Kono oto tomare brought me here! I'm going to start playing the koto because of the anime. The last time I was so fascinated by an instrument was when I watched La corda doro primo passo when i was 8. I started playing the violin due to that anime and now its been 10 years with several performances, awards and certificates. Music genre Anime has a way with fascinating people. I swear
from a technical standpoint this instrument is really interesting because it appears she is fluctuating the tension of the string as she i playing it from the other side of a movable bridge to give the note vibrato. i also saw her adjusting the bridge piece on a string she was playing as she was plucking it. It looks quite complex to a guitar player
+Andrew Morris ya you use the other side of the bridge for vibrato or also for higher notes.. can bend for half step or full step note. In Sakura you have a part in the middle where you adjust the tuning of some strings while you play (though you don't play the string on which you move the bridge even though it may seem so, else the note would sound off..) in the end parts you readjust them again. it is quite hard at first so beginners use marks on the string at first for both tuning so they know where to move to till you get used to it
@@LudwigLaborda remember the koto and its strings are much longer than a guitar so you can get away with a bit of slop in how hard you press before it becomes very noticeable to the ear
me watching this after seeing an anime. 💜 wow... the anime wasn't exaggerating... this is such a beautiful instrument and when someone plays it with such skill and talent, it's truly mesmerizing... wow... 😍
In Kono oto Tomare , our four guys i mean Chika, Sane, Mittsu and Kouta when they learned first time Sakura, Sakura i laughed really a lot especially "Go wilt, Sakuraa!!"🤣🤣
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I hope I can learn to play this too, the sounds it make is so fascinating. After watching kono oto tomare, watching them playing it always give me goosebumps.
I wonder how a koto player can be so calm and play it correctly without any metronome or sequencer, altough she is read a partitur, amazing. I love japan.
Ohhh :p Morgan Woodward damn it, "I" and "ri" look a little similar, so my mistake :l I am doing my best learning hiragana though, but some characters look alike, and I mix them up a lot...
Kawaii geek One thing to remember is that "I" has a small space between it. "ri" can be written with a small line, then a long straight one, with a small curve at the bottom (on the long line) Or the way I posted before. Hiragana is actually pretty easy. Katakana is where I had the most trouble. XD
+Adelina Graichen Each of the countries instruments (Koto in Japan, Gayageum in Korea, Guzehng in China and more) have different techniques and sounds from each other. It's the cultural difference that time has created. After all, each of the countries have quite a long history behind them, the sound of even the similar instruments sounds drastically different.
