I've never heard this instrument before. I'm very surprised how it sounds so much more like a violin than it does like an erhu, despite looking and functioning similar to an erhu
It's the python skin; erhu instruments use python skin for that characteristic sound, the kokyu on the other hand doesn't use any snakeskin and conforms to the traditional wooden body much like the violin
Other differences are that the erhu doesn't have a fingerboard whereas the kokyu does which brings it closer to the violin as well the fact that the erhu is a strictly polyphonic instrument because the bow is permanently interlaced between the strings but not for the kokyu. Finally, the kokyu has 3 and sometimes 4 strings which brings it closer to a violin whereas the erhu only has two and they have to be played in unison.
@@brentbreault7606 No. The bow is interlaced between the strings. It is not possible to play one string at a time. Watch any er-hu soloist and you will see that the bow passes between the strings and what you are hearing is actually two notes--not one. The bow cannot be separated from the instrument unless you take one of the strings off. I own one, what else can I say?
@@Kirke182 I play the erhu and it can be both! The horse hair in an erhu bow is stretched to be very flexible and allows us to really push in or out to hit either of the two strings. But we also are able to do double stop, to hit both strings at the same time if we angle the bow a certain way.
Misirlou is a Levantin folk song, and everybody around here claims it is from their own country, due to the popularity. Although the name is in Turkish, meaning "Egyptian" its origin is very likely Lebanon or Jordan
I've never heard this instrument before. I'm very surprised how it sounds so much more like a violin than it does like an erhu, despite looking and functioning similar to an erhu
It's the python skin; erhu instruments use python skin for that characteristic sound, the kokyu on the other hand doesn't use any snakeskin and conforms to the traditional wooden body much like the violin
Other differences are that the erhu doesn't have a fingerboard whereas the kokyu does which brings it closer to the violin as well the fact that the erhu is a strictly polyphonic instrument because the bow is permanently interlaced between the strings but not for the kokyu. Finally, the kokyu has 3 and sometimes 4 strings which brings it closer to a violin whereas the erhu only has two and they have to be played in unison.
@@Kirke182
Uh, erhus/huqin are monophonic though😅
Only one note at a time..
@@brentbreault7606 No. The bow is interlaced between the strings. It is not possible to play one string at a time. Watch any er-hu soloist and you will see that the bow passes between the strings and what you are hearing is actually two notes--not one. The bow cannot be separated from the instrument unless you take one of the strings off. I own one, what else can I say?
@@Kirke182 I play the erhu and it can be both! The horse hair in an erhu bow is stretched to be very flexible and allows us to really push in or out to hit either of the two strings. But we also are able to do double stop, to hit both strings at the same time if we angle the bow a certain way.
Finally found that instrument used as background music for Japanese horror tales!
i need 10 hours of this
This is so brilliantly performed. Truly humbling.
ギリシャからの愛
SAY "NANI" AGAIN! SAY. "NANI". AGAIN! I DARE YA, I DOUBLE DARE YA BAKA YARO SAY "NANI" ONE MORE GOD DAMN TIME!
I laughed so hard 😂😂😂😂
why does playing 60s surfer music on japanese instruments result in what sounds like Persian music?
Japanese aladdin
Because it's originally an old Greek folk song.
Misirlou is a Levantin folk song, and everybody around here claims it is from their own country, due to the popularity. Although the name is in Turkish, meaning "Egyptian" its origin is very likely Lebanon or Jordan
@@CanBaysal It's like trying to argue about who invented baklava. 😆
@@mthemodulator yea or like to discuss if Turkish Cafe is Turkish :)
Bruh pulp fiction japan edition sounds lit
Only thing that I didn't like about this is how short the video is.
Beautiful music 🎶 ❤️
WTH the sounds like Persian music
that's really something
Beautiful!
Beautiful! :)
wonderful. Arabian music on Japanese instruments
i at least replayed this a few hundred times lol
That's a violin with the bass equalized to silence. Ignore me, I'm trying to find a way to put this instrument in a song.
Great video
小提琴
水族館 (Shuǐzúguǎn)
Violin
Aquarium
The sound like shema israel
Persian music + Japanese instrument be like:
Violin sound
the kamancheh
indistinguishable from Persian traditional music
Can Lindsey Stirling play this alongside her violin ? 🤔🤔😯😯
Washi Fiction
from where do i know that melody...
Mediterranean folk song, Pulp Fiction opening, Black Eyed Peas. In that order.
Is the zither a Koto?
Backwards, but yes; A koto is a zither.
He asked the question in the correct format. The "zither" he's talking about is from the video, so in this case refering to the koto.
It’s Bass Koto , with more than 17 strings, traditional koto only has 13strings
Black eyes posts
punk
The song the erhu is more beautiful