Wagakki Band - Homura + Akatsuki no Ito (Live) reaction | Metal Musician Reacts 

The "violin thing""is a Japanese Shamisen and the good picks as it were start at around $2000 you should remember the instrument from Band Maids Secret Maiko Lips its the same as Misa was holding in the beginning

Asa's bass tone is so delicious. Beni Shredding with the Shamisen is so rock-and-roll. So much talent in this band. Yuko has one of the best voices in Japan. I so desperately want to go to one of their gigs. it'll be one hell of a show. - This is a real grand finale show-stopper. Glad you liked it champ. :)

This is rapidly becoming one of my favorite bands. I love the fusion between traditional and modern. It's awesome that they honor their centuries old traditions, but then blend it with modern instruments and techniques. I don't know of any band that does this fusion so seamlessly. Can't get enough of them.

*BROOO* Of all these reaction videos, you are the only one I've seen to acknowledge that guitarist tapping and singing at the same time. Nobody .. nobody seems to know how impossible it is. Subscribed! PLUS: I got myself a custom-made fretless acoustic guitar. It took me almost a year of practicing to finally learn that I still suck :D

I loved this reaction!!! You catch so many elements in this performance and knowing the words, or not, you make it interesting!

That instrument which Beni Ninagava plays is shamisen and for playing it, player uses a plectrum called bachi

Beni is a virtuoso shamisen player, one of the best there is. Legend has it that when the band was forming, she got wind of it, informed them she was joining and they were like, 'k. Dunno if it's true but it's a great story.

The thing is, all of them are master-level musicians, virtuosos in their own craft. The flute (Shakuhachi) guy is a teacher of the said instrument in universities across Japan, then the vocalist (Yuko Suzuhana) is a certified teacher of Shigin (Ancient Japanese way of reciting poems, which she also incorporates in her singing style). And some of them used to represent Japan on worldwide cultural exchange programs. The bassist, dude named Asa (Yeap, he's a dude) is also a producer for Vocaloid, which they also covered some of their songs during their first years as a band.

About the traditional drums ... they come in various sizes, up to 5 or 6 feet across, often played in ensembles, or Taiko. One of the first world-touring groups was the Kodo Drummers -- I remember seeing/hearing/feeling them at Toronto's Massey Hall, one of the last great wood-built orchestral spaces, and the entire building throbbed. There's a Kodo video from last year which shows many shapes & sizes of drums, and will rumble your blood. The U-tube title is "Zoku" Full Version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-heglVG83scA.html

Yes!! You've touched on the genius of the guitarist/backing vocalist Machiya. Very few reviewers have actually pointed out that he's tapping and singing harmony at the same time. Another thing about him and his genius: count how many frets he's got on his guitar. The fact that his guitar is longer than the standard guitar and uses his customized capo.... That should be patented. Maybe it is.

Cool!. Excellent video Champ. Only in Japan! This is one of the bands on the waiting list to see it live. It must be amazing!

Homura (焔) means Flame. You don't need me to explain to you how much "fire" that instrumental half was. This has nothing to do with Demon Slayer's Homura (炎) which also means flame.

Both Beni and Yuko have their own channels. Yuko does piano and vocal tutorials and Beni mostly does stuff about food. Beni has done everything from cooking to bungee jumping. Yuko is a brilliant musician, not "just" a vocalist.

Every member of that band are considered masters of the instruments especially the traditional ones and of Yuko with her singing

By the way, they are barely known in the U.S. but in Japan they are as big as Babymetal.

Those drums, they rumble, for those standing there in front of the stage, they don't just listen, they feel it hits,

They are unique on their own. There have been many attempts to combine traditional music with western music of course but not many are successful.

"Homura" is from the guitarist Machiya' solo album, before the forming of the band. The original starts slow and doesn't contain shamisen solo. They play both versions along with many more instrumentals. Every major tour/ live show they introduce new instrument combination. They did anime, movies, series, games music too. Other acts combining traditional instruments: Yoshida brothers (probably the most famous one, shamisen duo) Hanafugetsu (pre-Wagakki band, that is still active. Founder of both bands Yuko (vo. and piano), koto player Kiyoshi and shakuhachi player Daisuke) Rin' (disbanned sadly, but very good) GYZE (metal band that uses some traditional insrtuments, not regularly i think) CrowXclass (visual kei, side band of the wadaiko player Kurona, along with shakuhachi and koto player of Wagakki band, and a shamisen player that would be in Wagakki now, if Beni (current shakuhachi player) didn't show up) Kagrra (visual kei band) Sakura men There could be more, but i can honestly say that Wagakiband are the best, certainly the most versatile one. They also top the pop charts, even though being too rock and too traditional for that.

