The Tsugaru Shamisen and Rock Music
Oct 21st 2011 02:10
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It stars the actor Ryuzo Hayashi and was directed by Kaneto Shindo in 1977.
It is an interesting road movie from an autobiography of the greatest tsugaru shamisen player and composer, "Chikuzan Takahashi."
The Tsugaru district is on the western side of the Aomori Prefecture, which is at the northern end of Honshu Island.
It has a very heavy snowfall in winter.
The shamisen is a traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument.
In the 15th century, it was imported from China into the Okinawa prefecture, which is in the Southwestern Islands in Japan.
When it was introduced to far-away Tsugaru from Okinawa, it developed in such a unique way that it eventually started to make a strongly percussive sound.
Therefore, it came to be called the name, "Tsugaru Shamisen."
Chikuzan Takahashi (1910-1998) was born in Tsugaru and lost his sight due to measles at the age of two.
He became a live-in apprentice to a blind tsugaru shamisen performer.
Later, he started to earn money for his music from door to door at the age of 17.
In his youth, he traveled from Tohoku to Hokkaido to give performances.
In the movie, he often encoutered queer people such as a thief, a witch doctor and a peddling fraud.
He experienced a lot of different situations with them.
I am moved by the scene where he is on the verge of tears and looked up in the rain when his companion said, 'It rains at the end of the journey.'
He became popular all over the country in 1963 with the release of his hit album.
This is Chikuzan's shakuhachi and shamisen performance from the movie.
Chikuzan also influenced musicians of other genres.
One of the greatest guitarists, Takeshi Terauchi, was especially impressed by his performance.
Terauchi released an album in 1965.
It included a folk song "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi," which was from the repertoire of Chikuzan.
It became a smash hit, which enabled him to tour all over the world.
This is his performance together with two of his bands, "Blue Jeans" and "Bunnies."
Many Western musicians copied his electric guitar solo.
Brian May of Queen loves Japan and was inspired by the excellent solo, so he performed his own rendition at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975.
Monkey Majik is a Canadian and Japanese rock band based in Japan.
The members live in Sendai, so they were greatly affected by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
While continuing with their musical activities, they are also dedicating some time for volunteer work.
This is one of their songs, "Change," accompanied by the video commemorating Japan winning the AFC Asian Cup this year.
They played alongside the Yoshida Brothers playing tsugaru shamisen, who actively perform all over the world.
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Aside from rock, let me introduce a modern Enka song, which is also inspired by "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi."
Yoko Nagayama sings "Jonkara Onna Bushi", alongside sharing the stage with Katsuharu Sawada and Katsunari Sawada playing tsugaru shamisen.
Please note the sleeves of her elegant long-sleeved kimono.
Here is my recent entry about a Japanese folk song and another traditional instrument.
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It has very heavy snow fall in winter.
Shamisen is a three-stringed Japanese traditional instrument.
Chikuzan Takahashi (1910-1998) was born in Tsugaru and lost his sight from measles at the age of two.
He became a live apprentice of a blind Tsugaru Shamisen performer.
In the movie, he often encoutered queer people such as a thief, a witch doctor and a fraud peddler or con artist..
He experinced a lot.
I am moved by the scene where he was nearly in tears and looked up at the rain when his companion said, "It rains when the journey ends."
Brian May in Queens, New York loves Japan and was inspired by the solo, so he performed an excellent solo at Hammersteinsmith Odeon in 1975.
Brian May is a lead guitarist of the rock band, "Queen."
It rarely snows in Okinawa.
Oh Queen! That's very popular here!
SOUNDS AMAZING HILFADF *A*!
It stars the actor Ryuzo Hayashi and was directed by Kaneto Shindo (1977).
It is a road movie, based on the autobiography of the greatest Tsugaru Shamisen player and composer, Chikuzan Takahashi. >even if that is only his "artist" name, the quotation marks are not necessary.
