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dont know what a koto is? me either

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ella_guru
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada1741 Posts
December 01 2012 01:40 GMT
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i truly infect myself with sound. though, all the flavors sometimes escape us. i guess i just wanted to share with you all something that pleases me, and maybe it will please you as well.





sometimes its not what someone said, but which someone said it that matters. if all we wanted was notes, a piano would probably always be the best choice.

but theres so much more to it. for whatever reason musicians are called to their instruments. the movie "hero" is brought to mind. the true masters use the instrument as an extension, not playing it in the way it was "intended" to be played but out and out doing some sort of sacred secret dance with it. a classical tip toe, something very stunning, to say the least.

it's easy to get caught up in the who's who of any genre we are used to. but their are rare type instruments, holographic as they are, waiting to be discovered. with many of these come a whole new language to listen to.

a sitar is completely unlike a guitar, though both are apparently a handful of feathers short of some sort of cruel punishment.

unlike both the sitar and guitar is -




(3:42-wow) (6:20-wow)


the koto. ko-to. roughly translates to "13 rainbows string groove machine" . if you havent heard the sounds of koto, you owe it to your ears. i know very little about this instrument. i know it sounds awesome, and the tuning is something to this effect-

[image loading]

to non musicians - thats a very strange way to tune an instrument. analogy- upholstering the seats of your BMW not with leather but with M+Ms, or like fucking skittles or something.

so the feature today isnt an artist per say , but an instrument.(though check out kazue sawai because she seems to be synonymous with this thing, and her husband played it, and her son plays it..)

so i dont know what this thing is or how it came to be. the koto just isnt in every day conversation like say, Ja Rule. but i feel include to share with you, my friends, the existence of quite possibly the coolest instrument that doubles as an ironing board.

*****
Each day gets better : )
kafkaesque
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Germany2006 Posts
December 01 2012 01:58 GMT
#2
Check out my master of puppets cover on the koto @ youtube!
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sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
December 01 2012 01:58 GMT
#3
is that the same as a guzheng?
shikata ga nai
Chef
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
December 01 2012 02:08 GMT
#4
Oh ya, I have seen this instrument played before (probably by this woman lol). It is really cool. There's something to be said for mastering such an unpopular instrument.
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sam!zdat
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5559 Posts
December 01 2012 02:11 GMT
#5
wait lol wtf is that tuning...
shikata ga nai
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
December 01 2012 02:32 GMT
#6
Oh wow I read the blog title quickly and thought it said koro.

Cool instrument and cool blog!
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Mothra
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1448 Posts
December 01 2012 03:25 GMT
#7
I had to do paper on Japanese Gagaku music for a college class... It's really an experience to listen to. I like the wind instruments especially. The Sho mouth organ is pretty wild http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shō_(instrument)
jrkirby
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1510 Posts
December 01 2012 03:35 GMT
#8
On December 01 2012 10:58 kafkaesque wrote:
Check out my master of puppets cover on the koto @ youtube!


Link please? I can't find it by searching (youtube search sucks).
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
December 01 2012 11:55 GMT
#9

this is pretty sick
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
NonFactor
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Sweden698 Posts
December 01 2012 15:49 GMT
#10
I knew what the koto was! Though it might be considered cheating because I'm in Japan right now.

On December 01 2012 10:58 sam!zdat wrote:
is that the same as a guzheng?


Yes, the instrument is based on the Chinese gu zheng.

Most people have heard the koto through this song:



(00:25 and on is what people will recognize most likely.)

Lovely instrument!
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