Hi Champ!! at 9:45 the scale you are wondering... Believe it or not it is Pentatonic Scale (D minor pentatonic). You can find the exact note on the "pentatonic block shape" 10th fret on your guitar. Pentatonic scales are very often used in "Enka" or other Japanese traditional songs.

I fell in love with this band, as soon as Beni started her shamisen solo.🥰😍🥰

Great reaction But this has nothing to do with Lisa's Homura deamon slayer song lol, this one is their own original song, Homura is a live instrumental song, Akatsuki no Ito is a song part of their 2015 album "Yasou emaki"

So that second drum set is the first traditionnal instrument you hear here, it's called Taiko. The sound of these drums is incredible, I was lucky enough to attend a live, private Taiko concert for my friend's wedding, the sound litterally punches you in the chest, it is incredible. The japanese guitar (banjo-like) is called the Shamisen (The player, Beni, is not the singer). What she holds in her right hand is the pick, called a Bachi. Historically they played with a fan, but with time they developped a fan-shapped pick. fun fact: a Bachi is EXCESSIVELY expensive. Like... it's insane... As in... this is the sole reason why I don't own a Shamisen... The horizontal harp is a Koto The bamboo flute is a Shakuhachi The signers's (Yuko) type of singing is called Shigin, and is a traditionnal way of reciting poetry.

Wagakki Band is one of the best and most unique bands you will ever hear. Also, it is impossible not to fall in love with Yuko Suzuhana's singing. She is the best female Japanese vocalist I have listened to, and I have listened to a lot of them. No other can quite match the beauty of her voice, combined with her power, range, and total control over it.

Beni Beni Beni!

Shakuhachi = 8-hole flute. Shigin = Japanese/Chinese poem recitation, set to music. Wagakki = Traditional Japanese instruments.

The "off kilter" notes between the notes are an inherent part of the Japanese (and I believe Asian in general) musical scale. They have twice the notes in an octave as western scales do. Occasionally I hear passages in some Japanese rock tunes where they bend notes unusually precisely to land exactly... there. And it lends a touch of traditional Japanese flavor to an otherwise western sounding song. Subtle.

You def would enjoy Gyze. I read somewhere Japan is the new town for heavy metal

...and then, Beni steps up with her tsugaru shamisen and everything changes. Imagine playing a 3-string banjo with a cake spatula for your pick. LOL

Yuko Suzuhana The founder of the band uses an ancient singing technique called Shigin, used to tell poems and short stories. Beni at the Shamisen said in an interview that she did not like playing Homura, because she has to play so fast that her arm gets numb. Machiya The guitarist is responsible for arrangements and writes at least 50% of the songs. Check out "Hotarubi" from Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2

The guitar in Homura at the start reminds me a bit of Eric Johnson and Cliffs of Dover.

A performance that can easily be called a work of art, with every single band member contributing. 🔥🤘🏻 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 「 'Our rock never dies ever. Forever!' 」- from BAND-MAID 'Manners' 🕊️

Actually there are markers on the edge of the Shamisen neck instead of frets for the player to key on for sound. It's one reason Beni is almost always looking down. I have read that Machiya, the guitarist wrote Humora before the band formed for a different project.

There is a group the sakura men that do a similar thing with the traditional instruments. They do a good cover of X-Japan's Kurenai.

u can hear those giant drums in recorded song

It's a shamisen. It's like a banjo. It only has three strings. The plectrum is called a bachi. To me it looks like a windshield scraper. =)

And the costumes... Wow!

They were all studio musicians in Japan that the lead singer got together.

Beni is an acknowledged master of the Shamisen. She will have at least 4 of them for a concert each in a different tune. She is supported by a "tech" who will retune the Shamisen as needed. Yuko (singer) was the catalyst for forming the band, their purpose is to create an interest by the young Japanese in the traditional music and instruments of their culture.

I think we can agree that Yuko's traditional singing is awesome - but it doesn't end there. Her modern-style singing is magnificent too, IMHO. And, of course, no surprise: she also plays traditional string instruments and piano (that I know of). And, speaks excellent English. She hasn't cured cancer yet, but that's probably coming. Here she is covering a song that I think has been covered in Japan as often as "Hallelujah" in the West: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k3ONv60HfL0.html Here she is playing the Sanshin (not the same as the Shamisen that her bandmate Beni plays) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rpiDg9nEEIA.html - I think the singing style & song here are from Okinawa.

Flutes in rock. Jethro Tull. Wagakki Band. Any others?

1:54 damn this guy has a good pair of ears. He heard the shamisen before Beni appeared.

Wagakki band use modern instrument & traditional instrument combine, the member are graduate in professional instruments musician. The band was traditional & pop or rock music? I love this band vocalist she is very talented too, she's the traditional or pop singer & she's pianist musician. I love Japanese traditional song they're very elegant & solf music, ready I love all their song they are a powerful band groups ever.

