The Yukyu: A Japanese Keyed Violin 

Yes. Atleast one person has.

agree, it stopped me to keep watching

That's partly because of the heavy and always present music at same volume instead of under. If you are demoing music then don't have any other in the demo. It's a demo not an ad with all their obnoxiousness, a "production" thanks MTV.

And irritating!

Ah, yes! Definitely! Taishōgotos in general, especially the acoustic soprano kind, mimic the sound of the koto! Maybe it's just my ear, but I feel there's something a little uncanny about the yukyu's plucking in particular that I can't 100% nail down, though, aha. It also sounds a little like a shamisen to me. 👀

@@BenElliottSound I def hear shamizen there, too!

Nyckelharpa is my favorite of the family, with hurdy-gurdy in second place. Combined with traditional songs from Scandinavia and Northern Europe, it makes for some haunting melodies. When you mentioned Shahi Baaja, I remembered the Punjabi sarod, which I always liked the sound of. Nobody tried putting buttons on the Sarod for a "sarodi-gurdi" 😆 - probably because it'd would take away the ability to play microtonally.

He mentioned the Nyckelharpa about a minute into the video.

The Shahi baaja is an electrified version of the bubul tarang, which was derived from the Japanese taishogoto, invented in 1912 by Goro Morita. The earliest keyed instrument like this was probably the organistrum, developed in Europe around the 10th or 11th century, although it had a rosined wheel, not a bow.

​@@bverackabut don't fret, there is probably someone on earth who can make such microtonic

@@iggypeters5564 Definitely!

Thanks so much, Rish! Wanted to show people this instrument, since I don't think there's a lot of coverage on it, ahaha. 😅

Ah, thank you! Yeah, bowing unfortunately isn't 100% my wheelhouse, since I started more with keyboards, so everything with this instrument has been a huge learning experience, ahaha. 😅

Ah, thank you, Bert! Just wanted to get some info out there on the instrument, ahah. Glad you liked the tune! A little medieval style thing, since it worked best for playing the instrument without vibrato, lol.

Thank ya very, very much, Adri! You're the coolest. 😁

Exactly!

Oh gosh, thank you, Pan-Pan! There's very little information on this instrument online, so I figured I might as well make a silly little video on it, so more people can potentially know about it, aha. 😅

Thank ya very, very much for watching! 😁 Yeah, the yukyu's really cool! Hoping a few more people can learn about it just sort of, existing, lol. 😅

@@BenElliottSound would you know what strings go on it, and what key would you tune them to

Please don't watch it if you don't like it.

@@svisvisvisvisvi I didn’t.

How childish of you, to make such a comment. Makes you sound shallow.

we didn't @@AClassOldie

I couldn't watch it even though the subject is interesting to me. That intonation, changing the speed and pitch several times in a sentence is unbearable.

You don't have to say that. It's rude.

Your comment makes you look foolish, rather than clever. Grow up.

​@@svisvisvisvisviI mean I can definitely see his point. But he should've used a bit of tact

To the dude who made this video: I have watched more RU-vid than most people, because I started earlier. I hardly make any comments, but this could be a life changing moment for you, I sincerely hope so, for your sake. You obviously have interests, technical knowledge and are developing skills. These are good things. Please note: I have never, ever commented about a RU-vidr’s personality. Right now you’re being fake. It’s not working, and only people who don’t speak English as a first language may not realise just how grievously, intensely annoying it is. If you were born in an earlier era, this disingenuous behaviour would likely incite actual violence, which - oddly - may have helped you. As would being smacked by your parents. Or even having an older male sibling may have helped. Were you home schooled? Obviously from your young age, you were brought up in a time whereby bullying was outlawed, which has allowed you to develop your personality unabated and uncorrected, so it may be very hard for you to now develop the resilience necessary to have the guts to be your true self. But I hope you do, because right now you’re being disrespectful of the whole world. If you truly think you’re boring (which might be true) then bloody-well own it. If you are boring, that’s a million times better than feigning a personality that belongs to someone else. Quit trying to be someone else. Forget about other RU-vid personalities. Have the guts to be yourself. If you do, YOU will be proud of yourself and nothing is better than that. Also mature people will respect you for that. It’s not easy, but you can do it. Moreover it’s worth it. And if I can help you (for free), I will.

He’s probably autistic or something

Thank you very much for watching! 😃

He probably mentioned it for the edification of keyboard players, who are unused to such phenomena.

Thank you very much!

This comment is so accurate lmao

The end song was actually very nice.