“That’s why I love making music so much. You’re not limited by vocabulary and words. You will fall into patterns and trends but you can access whatever you want. You can’t do that with language. Yeah, you could look up some more words I suppose, but it’s infinite with art, with music. That’s the best part about it basically.” Richard D James [Aphex Twin], Crack Magazine (Nov 2018)
I love how she's a little shy and reserved at first, but when she started having fun, communicating musically and she couldn’t stop smiling after a while. She seems like a wonderful person.
As a Japanese person, seeing people taking an interest in this instrument and complimenting our culture makes me feel this sense of warmth in my heart that I can’t really describe with words❤️
As a South African I have always loved Japanese culture and the rich history of the people. Duty, discipline and honour. What's not to love? Plus...the food...
@@dirkhougaard2986 ah people these days don’t really give a damn about honor and discipline anymore sadly not only from people becoming more lazy but depression becoming more common than ever. The elderly people are still like that and it’s admirable to say the least. But the food, I agree! There are some exotic foods in Japan that can yuck a lot of people such as fish spermsack sushi and stuff but overall I think the food here is pretty fire lol
Watching a literal master of the koto light up because she played a G chord on guitar. Music is amazing man, there's no skill ceiling to the joy it imparts on us.
Theoretically there is probably a skill ceiling, but it's so far beyond what can ever be achieved in a lifetime or ten, there's always more you can learn.
@@adamkozakiewicz6766 That's not what the commenter meant. What was meant that no matter how good (or bad) of a musician someone is, making sounds on musical instruments is very fun. And as seen here, making first musical sounds on an unknown instrument can feel amazing! :)
I loved when she got one of the chords down on guitar and audibly gasped, I think because she had found the notes of her koto in this foreign instrument. Then realizing they both spoke music I think helped close the language barrier
When rob starts playing, that is the perfect demonstration of learning your fundamentals. He knows the fundamentals and can apply it to any instrument, even something very foreign
I had a friend who went to school for music (and besides that was a very solid musician) and it always stunned me how he could pick up pretty much any instrument and within about 20 minutes he sounded proficient. Piano, trombone, drums, whatever.
@@eryalmario5299 The piano gives you a good base for understanding notes but i don't think there is *one* best instrument for learning everything, and to get to the level that rob is at you really just need to learn a bunch of different instruments
Thomas Z Kerr i honestly love how much she loves her art even when switching instruments. You could tell teacher mode activated when she put her hair up though lol.
I absolutely adore how, when speaking about vibrato, he demonstrated on the guitar and she immediately followed up with her own on the koto. So awesome to see two incredibly skilled musicians communicating through their instruments even before the translator gets a chance to communicate their spoken word!
I’m ashamed that a person who literally just touched the guitar already could play as well as I am on my first month of learning it lmao Edit : I made this comment in a bit of a fun spirit, I did not expect people to take it seriously... thanks for the words of encouragement and advice, lads :)
@@justs_ Keep in mind she teaches koto and piano and probably has been learning music her whole life. Don't beat yourself up. Learning music is a journey, not a destination.
@@justs_ just read tabs and get used to the shapes, homie. Don't worry about what chords you're playing yet, just make sure you know how to put your fingers in the right place and switch between shapes smoothly and then the rest is easy
My fiancé would play hers while I did my paperwork for my business. It took 30 years after she passed before I could hear it being played without falling apart. Great interview. 💖
The fact that two musicians from two different cultures with two completely different instruments, who don't even speak the same language can just jam out together like that is nothing short of amazing
Rob is being so polite and respectful in this video. She also seems like a good person. Aside from the music being played, this is just a pleasant interview to watch.
@@settingsmedlhux8152 I kinda have to disagree. The amount that Jared cares for the education community is amazing. His video released around christmas where he basically took a bunch of kids into a guitar store and just bought them all guitars. I find that most of the youtube musicians are really giving.
I'm in a strange feeling to see own culture in English. Today in Japan, people have few chances to know how beautiful Koto is. Thank you, and great video. (edited) Thanks for many likes and replies. I'm really happy to know guys who interested in Japanese culture.
I'm Spanish and my main instrument is the guitar, but I have a great interest in instruments outside of my culture such as the koto and it amazes me. I would really love to meet with someone who plays the koto and play music together.
Seeing them play their respective instruments together without even speaking the same language just proves that music is a language itself, how beautiful is that?
@@martifingers no not at all but I bet it makes it easier for her to pick up a song like during a jam. As for me. Am dumb dumb and ive played guitar for 12 years
I always love when Rob swaps instruments with the masters. Nobody is afraid too much of messing up with the other person's instrument, because it's pure play and discovery for everyone.
My grandmother used to hum the Irish Folk Song when I was a kid; she was originally from Dublin. I have no idea what it's called but I immediately recognized it and that brought tears to my eyes. R.I.P. Grandma
I knew I recognized it! I heard a familiar tune and thought "Hold up, I think I heard this in Endless Ocean Blue World." and had to look the soundtrack back up to be sure.
Omg when Ms. Tokiko gets on the guitar: that's why I love going to the Musical Instrument Museum. In the Experience Gallery, strangers will sit down and start playing an instrument, and other people will hear something they like and start playing along with them. Nobody is an expert, all newcomers, they make very simple music but with enormous emotional effect.
The lady with the harp is a real musician. The Irish piece she played was written by a blind Irish harpist who traveled Ireland writing songs dedicated to those who would host him. His name was Turlough o Carolan for those interested in listening to his beautiful music. He basically laid the foundation for all Irish music.
I love how two people who speak completely different languages can improvise and play beautiful music together. Shows just how universal music really is.
21:16 - the feels explosion is real. You could tell she gets more comfortable throughout the entire video and you could also clearly see that she was really capable to understand what most of Rob was saying, but was too shy about her english capability to respond. I don't know how much convincing it took from "nope" after the cut to she actually holding the guitar, but what is ever so worth it. Thank you very much Rob. This and the first video of the Theorbe was such a sweet, wonderful experience. Simply opening up and let the curiosity get the better of oneself is always a journey worth taking :)
I'm not that far in yet, but when the translator said that "this is a Sakura-Cherry Blossom" near the beginning and launched into it I legit started to choke up a bit. Incredible stuff.
@@Kimmie6772 it’s not that bad to be honest, I started on Violin when I was six and guitar when I was 10. It was a lot easier learning guitar because I already had relative pitch, flexible fingers and good coordination. Violin prepares you really well for guitar.
Gunnar Molstad also anyone who knows their instruments intimately like her will always have an easier time tuning! If you know what you’re listening for, it’s much easier to tune. I don’t have perfect pitch and admittedly it’s probably not exactly at A=440 but I trust that I can get a six string guitar in consistent tuning with itself pretty easily without a tuner, and I think a lot of people can!
@@WLxMusic you can't learn perfect pitch as an adult, you can get incredibly developed relative pitch but it is physically impossible to learn perfect pitch past a certain age.