In the 15th century, it came from China to Okinawa prefecture, which is in the southwestern islands of Japan.
When it was introduced from Okinawa to far-away Tsugaru, it developed in such a unique way that it was able to make a strongly percussive sound.
Therefore it came to be called "Tsugaru Shamisen".
Chikuzan Takahashi (1910-1998) was born in Tsugaru and lost his sight to measles at age two.
"live-in apprentice" is OK.
In his youth, he traveled from Tohoku to Hokkaido for performances.
He had many experiences with them.
This is Chikuzan's Japanese recorder Shakuhachi and Shamisen performance from the movie. >strictly speaking, shakuhachi is not a recorder, and most music-lovers in the West are at least a little bit familiar with it, so I think you don't need to explain what it is anyway.
One of the greatest guitarists, Takeshi Terauchi, was influenced by the performance of Chikuzan Takahashi.
It included a folk song "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi," which was in Chikuzan's repertoire.
Brian May, of the band Queen, loves Japan and was inspired by Terauchi's solo, so he performed this excellent solo at Hammersteinsmith Odeon in 1975.
While they are doing volunteer work, they are also continuing their music activities. >using "volunteer" as a verb with this meaning is 和製英語.
It is accompanied by the Yoshida Brothers, who actively perform all over the world, playing Tsugaru Shamisen.
Let me introduce an Enka song which was also inspired by "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi."
Yoko Nagayama sings "Jonkara Onna Bushi", accompanied by Katsuharu Sawada and Katsunari Sawada playing Tsugaru Shamisen.
I appreciate your help.
Takeshi Terauchi's other solo also influenced most of Western guitarists.
Yoshida Brothers are good at fusion, I'm sure.
The word "flute" is actually very general, and includes instruments which are played vertically (recorder, shakuhachi) as well as horizontally (the Western orchestral flute). The word "recorder" is unique to English; in other European languages, this instrument is referred to as some kind of "flute". For example, it is called "flauto dolce" ("sweet flute") in Italian, and the other kind of flute is called "flauto traverso" ("cross flute") .
These are vernacular (common language) usages. In technical musicological language, the recorder is a type of "fipple flute" (this group also includes the penny whistle, the favorite of Irish traditional musicians). The shakuhachi is a "notch flute" (as is the Middle Eastern ney/nai).
I think the simplest way to describe the shakuhachi is this: "the Japanese vertical flute".
I understood well.
When I google shakuhachi, there are 2,160,000 examples.
So I wonder if I need to describe shakuhachi in English.
It became more popular in the 80's than Shamisen.
The members lives in Sendai, so they were affected by the Tohoku Eathquake and Tsunami.
Aside from the rock, let me introduce an modern Enka song, which is also inspired by "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi."
The Tsugaru Shamisen and Rock Music
The Tsugaru district is on the western side of Aomori prefecture, which is at the northern end of the Honshu island.
The shamisen is a three-stringed Japanese traditional instrument.
In the 15th century, it came from China to the Okinawa prefecture, which is in the southwestern islands of Japan.
Therefore it was came to be called the "Tsugaru Shamisen".
Chikuzan Takahashi (1910-1998) was born in Tsugaru and lost his sight from to measles at the age of two.
He became a live-in apprentice of to a blind Tsugaru Shamisen performer.
Then he began to play music for money from door to door at the age of 17.
While they are volunteereding, they continued their music activityies.
It is accompanied with by the Yoshida Brothers who perfrom all over the world, playing the Tsugaru Shamisen.
Aside from the rock, let me introduce an modern Enka song, which is was also inspired by "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi."
Yoko Nagayama sings "Jonkara Onna Bushi", accompanied with by Katsuharu Sawada and Katsunari Sawada playing the Tsugaru Shamisen.
