I know that this is a 12 year old video, but as a half Japanese, half Mountain Western American, this duo speaks to my soul. It's awesome to see quirky instrument pairings like this, and I'm here for it.
Ive been writing a story about a gunslinger of the west and a samurai Japanese immigrant of the far east wandering throughout the west making the wild world safer using s mix of western christianity and eastern Buddhist way of life.
Eh, not so much, buddhism was the religion of the elite while shinto was the traditional folk religion of Japan, with most people practicing a mix of the two. But samurai would used buddhist philosophy much like western knights used Christianity - as a means of showing off their wealthy and education, as much as their personal beliefs. A good example is Lone Wolf and Cub, where Ogami Itto specifically references buddhist teachings of walking the path between fire and water to achieve enlightenment, names his son after the 8 fold path, bases his life around the idea that the only way he can be true to his himself, his faith and his duty for revenge is becoming a demon and walking the path of a demon - references to the ideas of dharma and varna repurposed by some sects of buddhism to reflect the idea that enlightenment is available to those who true to the duties of their calling.@@lolislayer1643
Banjos can have a strong percussive style to them too, but mainly if they are played with the clawhammer (old-time) method. The 3-finger Scruggs playing method just doesn't do the banjo justice here and it's easily overshadowed by the shamisen, even with the big resonator on the back of it.
That's such a non musician description to read it just hurts to read :'( The shamisen is using a pick, they both can have percussion played on the skin, And I can't get over this /-\ I don't think snapping is a good description
@@elfanisarah6929 Shamisen might be older than what you might think of as the modern banjo, but there are many older examples of banjo as well. It's one of the oldest instruments made with either a gourd or by stretching animal skin over a frame and cat-gut (not from cats) as strings. Guitars required more woodworking skills to manufacture and came later. Neither modern Shamisen nor Banjo are "way older" than each other. They both only go back to the 1600-1700's, but are both derived from more simple versions that go back to ancient history.
So glad I found exactly what I was looking for, a new anime involves the shamisen which reminds me of the banjo so I wanted so if anyone did had both so here I am.
This video symbolizes my birth! I was born just now! Right NOW while watching this video! Thank You guys! It`s good to be back into a birthed state! Wooo!
Very cool. I’m a banjo player and would love to see more of these instruments together. And see the banjo with other instruments you wouldn’t normally see it played with🪕
Omg I fucken love this!! I hope you made an official recording so that I can buy it on iTunes 😂 I always tell people that the shamisen is a Japanese banjo. Now that this video exists, I don’t need to prove my point further 😂
Is there a particular name for the tappy nontonal sound that the shamisen pick makes when it strums? Because I think that may be one of my favorite parts of your uploads.
Hey just found your channel, and subscribed. You're amazing on your shamisen. Please do a cover of Angels in the centrefold-J geils band. I will love you forever. Lol. Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.
So....this may be a ridiculous question but.... could I string a 4 string banjo with nylon strings and assimilate the shamisen? I can afford the banjo but not the shamisen. Very nice song and very well played I might add.
Ya gotta see..., if you havent already. A Chinese Bluegrass band covering the song " Amarillo by morning " youg folk [ by my standards ], " they got a kid @ eight or so, with a guitar ( almost bigger than him. ) A guy on a " Base ? ":( think " The Eurithmics ) a guy drumming on a " box stool " ( he sits on) , the lead singer, doing very good Banjo, ( & pretty good English) & last but not least, a young lady on the, that (same) " Chiniese violin" , ( The " Secret sauce " ) that catapults the song to the stratosphere, becouse it seems to pitch higher & lower therefore injecting more " Soul " into this version, mind blowing....the u- tube. i believe its by Eric? Shih ? or shu or shiu ? [ Sorry lost my notes ]. I'm sure You'll find it floating around by Straight's Amarillo Y- tube concert versions. Good luck, enjoy.
When the country kid and weeb start hanging out at school
Sounds like me and my friend
When you are the country kid and the weeb
@Paul Perreira Fret not. Im a weeb and I play banjo, and have a slight accent
uh im both
A great fusion occurs.
A samurai and a cowboy!
ridiculous funny :P
Agree!😂😂😂😂😂
McCree and Genji.
The good, the bad, and the weird. Lol
Coral McNaughton or mcree and hanzo
The ballad of the gunslinger who avenged his lord and brought honor to his family.
Yee haw ふや
Hell yeah
Banzai-ya'll!
What a weird movie this would be if both cultures were mixed
@@imjang2430 You should def play Red Steel 2 or watch Sukiyaki Western Django
Alien: "Mm, yes, traditional Human music."
From the Far East to the Wild West.
I know that this is a 12 year old video, but as a half Japanese, half Mountain Western American, this duo speaks to my soul.
It's awesome to see quirky instrument pairings like this, and I'm here for it.
Ive been writing a story about a gunslinger of the west and a samurai Japanese immigrant of the far east wandering throughout the west making the wild world safer using s mix of western christianity and eastern Buddhist way of life.