It’s a rare gift. Plenty of musicians don’t believe you can sing a natural G to tune a group by without use of another steady state instrument or pitch reed.
she's incredible, I don't think most people realize it because she acts so humble. At the end when he was playing on the guitar, she was matching him note for note and not even looking at the strings.
its a rare gift, and most musician I have seen understands the privilege it is. My younger sister has perfect pitch and its mostly us family member who boast about it to others like I am doing right now lol. I have rarely seen her mentioning it unless needed.
@@caesarsalad9288 The tune is "Aisling an Óigfhear", or "The Young Man's Dream" but is more often sung with lyrics from Thomas Moore's poem, "The Last Rose of Summer"
Prestigious koto families have their members practice all their lives, she basically lives and breathes music. When she picks up the guitar and makes a clear strum, you can see in her face how much it means for her, how much music makes her feel, its incredible to see the reactions of someone who basically lives to play make a clear sound on a different instrument, specially considering how important clarity is in koto playing.
Thanks! Yea ended up doing a lot more jamming while filming this time around. Usually we don't have a ton of time for that extra stuff with these types of videos.
I love the gentle and giving connection that each artist he collabs with engages with him in. You can see them watching each other so carefully and respectfully, working to follow and make something special together. It’s really powerful, playful, and lovely, every time.
It's genuinely heartwarming to see two people who speak different languages, from different cultures to simultaneously smile when the right note is played. Music, universal language of the soul.
It’s the original language of the right hemisphere, language is an abstraction and representation of the world that enables the grasping and manipulation of the external and conceptual world. Music is the older brother of language, and its purpose is create and directly communicate experience as opposed to abstractions of experience. Before we were the speaking ape, we were the singing ape. Connecting to music and each other is a lost art that bemuses and challenges many who are often stuck in a world of abstracted words and systems. Bemuses the left hemisphere, but it’s completely natural to those who are more right hemisphere inclined.
I was really thinking the same right now watching these two. Even though there was a translator, once the playing starting they were speaking to eacher perfectly and like dude I found myself smiling at the end when they were nusy jammin kinda
I love how when they both started playing their instruments, the translator was no longer needed. They were communicating the language which all musicians understand. Just beautiful and wonderful...
such an instance makes me think of the creation of jazz out of the slave trade; the one good thing that couldve ever happened stemming from not being able to understand the vast array of people brought over lead to the necessity to communicate somehow and thus jazz was born
The moment you both started making music at once, the language barrier dissipated and the emotional response was instant. This is why music and art are so special. Loved this video, so much
This is one of the things music is about : sharing. I love how she tries to help you, and vice versa. I love how you play along together whether you are both on your own instrument, or not. I love how you are both enlightened by the discovery of new sounds, and the capability of reproducing them. It was beautiful!
Besides the both, the translator did a good job, she shows good involvement in to the scene rather than just sounding like a monotonous repeating radio.. Kudos to her
She's doing a really hard job here honestly. Rob's throwing western european terminology and music theory at her and she's used to her own traditional east asian music structures. Chords, steps, vibrato, none of those exist the same way. The translator's doing a lot of on-the-fly work.
@@NachozMan more like the whole theory is quite different. Japanese traditional music has more types of scales than western classical music. Also, the way they notate music is different too. They also use our western notation these days, but they have their own too. For koto especially, the traditional sheet music looks completely unintelligible to us. And even for voice, while the general idea is the same, and you could follow the gist of it, the execution is different. All the embellishments are written directly into the music, including the lyrics. If you google 民謡楽譜 you'll see what I mean.
The moment at 4:40 is what sold it to me immediately, the fact that he communicates with her directly by strumming his guitar and she immediately knows what he’s saying is magic. The translator seemed to not recognize the word vibrato or not have a direct translation
I was literally crying when she was playing that Irish song, and I couldn't tell why, but then I realized she was playing The Last Rose of Summer, which was my mom's favorite song to play on the piano
@@squirtlett7369 she didn't, actually, but she's very sick, and well past her piano playing years. Reminded me of happier, healthier times. Don't smoke kids. Lung disease is a slow and painful killer.
You've captured something magical here. The way that music bridges cultural and language barriers to allow humans to communicate, as one, is incredible and beautiful and breathtaking.
This was adorable tbh, especially when she got a little shy when it came to playing guitar. She did a fantastic job, both her and Rob had a rough idea of what they were doing and still managed to jam!
She managed to play those chords on the guitar very well for someone who never tried pressing strings like that. I know she pushes them down on the Koto and probably understands what it takes to get a decent sound on the guitar, but it's still impressive considering most people's fingers cave in and they complain about the string digging into their fingertips.
I love how they have no idea of what each other are saying, and when they start playing the music , it's like they speak the same language. Music is amazing
Overwhelming. You know, i think this goes far beyond "entertainment", the way these two are jamming in 2 different instruments, not even speaking the same language. Just proves that music is an universal tongue... This enriches the culture of humanity as whole. I LOVED IT
I loved that! I learned to sing the traditional song in Japanese about 60 years ago in elementary school and actually remembered and sang along as she played. Awesome choice of instruments. Thanks.
I loved seeing two people who are incredible at their respective instruments switch and jam on instruments they know nothing about. That kind of wholesome camaraderie is what I like about this series of videos.
I return to this video once every few months, it's honestly one of my favourites that Rob has done. The Koto is such a beautiful instrument, Tokiko plays it so incredibly well. It's always fun to see two musicians discover each other's instruments and see those moments of joy.
This made me truly believe that music can make anyone happy no matter the language barrier,race etc it was so wonderful to see something like this thank you rob
in case anyone is wondering, the first tuning she plays in is known as the "Japanese scale" in west. the formula for building it is R b2 4 5 b6 so it's a pentatonic scale. for example in C it would be: C Db F G Ab. it has a really mysterious and ethereal vibe to it so if you're interested in exotic sounds it's a great scale for you.
Good info. I've played guitar for years but never took the time to learn music theory and scales. I just started learning the theory and love this sound.
Billy Bob lol just play the scale on any instrument and you’ll see that mine sounds exactly like the koto and you just spelled a minor7 arpeggio, assuming that by 7 you mean b7 cause if you didn’t that would mean you don’t know the first thing about music because a “b8” is the same thing as the 7th. Unless you have a completely different understanding of what the twelve notes are and how the major scale is built which is quite unlikely seeing that you have an American/English name.
@Billy Bob Kindly do not be so arrogant as to dismiss what @Shahriar Temoorinia said as incorrect just because you don't understand the terminology. The scale C, Db, F, G, Ab, C as he said is completely accurate In other words Tonic, Flat 2nd, Natural 4th, Natural 5th, Flat 6th, Tonic (Upper octave)
my puppy just died a few days ago and you put the biggest smile i could feel on my face ever since. thank you. how beautiful to transcend language, by the end to watch your and her together made me so happy.