Wagakki is "和樂器" - it's mean traditional Japan instrumental Band is coming from west instrumental band This band mix them together. That's why they named this band "Wagakki Band".

Check out the video of the guitarist ( Macheya) slap playing..... bloke's a genius

Hey, the Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba second season is coming on Sep 25th, you gotta hurry up! Btw that Homura is not the same Homura on the DS movie, they are different songs. This band is so unique. I still struggle a bit with the singer's Japanese vibrato but nontheless they are fantastic musicians. And also look like every Final Fantasy character ever, so that's a plus for me. This kind of rock/metal combined with Japanese instruments I've only heard in Band-Maiko and Naruto's soundtrack, very rare music but awesome when well done 🤘🕊️

The string thing as you say is a Koto, I found this one is the easiest to remember because the name is simple, like the Ko-To is too-cool, that's how I remember it.

クールな彼女の楽器は猫の革と鯨の髭で作られている。

1) Wagakki Band is amazing 2) I know you've checked out Unlucky Morpheus before, so you're somewhat familiar with the singer Fuki, so you should check out Doll$Boxx's "Take My Chance", at some point. It's her, plus the members of another JRock band called Gacharic Spin. I would also recommend Gacharic Spin, for their balls to the wall energy. They just released a new single called "MindSet", that's real funky.

Waggaki Band...they arent just musician but they are Gods and Goddess and engineers of their own musical instruments... Suzuhana Yuko - Vocals fan and sword dance Machiya - Guitar vocals Asa - Bass Wasabi - Drums Beni Ninagawa - Tsugari Shamisen (traditional 3 string guitar) Kurona - Wadaiko ( traditional drums) Kiyoshi - Koto ( traditional harp) Daisuke - Sakuhachi ( traditional flute) ...madame i recommend to please do comment to their other songs.. -Ignite -Sunwheel -Valkyrie -Okinotayuu -Zenbonsakura -Perfect Blue ( live ) -Subaku no Komoruita -Tengaku - Seime no Aria - Sycnhrocity - Ikusa - Bring me Back to Life with AMY LEE - Homura + Akatsuki no Ito live and still more. im not a japanese.....I one of their Fan... Im a Filipino... Thank You

Akatsuki no Ito 　　↓　It is a part of the lyrics ↓ We sing to the sky Beyond the clouds Cross the sea and cross the rainbow May this song reach you ... ......Apparently it arrived! 暁ノ糸 (Akatsuki no Ito) 　　　↓　歌詞の一部です　↓ 私たちは歌う空へ 雲の向こうへ 海を越えて虹を渡って この歌があなたに届くように・・ ・・・どうやら、届いたようですね！

Champ is slacking didn’t even notice the guitar neck is longer actually has 26 frets!

"The singer's out here" you probably realised it later but it wasn't the vocalist, it was the shamisen player. And thank you for the reaction. Can you also react to Hua Chenyu - I don't care.

This really sounds like the Best Ryu or Chun Li Song they never got in Street Fighter V

comma (notes between the root notes (as you calll them)

14:55 The short answer is: yes, you can, but no one can really achieve this level. The band members were internet performers on the Nico Nico website (like Japanese youtube?), showing their impressive talents by covering the popular but insanely difficult Vocaloid songs, and finally forming a band. I mean they don't form a band to show this Japanese style. Their styles coalesce into the band's style.

よく見つけましたね！　三味線にはフレッドがありません。相当のトレーニングが必要です。琴も同じです。

Great reaction, traditional meets new. That stringed instrument laying horizontal is called the Koto. The traditional Japanese drums are all called "tama" - from what I've seen they come in many different sizes from small to super huge (like 10' diameter).

Hi man only saw this video now that I've discovered this amazing band but just wanted to point out that this Homura Song is not the same as the demon slayer one, just the same name ahah keep up :)

i recommend synchronicity live by wagakki band next, its more of a jazz feel and gives a different vibe, heres a link to it live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wRYVPDKuqMk.html

Music theorists would call the singing "microtonal".

lisa's homura and this one are two different songs from what i know

日本に来てね！　最先端と伝統を融合してるので日本に来たら分かると思います。新しい発見があるといいですね。

random question but does anyone know some good books about japanese mythology like shinto?

folk metal you meant.... ermm.... eluveitie - King?

Would you please listen to “Ignite” by wagaki band?

band maiko if they have extra member..........

I dont know What it is but Traditional Japanese music always sounds Soo Super sad to me.

한국밴드는 명함도 못 꺼네겟다. 얼마나 연습한거야? 난 머리 나빠서 다 기역 못함

the way she sings is called vocaloid

あの……。 大変申し訳ないんだけど………。 変なタイミングで、曲を止めて喋り出さないでね…。