In Japan, there are several traditional musical instruments that are popular, and are used by modern players. I was recently learning about them.
One is the shamisen, a banjo-like stringed instrument with a very long neck that is played either using a "bachi" (looks kind of like a spatula) or plucked. It has only three strings.
Then there is the koto-- the names for different parts to this instrument all refer to it being a "dragon." Well, it IS long, like a dragon. . . about 6 feet long. It's made from hollowed out wood, and has 13 strings raised above it lengthwise, supported by bridges. The strings are plucked with special finger picks.
One is the shamisen, a banjo-like stringed instrument with a very long neck that is played either using a "bachi" (looks kind of like a spatula) or plucked. It has only three strings.
Then there is the koto-- the names for different parts to this instrument all refer to it being a "dragon." Well, it IS long, like a dragon. . . about 6 feet long. It's made from hollowed out wood, and has 13 strings raised above it lengthwise, supported by bridges. The strings are plucked with special finger picks.
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Other traditional Japanese instruments are bamboo flutes (some of these are blown through an end-- like a recorder, Irish tin whistle, etc.) and various drums.
All of these are being played in this very interesting piece of music, "Bad Apple!!" by formal musicians on a traditional stage. The arrangement of this Japanese pop song is by Yorihide Fukushima.
See Video Here
"Bad Apple!!" is a musical piece composed for a video game created by gamemaker ZUN, in Japan. It was in the game Lotus Land Story. The song became extremely popular when Japanese pop singer Nomico performed and recorded it in 2007.
All of these are being played in this very interesting piece of music, "Bad Apple!!" by formal musicians on a traditional stage. The arrangement of this Japanese pop song is by Yorihide Fukushima.
See Video Here
"Bad Apple!!" is a musical piece composed for a video game created by gamemaker ZUN, in Japan. It was in the game Lotus Land Story. The song became extremely popular when Japanese pop singer Nomico performed and recorded it in 2007.
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Also, just because it is so awesome to watch, I'd like to share another video of this same song. It is done in black and white 3-D silhouette art (by Anira, in Japan), and went viral when it was released in 2009-- maybe you've already seen it (10 million people did, a few years ago). It's on YouTube, here.
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