@@JamesJones-wd8or pure legend! Thank you for your research! As soon as i heard it start playing, my body pulled a hedgehog and had chills the entire time- it's just so beautiful even by a koto..
Once she played the guitar the chemistry was way different. She immediately understood how the guitar worked so they're second session was like butter haha
Wow she nailed that chords on the guitar on first being shown, I think once your proficient on one string instrument you can learn quicker on another. Great how to played together at the end 👍
When I started playing the guitar I was so excited I didn't care about the pain, and my fingers were like blueish at the tips, but then my stupid ass broke the guitar, and here I am being jealous to everyone who has a guitar
That second piece is an Irish traditional tune accompanied by a poem, The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore published in 1813. Written in a period in Irish History where our culture was being marginalized and erased by England during the penal law era, not much of our music survived from these times as it was a punishable offence to be caught playing our traditional styles. It's so wonderful to hear on a Japanese instrument some 200 years on. What a beautiful rendition.
Thats horrible. Really wish the education in America told true world history. That's such a sad thing to hear. The loss of musical culture is always saddening.
@@rampagent9226 I used to think the "this machine kills fascists" stickers were pretentious, then one day I realized that was a really stupid opinion to hold because I let my pessimism underestimate the power of music. Sounds corny, but it's true.
It’s so wild seeing the translator sort of struggle to describe some concepts he asks about, but then then the moment he demonstrates on the guitar what he means, or she figures it out in her own and does it on the koto, and they both go “Yes! Yes that!” Total understanding. Forget language, _music_ is the universal tool of communication in my opinion.
Her 2nd song is 'The Last Rose of Summer' which has been a traditional Irish tune since the early 1800's and based on a poem by Thomas Moore. (and a long favorite of mine since I heard it sung by the late Elizabeth Parcells.)
Thanks for that. I felt like it was something I had heard before, but the closest thing I could think of was maybe Fields of Gold by Sting. It was obviously not that, but it kept coming back to a motif that might have been quoted in that song.
I know its probably not convenient to have both the musician and the translator but PLEASE have her back and other musicians from different nationalities. So so cool
Hearing Rob and Tokiko play together makes me really miss playing music with my friends, lockdown sucks. Music is such a great thing, no language barrier, just feeling.
For those who wants to know, the Irish song she's playing is called "Tis The Last Rose Of Summer". A beautiful piece that you can also hear in the absolutly fantastic movie "3 Billboards"sang by Renee Fleming. Anyways, thanks Rob for sharing this wonderful video.
What do you mean? What a dumb comment lol. If someone doesn’t know what a banana is, but you show them a banana while saying “banana”, they’ll catch on very quickly...
@@euomu to spell it out for you really clearly, the point is that music is a universal language, thus something you could argue is intrinsically wholesome about humanity.
The way Rob can just sit down and masterfully play an instrument he's presumably never even seen in person before and make instruments out of yard tools makes me think Rob made a deal with some sort of demon to literally make music on anything he can put his hands on.
That's called mastery, my dear friend. Knowing music by theory can get to an extension in wich you can play stuff just by paying attention to the scales, and other stuff. Music and art are universal languages. That doesn't make it less impressive though, you have to be experienced and dedicated to be able to do that
Every instrument you learn makes every additional one easier, especially in the same family. This is a stringed instrument (like guitar and bass that he already plays) and only comes in 1 tuning with no fretting. If there was an easy instrument for him to pick up, it'd be this one.
As he mentioned in the video, because it is tuned to a scale, every note works. As long as you've a modicum of theory, you should be able to make something that doesn't sound awful. That being said, it's a beautiful instrument that I imagine, takes years upon years to reach the level she displays here, although Rob does a pretty good job.
1:50 The koto player said 「それに近い音階を選びます」= I'm choosing a scale close to that (to the sound she heard). The translator may not have been a musician herself and didn't translate the word ONKAI 音階（which means Scale in English, such as Major, minor, pentatonic, phrygian etc) properly. She just referred it as a "tuning". The translator did a great job for the rest though. Me, as a Japanese-English bilingual musician, I just wanted to add what I've noticed.
okay but she literally retuned at 7:57 right in the middle of the song. That's impressive. And there is such a language barrier unfortunately but when they play together it's like they spoke to each other through music. Really beautiful and I'm grateful videos like this are made.
I played upright bass in the orchestra in school and there were some songs that we had to drop the tuning of one of our strings in the middle of a song. Pretty uncommon, but not unheard of. (Just sharing a related story, not saying what she does isn't awesome. It totally is.)
It's so cool when you can see musicians understanding each other faster than the translation can keep up.
Probably why they say music is it’s own language
Think close encounters computer vs alien ship establishing communication!
“That’s why I love making music so much. You’re not limited by vocabulary and words. You will fall into patterns and trends but you can access whatever you want. You can’t do that with language. Yeah, you could look up some more words I suppose, but it’s infinite with art, with music. That’s the best part about it basically.” Richard D James [Aphex Twin], Crack Magazine (Nov 2018)
I swear music is the best language !
it's just that
I love how she's a little shy and reserved at first, but when she started having fun, communicating musically and she couldn’t stop smiling after a while. She seems like a wonderful person.
Competence in a field is a universal that is a language all it's own
she looks soo sweetttt
@@fluffibee9656 She is soo cute!
Japanese women are blessed! They mostly locking really good Till They turned 100...
She's Japanese. Thats every Japanese lol
I've found another dream job: being an English translator for musicians jamming out together
Lmao 😂
The amount of music terminology required in both languages will be a nightmare lol
@@certifiedpossum8655 *pain indeed*
Learn swahili
It was so cool seeing them connect without speaking, couldn't stop smiling myself. but it would be hard.
As a Japanese person, seeing people taking an interest in this instrument and complimenting our culture makes me feel this sense of warmth in my heart that I can’t really describe with words❤️
As an American, a lot of us truly love Japanese culture!! You guys rock 😎🎸
The world❤japan
As a South African I have always loved Japanese culture and the rich history of the people. Duty, discipline and honour. What's not to love? Plus...the food...
@@Gwoog55 thank you so much!
@@dirkhougaard2986 ah people these days don’t really give a damn about honor and discipline anymore sadly not only from people becoming more lazy but depression becoming more common than ever. The elderly people are still like that and it’s admirable to say the least. But the food, I agree! There are some exotic foods in Japan that can yuck a lot of people such as fish spermsack sushi and stuff but overall I think the food here is pretty fire lol
Watching a literal master of the koto light up because she played a G chord on guitar. Music is amazing man, there's no skill ceiling to the joy it imparts on us.
20:59 Looks more when she strummed a Cmaj7#5, anyone would light up
Theoretically there is probably a skill ceiling, but it's so far beyond what can ever be achieved in a lifetime or ten, there's always more you can learn.
Absolutely
exactly that
She knows that he knows, he knows that she knows, beautiful
@@adamkozakiewicz6766 That's not what the commenter meant. What was meant that no matter how good (or bad) of a musician someone is, making sounds on musical instruments is very fun. And as seen here, making first musical sounds on an unknown instrument can feel amazing! :)
Whenever she plays, I feel like it's safe to save my progress.
