson online.

[1pimp4history]

im amazed with how you played the shofar man i have one and iv been trying to play the anthem tell me how you do it? please... i learn how to do it on guitar and bass but i love how it naturally sounds on the shofar! ♥ =] i wont to make my shofar more useful as an instrument! cuz i hardly play it...

[transporter108]

He is so talented. Im so happy i have a shofar now to practice on.

Shalom !!

[Jimaera]

Lmao, the Shofar was never meant to be played like that... but props to this guy for being able to, it's WAAAAY harder than he makes it look.

[AxeMurdra]

LAWL

when i first read it, i thought it said "David Hasselhoff"

i was like

OH GOD NOOOOOO

[score48]

This is mostly done with embashure an excellent job!

[alexmagnus1]

That's the most "improbable" music I ever heard. But now I can come up with a more improbable task: South African anthem on a vuvuzela :)

[marombanascimento]

GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!!!

[ApocalypsePenguin]

I had no idea songs could be played on the Shofar, but this is amazing and inspirational! I can't believe the beauty and control, especially at 0:50 when it went up a whole octave.

[Nickidewbear]

It reminds me of if "HaTikvah" were being played with "Titanic" bagpipes, flutes, and violins.

[jonco59]

This is almost needs a jazz accompaniment - LOL - great job! I guess you are controlling the notes with your hands covering the mouth - it must be very difficult to remember all the combinations that produce the right notes?

[loffski]

@jonco59 - hands muffle the sound so it's not harsh. notes controlled by lips, direction of air stream into horn, air pressure, the ability to listen, and God. Blowing shofar is more spiritual than mechanical.

[Suki40330]

So hauntingly beautiful!

[Thepercussionist91]

nice job!! I love it!! It kind of sounds like a saxophone!!! :)

[williamdoyleroot]

This is insanely good

[drocio]

GREAT GREAT GREAT!

[sweetandsourgal3]

best shofar playing I've ever heard! Mozel Tov!

[soniaman1]

Absolutely amazing, brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

[mindymoon]

absolutely chilling!

[idiot0of0fire]

that was incredible, good job brother, shalom

[chriskokkinos]

that's amaizing! 

[Nettijaw]

butiful

[jorgenbd]

Beautiful!

[maaleadummim]

Excellent!

[jgrossma]

Who the heck knew it was even possible to get more than one note out of these things?

Great job!



[reginaDexant]

I'm greatly impressed. My Pastor ordered a Shofar from a ministry and he paid $75, a lot of money at the time. He was so mad. No one could make a sound out of it except his wife & boy did it smell bad. It was so funny. This man, David, is marvelous. What a skill. Come and be on America's Got Talent!

[artsci10]

@reginaDexant $75 is a fairly reasonable amount for a shofar, and that smell actually means that it's authentic, and not a synthetic rip-off. Playing it is similar to a trumpet or trombone, in that it's not enough to just blow, but you've got to buzz your lips and tighten your whole mouth. If anyone in your congregation has experience with a brass instrument (trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn, et cetera) they will find it much easier.

[reginaDexant]

@artsci10 Todah Rabah! Thank you so much.

[friedie1jeff]

Outstanding!

[TINKERBROWN1]

Mazel Tov!!!!! That is fantastic!!! I play the shofar too, but man......this guy is good. I want to do that. I now have a new goal. Thanks for the inspiration!

[joeswick3]

That was awesome!

[Crazy4Minne]

Baruch ha Shem! May Jerusalem have peace -- the peace of Sar Shalom.

[krgede]

@Crazy4Minne, Amen

[mcfrdmn]

Excellent playing of Hatikvah on the Shofar.

This is a true feat of accomplishment to be able to play Hatikvah or in fact any other

tune on the shofar.

[SaucySababaman]

I"M SHOCKED!!! has anyone tried to blow a shofar, that is freakin hard, Zasloff is equiped with a golden lung.

[yigal1975]

Great !!! Its amazing and very Hard to blow shofar. Very well played by David.

Yigal

[yuval118]

Chazak Baroeg!

[ThomasMelberStgt]

That brought down the walls of JERICHIO !!

[chodeshadar18]

That must've taken A LOT of practice to get the hands just right!

[HadasahMiryam]

Amazing! I'm surprised to find out that one can get that much range on the smaller ram's horn. Bravo, David! Shalom.

[alikos88]

personally I prefer the hatikva on a piano.

but this is good too

[chriskokkinos]

WITHOUT WORDS! AMAIZING!

[TheCrowFiles]

מוזיקה יפה

[YvonneF3]

I am completely shocked! That's not only amazing, but moving something inside my heart. I'd opened three or four windows with this vid in the same time by chance and suddenly I could hear three or four shofars playing together with PROPER relation! What a music! You must try this!

[IronLion27]

I've never heard such beautiful playing on a shofar.

[92skid]

i love the sound of the shofar

[92skid]

shekoah

[jimyperez]

AMAZING!!!

[johnknoefler]

Wow. .. I didn't think it was possible.

[madelinefenster]

Fantastic!!!

[clarazerty]

This is amazing!!!!

[Gandhi168]

officialmessiah org

[junkie4jdm]

As a Jew i never seen nor heard of anyone play a melody on the Shofar! Sounds great, and truly impresive. Mazel Tov..

[carlosmmoran]

Great!! wanderfull! is the firs time that i hear Hatikva only with the Sofar! congratulations.

[redsox9687]

haha thats awesome

[creativechazzan]

Amazing indeed!

