Bach Invention No. 4

Kevin Kmetz and Mike Penny play a favorite of ours by J.S. Bach on Tsugaru shamisen in northern Japan.

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Music

Tags:

• Bach
• baroque
• classical
• Japanese
• Invention
• Monsters
• of
• shamisen
• Kevin
• Kmetz
• Mike
• Penny
• Masahiro
• Nitta
• Tsugaru

[AlixGdeB]

Cosmical! Can't find another word for that great perf. Thanks for sharing. The veil on Shamisen music is partially lifted.

[stephenrog1227]

MAD KOOL!!!!!!!!! I love it!

[Chippyrat]

bravo

[gumdrops27]

Sounds Awesome

[shamisendemon]

@CyanideV Shamisen players tune randomly. So a lot of tunes in a specific key turn out in random keys when transcribed for Shamisen . unless the player happens to have perfect pitch, but even then, Shamisen players tend to adjust to a key that is comfortable for the string tension and fingering. for example something in the key of F# major would be too tight on the strings so would probably end up played in C or D major.

[CyanideV]

in what key are you playing it?

[DamnLove67]

Death metal!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[BluestBlood55]

I love playfulness. It's contagious =) Thoroughly enjoyed this.

[uarmagan]

that could be nice idea to play with these instruments but what about the tunning?

dont you ever get pain when you hear instrument out of tune or played out of tune.

[LittleMountainLion]

Insanely cool.

[DZAUDZI69]

@EvanWang999 Thank ya ^^. It's transposed to B minor, but I love it. I like playing it with my piano all the days. xD

[EvanWang999]

@DZAUDZI69 Yeah, but I guess that's how a Tsugaru shamisen is tuned for this song. Still good though.