LOl
Perfect 👌
LOL you win the day lol
lol
ikr xD for me it takes me back to FFVIII, man so much nostalgia
Tokiko Kimura: here is my traditional instrument, I am a master of it
Rob: yeah sometimes I play the shovel
Ah yiss, Kultr...
you mean:
Tokiko Kimura: here is my traditional instrument, I am a master of it
Rob: here is my traditional tool, I am not a master of it
bro got me dead lmaooo
And they say Mayonaise isn't an instrument (¯―¯٥)
Here, he's literally playing the shovel 😁✌...that os if you like jazz
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The slow realization she can understand English well enough to understand him, just not speak it is beautiful.
OMG AND THE TRANSLATOR HELPING HER FINGERING FOR THE GUITAR EVERYONE IN THIS IS SO SWEET
It also helps that Rob is good about using body language. I kinda fell in love with her though.
I'm pretty sure they just cut out the interpreter relaying what Rob is saying some of the time
I loved when she got one of the chords down on guitar and audibly gasped, I think because she had found the notes of her koto in this foreign instrument. Then realizing they both spoke music I think helped close the language barrier
Yes BEAUTIFUL is the word for that happening for some reason.
As an Irish person, hearing ‘The Last Rose of Summer’ being played on a traditional Japanese instrument is something to behold...
Thank you for telling me bro.. i really loved that speech
True, I get choked up listening to the song. So nice hearing it on a koto
I had no idea what it was, but sure sounded beautiful
two cultures from across the world can together make something so beautiful. also, yeah.
@@onionstrat5975 ok weeb.
When rob starts playing, that is the perfect demonstration of learning your fundamentals. He knows the fundamentals and can apply it to any instrument, even something very foreign
I had a friend who went to school for music (and besides that was a very solid musician) and it always stunned me how he could pick up pretty much any instrument and within about 20 minutes he sounded proficient. Piano, trombone, drums, whatever.
Yep, and the same thing applied to any skills.
Imo if you pick up the piano you can pretty much learn any instruments
@@eryalmario5299 The piano gives you a good base for understanding notes but i don't think there is *one* best instrument for learning everything, and to get to the level that rob is at you really just need to learn a bunch of different instruments
@skykrow do you maybe know what he was playing\doing when he played the koto and she said sugoi?
Whenever she finished a piece she always had a big smile. This is such a sick instrument
@Elmo ! Your comment has lost its validity, sorry
Thomas Z Kerr i honestly love how much she loves her art even when switching instruments. You could tell teacher mode activated when she put her hair up though lol.
Fun fact: koto is inspired by Chinese instrument guzheng
Which is why they look similar and sound similar
I absolutely adore how, when speaking about vibrato, he demonstrated on the guitar and she immediately followed up with her own on the koto. So awesome to see two incredibly skilled musicians communicating through their instruments even before the translator gets a chance to communicate their spoken word!
The traditional tuning is so hauntingly beautiful.
Think it's B, A, G, D#, D, sounds awesome :)
@@VArsovski10 thank you!!!
Ethereal
BIIIG Demon Slayer vibes
@@VArsovski10 Traditional Japanese tuning pattern would give C, D, D#, G, G#, to my knowledge.
A very interesting form of a minor pentatonic scale.
That woman’s smile is captivating. She has joy from deep within
Who doesn't love Asian women?
Its like it is her first time playing the instrument and she just found out she is a natural every time and i love it!
*strums Asian instrument after deep joy quote*
@@johnmac91 bruh
Shes hot.
I really love her joy when she plays on the guitar, and she realizes that she's doing it. It's that moment when something "clicks."
I’m ashamed that a person who literally just touched the guitar already could play as well as I am on my first month of learning it lmao
Edit : I made this comment in a bit of a fun spirit, I did not expect people to take it seriously... thanks for the words of encouragement and advice, lads :)
@@justs_ Keep in mind she teaches koto and piano and probably has been learning music her whole life. Don't beat yourself up. Learning music is a journey, not a destination.
@@justs_ no shame in that. Once you learn your first instrument, other instruments come easier. Everybody has to start somewhere though.
@@justs_ just read tabs and get used to the shapes, homie. Don't worry about what chords you're playing yet, just make sure you know how to put your fingers in the right place and switch between shapes smoothly and then the rest is easy
My fiancé would play hers while I did my paperwork for my business. It took 30 years after she passed before I could hear it being played without falling apart. Great interview. 💖
The fact that two musicians from two different cultures with two completely different instruments, who don't even speak the same language can just jam out together like that is nothing short of amazing
wanna makes you learn the "common language" huh
Shows the power of music
They do speak the same language. Music. Although with different accents.
Its the universal language!
Rob “I sometimes make music with a shovel” Scallion.
The poor translator, "...shovel?"
I was SO hoping he was going to demonstrate THAT particular skill. LMAO it would have completely blown her mind.
Can’t believe he brought up “The Shovel” 😂😂😂😂😂
Bass Stuff 500th like, your are welcome
Scallion 🤣
Rob is being so polite and respectful in this video. She also seems like a good person. Aside from the music being played, this is just a pleasant interview to watch.
Yip also I like how she just also likes when he plays seen in minute 15:24
And the joy and wonder in her expression when she plays a C chord at 21:17. Just fantastic, really enjoyed watching this
It's so wholesome
@@settingsmedlhux8152 yeah he is an asshole but he's still great
@@settingsmedlhux8152 I kinda have to disagree. The amount that Jared cares for the education community is amazing. His video released around christmas where he basically took a bunch of kids into a guitar store and just bought them all guitars. I find that most of the youtube musicians are really giving.
Came for the koto, stayed for the smiles.
Really felt the harmony amongst fellow musicians here
I'm in a strange feeling to see own culture in English.
Today in Japan, people have few chances to know how beautiful Koto is.
Thank you, and great video.
(edited) Thanks for many likes and replies. I'm really happy to know guys who interested in Japanese culture.
コメントしてくれてありがとう申し訳ありませんが、これはおそらく間違った言語です 😂😂😂
AJ DeRiso it's a same language👌
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I love the koto
It sounds so relaxing
It's just washing all the stress away whenever I listen to it
I'm Spanish and my main instrument is the guitar, but I have a great interest in instruments outside of my culture such as the koto and it amazes me. I would really love to meet with someone who plays the koto and play music together.
The sound is SO damn atmospheric.
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The body has so much space for the sound to resonate along with the length of the strings creates the atmospheric sound
It's so relaxing ❤
You should listen to Anoyo by Tim Hecker. It's an ambient album with traditional japanese instruments like the koto and taiko drums
I want her to play Sweden C14 (Minecraft music)
Seeing them play their respective instruments together without even speaking the same language just proves that music is a language itself, how beautiful is that?