[jacobfox2000]

This is really impressive. Although the shofar, much like a trumpet, just acts to amplify the buzzing of his lips, the breath and embouchure control needed to do this is pretty ridiculous. To me, as a trumpet and shofar player, and as a jew, this is amazing.

[1kkyu]

Excellent!

[ICdedppl666]

לשנה טובה!!!

[monteverdi1567]

Wonderful! I've never heard a melody played on the shofar before.

Good yontif, everyone.

[AYZTyler]

Wow! Does this guy do Rosh HaShanah celebrations? L'Shanah Tova, everyone!

[reginaDexant]

Very Cool!!! I've never seen anyone who could play a toon on the shofar.

ISRAEL'S GOT TALENT!!!!

[hslpanda]

wow, this guy is amazing!! ישר כח

[luvupokes]

Shema Yisrael, YHVH elohenu, YHVH akath.

[BrooklynNotQueens]

hasids don't know this song

[3rdSamurai]

What the...?

I never knew anything could be played so well on a shofar!

col hacavod lecha!

[2009Elenka]

Touching...

[Fuzzycop]

Wow! I know from personal experience how hard playing the shofar can be, much less trying to play any tune at all! Awesome! d=) Yesher Koach!

[Hatorah]

Fuzzy: The shofar is not difficult to play...it's all about having the technique...however, hats off to this guy! I think I'll put my shofar on the shelf! Ha.

David, you are amazing!

Shana Tova!

[edavidmar]

me encanta!!!! es precioso!!!!

[Hatikva12]

Wow!!! Very good.... never seen that played on the shofar before. Cool!!

[yuval118]

cool!

[BarKafka]

Holy cow!

[armisis]

Bravo!!!!

[Haaretzah]

Am Ysrael Chai ve Kaiam

[paolocristiano]

great.....viva israel :)

[ribka34]

Wow! Beautiful, I love the sound of shofar. Hatikva be Israel.

[LilaLinden07]

That is amazing!

[DavisKret]

beutifull, just beutifull...

[OMM06]

I am glad that I found this video! I have never seen anyone play music on the shofar before. Very interesting.

[HadasahB]

Its all in the shape and tension of the lips! Difficult to do. Ah yes, and it is indeed a gift from the Creator!!! I love the comment that it sounds as tho the ram is crying out to Yah!

[OMM06]

You have said it all, YT friend.

[edmarsramosjr]

Baruch Ha Shem!!!

[smaexpress]

Very impressive... makes me PROUD!

[sonriesefeliz]

wow!! amazing! He makes it sound like if the ram is crying to God!

[sonriesefeliz]

wow!! amazing! He makes it sound like if the ram is crying to God!

[eip81]

How do you play the shofar? I thought for a wind instrument you needed to adjust the length of the cavity to change the pitch. He doesn't move his fingers very much at all. I can't see how he does it.

[ivettemorales]

it is hard to do , but... is a gift from yhwh, ecellent ..!!!

[Flowinglown]

that is ridiculous...that is soo hard to do!!

[ministerdavid]

Shalom! Awesome who would have guessed that the small shofar could be played like this?

[Pinkindian1]

Hallelujah! That is very good!

[RichyUK86]

he's done excellent to make all these tones possible!

[maxiegalfun]

omg he is amazing.

it sounded so good.

מבריק

[paulno1lambsfan]

WOW!

[NerdilyDone]

Sounds vaguely like a saxophone.

[KingOystar]

wow. I dont know what to say. that was amazing. Interesting in seeing such a holy trumpet that was disigned by G-d used to play such a beautiful song

[swildern]

Beyond impressive!!!

[jumpstart1313]

That's impressive I blow the shofar myself and have done so many times on Rosh Hashanah, most people struggle just to get a sound and others struggle just to maintain the sound this guy is a master. Thanks for sharing :)

[sisniega2]

Amazing i do the tekiah shevarim, teruah, gadolah but this it's awesome incredible!!!

my god how many hours this person practice!!!

[kevnpam]

Beautifully Awesome!

Thank You for sharing this great sound & gift.

[laRnyl]

Amazing!!! beautiful!

[rankshifted]

CRAP! That's impressive!!! Why doesn't he have a red face?! Amazing.

[ifeellikeageak922]

holly crap i wish i could do that with mine. i'm lucky to make a noise that dosent sound like a fart

[Kirams28]

wow,nice. i am sure, its kinda difficult.

[missionkwon7]

wonderful!

[dover1991]

This guy is now my new hero.... I can blow a shofar, but that just blows me away!!! So now i'll spend the whole of tomarro killing myself trying to play the hatikvah now on my ram's horn.... haha

[Venoot]

I live israel!! Long live israel. Also i would like to ask everyone to write up Happy Birthday to Israel which just had its 60th Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISRAEL!

[akadmin]

i'd probably rupture a blood vessel in my face trying that lol

[karkaroff17]

omg I never believed a shofar can do songs!!

[boyaalex]

Amazing!

G-d blessed!

[prayerwinswars]

Praise God. Thats amazing!

[jcoms7]

Very nice.

[mistaunbeatabl]

u guys have no idea how freakin hard that it until u try blowing a shofar

[shirastar]

I can blow the shofar but this I could probably NEVER Do this!

[frannycaller]

this is wicked!

[bteamrules]

wow thats really hard work! nice job!

[menschnj]

From one Shofar blower to another, very impressive!

[Jewishfan]

Wow, I impressed! I like Hatikvah(Israeli anthem) and I like sounds of shofar. And that was unbelivable.

Thank you.