It is an interesting road movie from an / the* autobiography of the greatest tsugaru shamisen** player and composer, "Chikuzan Takahashi." *"the", if you want it to sound more specific. **common nouns, like all music instruments, do not require capitalisation
The Tsugaru district is on the western side of the Aomori Prefecture, which is at the northern end of Honshu Island.
It has very heavy snowfall in / during (the) winter.
The shamisen is a traditional* Japanese three-stringed instrument. *depends on the way you prefer the word order, for me, the fact that it is "traditional" is more important, for example "Traditional Chinese medicine" (TCM) is a widely established expression
In the 15th century, it was imported from China into the Okinawa prefecture, which is in the southwestern islands in Japan.
When it was introduced to far-away Tsugaru from Okinawa, it developed in such a unique way that it eventually started to make a strongly percussive sound.
Therefore, it came to be called the / it adopted the name, "Tsugaru Shamisen."
Chikuzan Takahashi (1910-1998) was born in Tsugaru and lost his sight (due) to measles at the age of two.
He became a live-in apprentice to a blind tsugaru shamisen performer.
Later, he began to play music for money / he started to earn money for his music from door to door at the age of 17.
In his youth, he traveled from Tohoku to Hokkaido to give performances.
In the movie, he often encoutered queer people such as a thief, a witch doctor and a peddling fraud. "fraud-peddling" is more like an adjective
He experienced a lot of different situations with them.
I am moved by the scene where he was nearly in tears / he is on the verge of tears and looked up in the rain when his companion said, 'It rains when the journey ends.' / 'It rains at the end of the journey.'
This is Chikuzan's shakuhachi and shamisen performance from the movie.
He / Chikuzan also had an impact on musicians of other genres. / Chikuzan also influenced musicians of other genres.
One of the greatest guitarists, Takeshi Terauchi, was especially influenced / impressed by his performance.
He released an album in 1965. / or: Terauchi released an album in 1965, which included a folk song, "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi," part of the repertoire of Chikuzan.
It included a folk song "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi," which was from the repertoire of Chikuzan.
It became a smash hit, which allowed / enabled him to tour throughout / all over the world.
This is his performance together with (two of)* his bands, "Blue Jeans" and "Bunnies." *perhaps he played in more than just two...
Brian May of Queen / Brian May (Queen) loves Japan and was inspired by the excellent solo, so he performed a rendition / his own rendition at Hammersmith Odeon in 1975.
Monkey Majik is a Canadian and Japanese rock band (based in Japan).
The members live in Sendai, so they were (greatly) affected by the Tohoku eathquake and tsunami.
While continuing with their musical activities*, they are also dedicating some time for volunteer work. *I changed the sentence order, as music is still their priority and main idea of this article
This is the song / This is one of their songs, "Change," with a / accompanied by the video commemorating Japan winning the AFC Asian Cup this year.
They were accompanied by / They played alongside the Yoshida Brothers playing / on tsugaru shamisen, who actively perform all over the world.
Aside from rock, let me introduce a modern Enka song, (which is) also inspired by "Tsugaru Jonkara Bushi."
Yoko Nagayama sings "Jonkara Onna Bushi", accompanied by / alongside / sharing the stage with Katsuharu Sawada and Katsunari Sawada playing tsugaru shamisen.
Please pay attention to the sleeves of her elegant long-sleeved kimono. / (Please) Note the sleeves of...
Here is my recent entry about a Japanese folk song and another traditional instrument. / Here is a recent entry I wrote about a...
Later, he started to earn money for his music from door to door at the age of 17. At the age of 17, he started to perform door to door to earn money.
I am moved by the scene where he is was on the verge of tears and looked up in the rain when his companion said, 'It rains at the end of the journey.'
They played alongside the Yoshida Brothers, who actively perform all over the world, playing tsugaru shamisen, who actively perform all over the world.
Yoko Nagayama sings "Jonkara Onna Bushi", alongside sharing the stage with Katsuharu Sawada and Katsunari Sawada playing tsugaru shamisen.