This comment almost made me cry
For real man
She has perfect pitch. I'm jealous.
@@daoyang223 Me too but let's be clear. That is not the source of her superb musicality.
@@martifingers no not at all but I bet it makes it easier for her to pick up a song like during a jam.
As for me. Am dumb dumb and ive played guitar for 12 years
I always love when Rob swaps instruments with the masters. Nobody is afraid too much of messing up with the other person's instrument, because it's pure play and discovery for everyone.
My grandmother used to hum the Irish Folk Song when I was a kid; she was originally from Dublin. I have no idea what it's called but I immediately recognized it and that brought tears to my eyes.
R.I.P. Grandma
I beleive it's called The Last Rose of Summer. Celtic Woman did a version of this song
I’ve heard the song it’s name always has “Shenandoah” in it. Jerry Garcia has a beautiful version called “A Shenandoah Lullaby”.
sad...
F
Up the Ra
It's like a harp that can do bends. The Irish tune was stunning, an idiom with which I'm intimately familiar, but in an exotic Japanese voice.
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Left me teared up.
I was thinking the same, pal
Gerry James Edwards Irish Tyne sounds like Sweden C14
Your phrasing, sir! 👍🏻
I am learning Japanese and I can now mark this as the first video where I have understood stuff before it's translated. Feelsgoodman
Same their Japanese is much slower than what I usually study and this feels great to watch
FeelsGoodMan Clap a twitch frog?
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COOL!!
Congrats man. Feels great when the studying pays off
The moment she plays last rose of summer at 6:11 I think I felt my soul just surrender into a state of bliss. Such a glorious sound.
I knew I recognized it! I heard a familiar tune and thought "Hold up, I think I heard this in Endless Ocean Blue World." and had to look the soundtrack back up to be sure.
Omg when Ms. Tokiko gets on the guitar: that's why I love going to the Musical Instrument Museum. In the Experience Gallery, strangers will sit down and start playing an instrument, and other people will hear something they like and start playing along with them. Nobody is an expert, all newcomers, they make very simple music but with enormous emotional effect.
In Phoenix? That sounds like something fantastic to go to.
@@forbesjeff I go at least twice a year! 😁 Rob did some videos there recently, you should watch them.
The lady with the harp is a real musician.
The Irish piece she played was written by a blind Irish harpist who traveled Ireland writing songs dedicated to those who would host him. His name was Turlough o Carolan for those interested in listening to his beautiful music. He basically laid the foundation for all Irish music.
what is the name of the song ?
@@mln9215 Rob upload the music on the second channel, and there the name,i just forgot :v
@@mln9215 Someone else said it was "The Last Rose of Summer".
@@NitroNinja324 That's correct
@@NitroNinja324 indeed it is, lovely traditional piece
I love how two people who speak completely different languages can improvise and play beautiful music together. Shows just how universal music really is.
It truly is amazing how music brings people together
It really is universal. Doesnt matter what language you speak, notes are still same!
True harmony.
I call music the great unifier. It touches a part of our brains where basic memories reside.
@@kamelhaj6850it truly makes humanity a beautiful thing
The koto and guitar combo is so dreamy.
It absolutely does, something about the combo is absolutely mesmerizing, downright beautiful
21:16 - the feels explosion is real. You could tell she gets more comfortable throughout the entire video and you could also clearly see that she was really capable to understand what most of Rob was saying, but was too shy about her english capability to respond. I don't know how much convincing it took from "nope" after the cut to she actually holding the guitar, but what is ever so worth it. Thank you very much Rob. This and the first video of the Theorbe was such a sweet, wonderful experience. Simply opening up and let the curiosity get the better of oneself is always a journey worth taking :)
having fun makes people connect easier.
I'm not that far in yet, but when the translator said that "this is a Sakura-Cherry Blossom" near the beginning and launched into it I legit started to choke up a bit. Incredible stuff.
@@HearthVader The enthusiasm with which the translator shows the guitar chords to play together with Rob is like... man... warm, fuzzy chills :)
Fun fact: koto is inspired by Chinese instrument guzheng
Which is why they look similar and sound similar
Alternative title: Rob Scallon continues his quest to convert every string instrument player to guitar.
"Oh like a slap bass?" Immediately understands the concept
She was so adorable while trying the guitar!
As someone who learned violin, you don't have to try that hard to convert me. The only thing stopping me is the learning curve.
@@Kimmie6772 it’s not that bad to be honest, I started on Violin when I was six and guitar when I was 10. It was a lot easier learning guitar because I already had relative pitch, flexible fingers and good coordination. Violin prepares you really well for guitar.
Davie504 wants to know your location!
Of course she has perfect pitch. That was incredible how quickly she could change the entire tuning system.
Gunnar Molstad also anyone who knows their instruments intimately like her will always have an easier time tuning! If you know what you’re listening for, it’s much easier to tune. I don’t have perfect pitch and admittedly it’s probably not exactly at A=440 but I trust that I can get a six string guitar in consistent tuning with itself pretty easily without a tuner, and I think a lot of people can!
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Perfect pitch can be learned, you have to practice a lot and almost digest the note you’re wanting so you can hum or hear it in your head
@@darkma1ice It's worlds easier if you start young though. Extremely tough to learn perfect pitch as an adult.
@@WLxMusic you can't learn perfect pitch as an adult, you can get incredibly developed relative pitch but it is physically impossible to learn perfect pitch past a certain age.
Incredible mastery! She was so sweet when she said she had perfect pitch, almost bowing in excuse for having the audacity to say it
It’s a rare gift. Plenty of musicians don’t believe you can sing a natural G to tune a group by without use of another steady state instrument or pitch reed.
she's incredible, I don't think most people realize it because she acts so humble. At the end when he was playing on the guitar, she was matching him note for note and not even looking at the strings.
its a rare gift, and most musician I have seen understands the privilege it is. My younger sister has perfect pitch and its mostly us family member who boast about it to others like I am doing right now lol. I have rarely seen her mentioning it unless needed.
There's something fascinating and sublime hearing something like an Irish folk song played on a traditional Japanese instrument.
I knew, I have heard it before! what was it?
@@caesarsalad9288 The tune is "Aisling an Óigfhear", or "The Young Man's Dream" but is more often sung with lyrics from Thomas Moore's poem, "The Last Rose of Summer"
I wanna learn to play mariachi in a banjo and now I want to learn it on this...
I've played Swallowtail Jig on my kokyu...
It didn't sound great.
Here in the states and Canada we know it as oh Shenandoah
(Unless they're completely unrelated and just have similar phrasing)
Prestigious koto families have their members practice all their lives, she basically lives and breathes music.
When she picks up the guitar and makes a clear strum, you can see in her face how much it means for her, how much music makes her feel, its incredible to see the reactions of someone who basically lives to play make a clear sound on a different instrument, specially considering how important clarity is in koto playing.
Neat, thanks for sharing!
