* Tanko Bushi * Koto : Traditional String Music of Japan 江東区：日本の伝統音楽

Traditional Japanese folk music played on a zither instrument called "Koto". Tanko Bushi is very old and famous in japan! 日本の伝統的な民族音楽は、"琴"と呼ばれるツィターの楽器で演奏。この曲は日本で非常に古いと有名です！

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• Koto
• traditional
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• Peace
• Zither
• japan
• tokyo
• osaka
• classical music
• folk
• japanese music
• meditation

[Hikikomori013]

I wasn't expecting Tanko Bushi to sound this nice on a koto. You did great.

[stratocasterbob]

@Hikikomori013 Thanks for watching !

[DesmondTheDogXD]

This is a really great sound.

I am researching Japanese music for a project at school and its great to hear what I'm actually writing about!

[stratocasterbob]

Try to find someone who can play ....it has a sound you have to hear live!

[folker2006]

This music is called the "TANKOUBUSHI" in a Japanese traditional folk song.

I was surprised that you knew this music.

The performance is perfection and the tone of the KOTO is splendid, too.

I'm feel　so good,　ARIGATOU (Thank you my friend!!)

[stratocasterbob]

I'm glad to know that you appreciate this wonderful music too. I love traditional songs from Japan. Arigatou Takashi :)

[stratocasterbob]

Sorry for the confusion. I show a picture of my Dan Tran just so the viewer can see what a zither looks like. Here in the west, very few people have seen one! ALL the music you hear is played on the Japanese Koto! None of the music is from Vietnamese Dan Tranh.

[osumidesu33]

@stratocasterbob I understood now. You and baltimoreballs, you both right.

The pictured instrument is Dan Tranh and playing this song's melody line.

But 17gen-koto and normal size koto( 13 gen ) play another 2 parts differently.

I guess 3 parsons are playing this Japanese song.

[osumidesu33]

@baltimoreballs You are right. This is not Japanese one and koto is japanese word.

But this song is Japanese, it called Tanko-bushi which my grandma used to sing.

There was a Miike coal mine in north part of Japan.

( tsuki ga deta deta, tsuki ga deta a yoi yoi, Miike tanko no ueni deta. Anmari entotsu ga takai node, sazoya o-tsuki san kemuta karo, sano yoi yoi.)

[DesmondTheDogXD]

I would but I have already handed my project in but in the future I would like to visit Japan and I'm sure I will hear more Koto.