So people like that isn’t just in anime
@@hoynjoy yes ya wanka
Oh, like with Mozart! Only, she's most likely eons more mature.
r/im14andthatsdeep
I really appreciate the amount of jamming you guys did in this video. It sounds so good
Thanks! Yea ended up doing a lot more jamming while filming this time around. Usually we don't have a ton of time for that extra stuff with these types of videos.
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I was gonna like but this got 666 likes already
We're at 720 like now, so feel free! Lol There's at least 666 in there if you ignore the last 54 likes
Very relaxing
I love the gentle and giving connection that each artist he collabs with engages with him in. You can see them watching each other so carefully and respectfully, working to follow and make something special together. It’s really powerful, playful, and lovely, every time.
It's genuinely heartwarming to see two people who speak different languages, from different cultures to simultaneously smile when the right note is played. Music, universal language of the soul.
It’s the original language of the right hemisphere, language is an abstraction and representation of the world that enables the grasping and manipulation of the external and conceptual world.
Music is the older brother of language, and its purpose is create and directly communicate experience as opposed to abstractions of experience.
Before we were the speaking ape, we were the singing ape.
Connecting to music and each other is a lost art that bemuses and challenges many who are often stuck in a world of abstracted words and systems. Bemuses the left hemisphere, but it’s completely natural to those who are more right hemisphere inclined.
@@xyzyzx1253 what do you mean by right hemisphere inclined?
@@phat111 Creatively inclined. Music, art, literature. Left hemisphere is more analytical. Problem solving, technical skills etc.
@@stephenmartin2332 ah never heard that analogy before. Thanks
I was really thinking the same right now watching these two. Even though there was a translator, once the playing starting they were speaking to eacher perfectly and like dude I found myself smiling at the end when they were nusy jammin kinda
I love how when they both started playing their instruments, the translator was no longer needed. They were communicating the language which all musicians understand. Just beautiful and wonderful...
such an instance makes me think of the creation of jazz out of the slave trade; the one good thing that couldve ever happened stemming from not being able to understand the vast array of people brought over lead to the necessity to communicate somehow and thus jazz was born
It’s actually a Daoist principle that kindred spirits communicate like this.
The moment you both started making music at once, the language barrier dissipated and the emotional response was instant. This is why music and art are so special. Loved this video, so much
Through the whole video, they do a lot of communication through music, and usually more clearly than through spoken language.
Had the same response. They were communicating in a different language and understood each other
Absolutely agree, was smiling all the way through
BRAAAAAAAAAAAAP
they felt in love in that moment i think....it was beautyful
Rob constantly astounds me with his versatility. He can sit down and play music on any instrument he encounters. Amazing.
This is one of the things music is about : sharing. I love how she tries to help you, and vice versa. I love how you play along together whether you are both on your own instrument, or not. I love how you are both enlightened by the discovery of new sounds, and the capability of reproducing them. It was beautiful!
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It is, what I believe, what music is all about. The sharing gives it meaning. It is meant to be heard with different people.
This is one beautiful sounding instrument.
When she just played the standard tuning, that alone gave me japanese feels lol.
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@@giuseppedemaglie that was marvelous. Instantly subbed!!
Btw, how was your left hand after playing XD
Your profile pic is misleading
But why you angry bro? Why you angry?
That's my secret captain, I'm always angry.
Besides the both, the translator did a good job, she shows good involvement in to the scene rather than just sounding like a monotonous repeating radio.. Kudos to her
She's doing a really hard job here honestly. Rob's throwing western european terminology and music theory at her and she's used to her own traditional east asian music structures. Chords, steps, vibrato, none of those exist the same way. The translator's doing a lot of on-the-fly work.
Kudos? You mean Kotos???
@@monkeylad11 The terms are labeled differently in Japanese?
@@NachozMan more like the whole theory is quite different. Japanese traditional music has more types of scales than western classical music. Also, the way they notate music is different too. They also use our western notation these days, but they have their own too. For koto especially, the traditional sheet music looks completely unintelligible to us. And even for voice, while the general idea is the same, and you could follow the gist of it, the execution is different. All the embellishments are written directly into the music, including the lyrics. If you google 民謡楽譜 you'll see what I mean.
Какой странный и интересный инструмент...
Jesus. If I ever need to show someone that music is a universal language, this is it. Very moving.
No words needed
Well they had a translator so it just contradicts your opinion
@@reapercreeper6097 the translator didn’t even say the most important musical parts
Well music is sound. Language is sound. We put meaning to specific combinations of sounds.
The moment at 4:40 is what sold it to me immediately, the fact that he communicates with her directly by strumming his guitar and she immediately knows what he’s saying is magic. The translator seemed to not recognize the word vibrato or not have a direct translation
I was literally crying when she was playing that Irish song, and I couldn't tell why, but then I realized she was playing The Last Rose of Summer, which was my mom's favorite song to play on the piano
Narokkurai I’m sorry for your loss. It was really was beautiful.
🥺
@@samdajellybeenie14 I dont beleive they ever said she died
@@squirtlett7369 she didn't, actually, but she's very sick, and well past her piano playing years. Reminded me of happier, healthier times.
Don't smoke kids. Lung disease is a slow and painful killer.
@@Narokkurai ah I'm sorry to hear that. I've had a loved one go by smoking too. Not fun stuff
Plays her first song on guitar, looks at her hand, smiling nervously: "Itai"
*the classic*
16:51 proof that Rob does not beat his meat
@@abstract0407 why did you post that as an answer to my comment
@@antrolos8542 that's the funniest fucking reply I've ever heard
We all said that... just in a different language :o)
@@ThatOneFlyYouCantKill I need answers I'm so confused
9:46, 10:34 The definition of "music transcends language"
21:42 😫😭😫😭😫😭😫😭😫😭
Fun fact: koto is inspired by Chinese instrument guzheng
Which is why they look similar and sound similar
Literally brought me tears.
You've captured something magical here. The way that music bridges cultural and language barriers to allow humans to communicate, as one, is incredible and beautiful and breathtaking.
Yes i agree
Exactly my thoughts. Just looking the smile on their faces while playing even if they doesn't speak the same language... Magic.
Still needed an interpreter lol
Since music is a universal language.....it knows no boundaries.
I need this to be the absolute top comment
She was visibly upset at how slightly out of tune his G string was. True perfect pitch right there.
its microtonal isnt it?
Timestamp please?
@@cheesecakelasagna first time he has the aucoustic out
And how she casually just fixes her own tuning mid peice near the beginning of the irish tune
TheLousyZoot p
I just realized, Rob said s trying to learn all the instruments to become more powerful than Andrew Huang
oh SHIT!
Shh
@andrew huang
@@925RRG no dont
You do realize that does nothing.
Her fascination with the guitar is so awesome! She was so happy to play those chords!
Two people playing music together and the World feels allright for a few minutes.
MC LAINE hell yeah
MC LAINE music will bring the world together
Really wholesome video.
What a beautiful comment I’m gonna steal it
Aaaaand that's why I'm a musician.
This was adorable tbh, especially when she got a little shy when it came to playing guitar. She did a fantastic job, both her and Rob had a rough idea of what they were doing and still managed to jam!
Can we just take a second to notice that they don’t speak the same language but they play together so well, I find this to be extremely wholesome.
This shows off the power of music so well. It's truly a universal language.
Music is a universal language.
I would call it a Lingua franca, a dialect everyone understands
She managed to play those chords on the guitar very well for someone who never tried pressing strings like that. I know she pushes them down on the Koto and probably understands what it takes to get a decent sound on the guitar, but it's still impressive considering most people's fingers cave in and they complain about the string digging into their fingertips.
I love how they have no idea of what each other are saying, and when they start playing the music , it's like they speak the same language. Music is amazing
i ain't no professional or expert
but when your body gives you goosebumps you know its real
Or when you have an ear.
ok
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that's the good of music, you don't need to be a musician to feel something
Maybe it means your about to sneeze.
To see her light up when SHE started playing the guiter is so heartwarming. Thank you Rob for showing us the world through music.
What a guiter?
I play a guitar, idk if it’s similar or different or even spelt *wrong* but yea.
@@scsi2707 yeah sorry typo. I meant guitar lol
borderline started crying
The second song she played really moved me. Wow, so beautiful.
That’s the power of The Last Rose of Summer.
it was so wholesome when the Japanese woman who played the koto started playing the guitar, she looked so happy.
i would even say cute
she is a very talented musician, plays more than the koto
Mhm.
They are cool people.
Rob, educating us on instruments of the world by being educated himself
I love it
10/10 quality content!
Absolutely !!!!
Holy Music , I really enjoyed this video !!!!
I'm gonna google for the price , I must know !!!!
Thank You Rob 😊👌
beats cranking on people more talented because IG clips lol
reminds me of gordon ramsay
Overwhelming. You know, i think this goes far beyond "entertainment", the way these two are jamming in 2 different instruments, not even speaking the same language. Just proves that music is an universal tongue... This enriches the culture of humanity as whole.
I LOVED IT
I loved that! I learned to sing the traditional song in Japanese about 60 years ago in elementary school and actually remembered and sang along as she played. Awesome choice of instruments. Thanks.
I loved seeing two people who are incredible at their respective instruments switch and jam on instruments they know nothing about. That kind of wholesome camaraderie is what I like about this series of videos.
actually got me to tear up and giggle when she was so excited to be playing, it was so pure :')
@@Itheil I agree. It's always good to see someone love doing something that much.
I love how every time Rob tries out a new instrument, he immediately plays it in a totally different way than the traditional style of the expert
11:31 though they don’t speak each others languages directly there is still that “music sounds good in every language” smile and I love it
Music is the universal language.
I return to this video once every few months, it's honestly one of my favourites that Rob has done. The Koto is such a beautiful instrument, Tokiko plays it so incredibly well. It's always fun to see two musicians discover each other's instruments and see those moments of joy.
This made me truly believe that music can make anyone happy no matter the language barrier,race etc it was so wonderful to see something like this thank you rob
aadil kasmani music is a universal language
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Dark Devil 366 usually i hate spam comments but since it was good i’ll let it slide
Agreed. Amazing! So happy and not shy at all. Beautiful! Thanks!
Rob: I love music
Someone: If you love music so much play EVERY instrument
Rob: Okay
He will play every stringed instrument... I will stay alive until I see it happen.
in case anyone is wondering, the first tuning she plays in is known as the "Japanese scale" in west. the formula for building it is R b2 4 5 b6 so it's a pentatonic scale. for example in C it would be: C Db F G Ab. it has a really mysterious and ethereal vibe to it so if you're interested in exotic sounds it's a great scale for you.
Good info. I've played guitar for years but never took the time to learn music theory and scales. I just started learning the theory and love this sound.
Billy Bob I can’t take your comment seriously with the name of the scale lol
This scale is called Raag Gunkali in Indian classical music!
Billy Bob lol just play the scale on any instrument and you’ll see that mine sounds exactly like the koto and you just spelled a minor7 arpeggio, assuming that by 7 you mean b7 cause if you didn’t that would mean you don’t know the first thing about music because a “b8” is the same thing as the 7th. Unless you have a completely different understanding of what the twelve notes are and how the major scale is built which is quite unlikely seeing that you have an American/English name.
@Billy Bob Kindly do not be so arrogant as to dismiss what @Shahriar Temoorinia said as incorrect just because you don't understand the terminology.
The scale
C, Db, F, G, Ab, C as he said is completely accurate
In other words
Tonic, Flat 2nd, Natural 4th, Natural 5th, Flat 6th, Tonic (Upper octave)
my puppy just died a few days ago and you put the biggest smile i could feel on my face ever since. thank you. how beautiful to transcend language, by the end to watch your and her together made me so happy.
That Irish folk one was great. My family is Irish and I love Japanese culture and that instrument is so beautiful
Do you know what the song is? It’s beautiful and I want to look it up
@@tylergayheart3265 It's called 'The last rose of summer'
@@JamesJones-wd8or pure legend! Thank you for your research! As soon as i heard it start playing, my body pulled a hedgehog and had chills the entire time- it's just so beautiful even by a koto..
@@JamesJones-wd8or God, that was bugging me cause I recognized the melody instantly. Thank you!
Glad to see people are enjoying a traditional Irish song, especially performed on such a beautiful instrument such as the koto.
Rob, dude, when she was setting up, and moving the bridge/tuners, the grin on your face, the excitement for music is why i subscribe
Once she played the guitar the chemistry was way different. She immediately understood how the guitar worked so they're second session was like butter haha
What!? When did this happen?
@iKlinja at 21:01 she starts to play
Wow she nailed that chords on the guitar on first being shown, I think once your proficient on one string instrument you can learn quicker on another. Great how to played together at the end 👍
Her reaction when playing guitar: “itai” (it hurts)
Rob: laughs and continues to make her play more chords
LMAO
where was that in the vid?
nvm i found it lol
22:00
When I started playing the guitar I was so excited I didn't care about the pain, and my fingers were like blueish at the tips, but then my stupid ass broke the guitar, and here I am being jealous to everyone who has a guitar
That second piece is an Irish traditional tune accompanied by a poem, The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore published in 1813. Written in a period in Irish History where our culture was being marginalized and erased by England during the penal law era, not much of our music survived from these times as it was a punishable offence to be caught playing our traditional styles. It's so wonderful to hear on a Japanese instrument some 200 years on. What a beautiful rendition.
Thats horrible. Really wish the education in America told true world history. That's such a sad thing to hear. The loss of musical culture is always saddening.
@@rampagent9226 I used to think the "this machine kills fascists" stickers were pretentious, then one day I realized that was a really stupid opinion to hold because I let my pessimism underestimate the power of music. Sounds corny, but it's true.
@@Bradlyeon where do you see these stickers? What are you asking about?
Oceann McCormack As a British lad I apologise for the shit our country gave you, at least we're good now :D
@@rampagent9226 it's referring to Woody Guthrie, check out this article talking about him
ushistoryscene.com/article/woody-guthrie/
It’s so wild seeing the translator sort of struggle to describe some concepts he asks about, but then then the moment he demonstrates on the guitar what he means, or she figures it out in her own and does it on the koto, and they both go “Yes! Yes that!” Total understanding.
Forget language, _music_ is the universal tool of communication in my opinion.
In terms of emotions definitely. Music is emotion conveyed over time and it’s universal.
@@RustyMTB agreed.
Yeah true ordering your ramen with a guitar though lol.
@@renemejias2986 lmao i know it's a joke but he means that anyone can understand it :>
Nah man, math is the universal tool of communication.
The second piece she played literally made me tear up. It was so beautiful.
Fun fact: koto is inspired by Chinese instrument guzheng
Which is why they look similar and sound similar
I would pay real money for an entire album of koto and guitar duets based solely off your playing together. Fantastic sounds.
i would pay monopoly money if i could.
Yes!!!!
True
Her 2nd song is 'The Last Rose of Summer' which has been a traditional Irish tune since the early 1800's and based on a poem by Thomas Moore. (and a long favorite of mine since I heard it sung by the late Elizabeth Parcells.)
Thanks for that. I felt like it was something I had heard before, but the closest thing I could think of was maybe Fields of Gold by Sting. It was obviously not that, but it kept coming back to a motif that might have been quoted in that song.
This may sound kinda weird, but at first I thought it might've been a variation on "Orphan's Lament" by Robbie Basho.
Thanks for the info man!
Arigato! I'm almost certain I've heard it before, but thanks to you I'll also be hearing it more often from now on.
Yes I was thinking of that!! I can play this bazouki and I was wondering why it sounded so familiar
Guitar: Compromised temperament
Piano: Equal temperament
Koto: I mean i just slide the neck till its sounds nice okay
@Anthony Ouellet my bad
except she has perfect pitch. As for me, I'd probably slide it all day until I get it to sound like Nothing else matters by Metallica no joke.
But it can be useful to microtonal music
Guitar is equal temperament
Petter Houting It tries to be equal temperament but fails miserably every other fret
The catapillar reference was so wholesome that I almost started crying, this was so beautiful to watch
I know its probably not convenient to have both the musician and the translator but PLEASE have her back and other musicians from different nationalities. So so cool
You know what that means.
KOTO METAL
KOTO DJENT
Blue Blaze ruclips.net/video/Z-hOn8o7qCs/видео.html
LMAO
YEAH
There's a band called Wagakki Band and they are kinda popular for this kind of genre
Rob: So, how many standard tunings has that instrument?
Tokiko: Yes.
*はい
There is no channel on RUclips that captures the love of making music better than yours, Rob.
the koto and guitar actually sound really well together, I'd love to hear a song made with both of them
Listen to Wagakki Band, they mix the koto and other traditional Japanese instruments with rock music instruments. It's sick.
Look up darude sandstorm
Look for performances by Aki and Kuniko
If I could afford a koto I would
Consider also the jazz band Hiroshima. I once mixed sound for one of their concerts; very cool group.
Hearing Rob and Tokiko play together makes me really miss playing music with my friends, lockdown sucks. Music is such a great thing, no language barrier, just feeling.
i miss doing band practices and just jamming with band mates, although that band existed for a short while only.
Live your life. Don't waste it away being afraid. Your government is lying to you.
For those who wants to know, the Irish song she's playing is called "Tis The Last Rose Of Summer". A beautiful piece that you can also hear in the absolutly fantastic movie "3 Billboards"sang by Renee Fleming.
Anyways, thanks Rob for sharing this wonderful video.
Thanks
I learned that song on fiddle, love it
It has almost the same vibe as fairytale of new york
Caleb Warnock its the same song im p sure
That is a great song I played it in school lol
Words can’t express how much joy and happiness I got from watching this video. Moments like these are the best part about being a musician.
I think it’s incredible that the translator didn’t know what “vibrato” meant but they were able to communicate it to each other fluently by playing.
What do you mean? What a dumb comment lol. If someone doesn’t know what a banana is, but you show them a banana while saying “banana”, they’ll catch on very quickly...
@@euomu ^this guy eats soap^
@@jimmyfranklin he's just uncultured.
but she know what "vibrato" is tho?
@@euomu to spell it out for you really clearly, the point is that music is a universal language, thus something you could argue is intrinsically wholesome about humanity.
The way Rob can just sit down and masterfully play an instrument he's presumably never even seen in person before and make instruments out of yard tools makes me think Rob made a deal with some sort of demon to literally make music on anything he can put his hands on.
That's called mastery, my dear friend. Knowing music by theory can get to an extension in wich you can play stuff just by paying attention to the scales, and other stuff. Music and art are universal languages. That doesn't make it less impressive though, you have to be experienced and dedicated to be able to do that
@Nim Boo natural talent isn't a thing, no one is born knowing how to do or play something, its all practice and determination
Every instrument you learn makes every additional one easier, especially in the same family. This is a stringed instrument (like guitar and bass that he already plays) and only comes in 1 tuning with no fretting. If there was an easy instrument for him to pick up, it'd be this one.
As he mentioned in the video, because it is tuned to a scale, every note works.
As long as you've a modicum of theory, you should be able to make something that doesn't sound awful.
That being said, it's a beautiful instrument that I imagine, takes years upon years to reach the level she displays here, although Rob does a pretty good job.
he was joking come on hahah
The pure joy when she struck a solid chord on the guitar though, i melt
Right???
1:50 The koto player said 「それに近い音階を選びます」= I'm choosing a scale close to that (to the sound she heard). The translator may not have been a musician herself and didn't translate the word ONKAI 音階（which means Scale in English, such as Major, minor, pentatonic, phrygian etc) properly. She just referred it as a "tuning". The translator did a great job for the rest though. Me, as a Japanese-English bilingual musician, I just wanted to add what I've noticed.
thanks for the additional information!
Somehow I also had this doubt. Idk japanese but the conversation afterwards made me think this could be the case 😂
Fun fact: koto is inspired by Chinese instrument guzheng
Which is why they look similar and sound similar
okay but she literally retuned at 7:57 right in the middle of the song. That's impressive. And there is such a language barrier unfortunately but when they play together it's like they spoke to each other through music. Really beautiful and I'm grateful videos like this are made.
Some music played by a koto instrument are played where you need to move all those white stands all together to make the right tune while playing😅
God Christ Jesus bless you all and have a great day my broskis
I played upright bass in the orchestra in school and there were some songs that we had to drop the tuning of one of our strings in the middle of a song. Pretty uncommon, but not unheard of. (Just sharing a related story, not saying what she does isn't awesome. It totally is.)
I think she sort of understands English. She just can't speak it. I worked with many people who could do that as well.