@@kraythe3rd Sounds cool. You might wanna look into the shinto religion of Japan as that may fit the samurai image more
Eh, not so much, buddhism was the religion of the elite while shinto was the traditional folk religion of Japan, with most people practicing a mix of the two. But samurai would used buddhist philosophy much like western knights used Christianity - as a means of showing off their wealthy and education, as much as their personal beliefs. A good example is Lone Wolf and Cub, where Ogami Itto specifically references buddhist teachings of walking the path between fire and water to achieve enlightenment, names his son after the 8 fold path, bases his life around the idea that the only way he can be true to his himself, his faith and his duty for revenge is becoming a demon and walking the path of a demon - references to the ideas of dharma and varna repurposed by some sects of buddhism to reflect the idea that enlightenment is available to those who true to the duties of their calling.@@lolislayer1643
As a Japanese Norwegian born in Texas this shit absolutely slaps
Now let's hear a Japanese song on the banjo! :)
Wing3dHat preferably Tsugaru Jonkarabushi.
You could argue this was a Japanese song, I mean the shamisen took the lead
@@selfactualizer2099 there could’ve been no banjo at all and this still wouldn’t have been a Japanese song.
Now listen here for tale about Rawhide Kobayashi....
Heyy Sido xD
...The fastest blade in the West.. They say he could cut down three men before they could even clear their holsters...
@@gabrielwguevarra High noon fuckin Yasuo
Shamisen players use the bachi (the plectrum) to strike through the strings and hit the membrane like a drum.
So long space cowboy...
This is what shipping Mcree and Hanzo feels like
OMG YES! AHAHAHA Im gonna draw it now!
XD
@@chaoticcupoftea2462, did you ever draw it?
OMFG
Who are those??
A shamisen is like a banjo but with a snapping sound
PS86 Draws Stuff and no frets.
Atlas Sullivan don't forget the square body
Banjos can have a strong percussive style to them too, but mainly if they are played with the clawhammer (old-time) method. The 3-finger Scruggs playing method just doesn't do the banjo justice here and it's easily overshadowed by the shamisen, even with the big resonator on the back of it.
That's such a non musician description to read it just hurts to read :'(
The shamisen is using a pick, they both can have percussion played on the skin,
And I can't get over this /-\ I don't think snapping is a good description
East meets West
I like how shamisen plays the rhythm that gives the percussive sound.
Shamisen is a Japanese banjo
CHANGE MY MIND
Banjo is an American shamisen change my mind
Brigadier Wayne okay, the Africans created the “banjo” well before the shamisen was invented
@@Shade_tree_garage01no, shamisen was created way older than banjo
@@elfanisarah6929 Shamisen might be older than what you might think of as the modern banjo, but there are many older examples of banjo as well.
It's one of the oldest instruments made with either a gourd or by stretching animal skin over a frame and cat-gut (not from cats) as strings. Guitars required more woodworking skills to manufacture and came later.
Neither modern Shamisen nor Banjo are "way older" than each other. They both only go back to the 1600-1700's, but are both derived from more simple versions that go back to ancient history.
The guy in the right is Eric Foreman - change my mind.
I never really noticed how much the Shamisen sounds like the Banjo. Greta job. Very interesting sound when the two are put together.
So glad I found exactly what I was looking for, a new anime involves the shamisen which reminds me of the banjo so I wanted so if anyone did had both so here I am.
Which anime?
I've watched this a surprising amount of times. Shamisen has an unmistakable, memorable sound to it.
Love the influence of other cultures leaking into Bluegrass.
This is gonna blow up some day and they'll be people from 2030 talking about how randomly they are here.
This video symbolizes my birth! I was born just now! Right NOW while watching this video! Thank You guys! It`s good to be back into a birthed state! Wooo!
Legend says that to this day, the victory song played by these warriors echos through the mountains they conquered.
@matteooo678 Oh, jeez. Sorry. I see now just what it was you were asking, haha! We were north of Castaic, CA on a stretch of abandoned freeway (I-5).
Very cool. I’m a banjo player and would love to see more of these instruments together. And see the banjo with other instruments you wouldn’t normally see it played with🪕
Y'all ever watch a movie called The Warrior's Way?
Yeah.
Sounds "cute" and peaceful♥
🇯🇵に国本武春さんという浪曲師がおりました。
ブルーグラスが好きでフラットマンドリンを弾き、
確かバンジョーもライブで披露されていたはず…
国本武春ファンにはこみ上げてくるものがあります😹
バチをピックに替えて弾いてみるのもありかも⁉️
This is what I would call Japanese bluegrass and taking two different elements and combining them together I got to give you credit on that
This is my A E S T H E T I C
That was so awesome, bluegrass with shamisen. It worked so well too. It played a mandolin-like role to the music.
You guys should professionally record this, or just record each in isolation because it's hard to hear the instrument that's playing rhythm/support.
They switched roles in the song I believe
Honestly it’s just nice hearing the shamisen playing different music for once instead of the same 4 songs over and over.
How did I miss this for so long?
I never heard of this piece, but I like it. You guys really know how to find the good music.
Thanks! It's just the name I gave this location long ago.
I thought they would combine. Not disappointed.
Can't wait for the hit single shamjo and riceshine
i always loved this song, i listen to it every so often.
All the shamisen music in Genshin Impact's newest region Inazuma got me remembering this video. lol
Superb blending of the two instruments!
the beautiful case scenario of east meets west
Love it! Great playing! Great tone!
Once there was a tail of a Japanese anime girl and a cartoon cowboy meeting each other and became friends and play there banjos together in peace! :)
Bloody good chaps! Excellent!
That was awesome!!
I have a banjo, and I want a Shamisen.
That was awesome.
awesome playing you guys (I play 5-string outa BC Canada)
That was so cool :P You should do more vids with this guy!
Pure genius!
Awesome Cherokee Shuffle!
wow, fantastic!
Great video!
@mikepenny01 yeah, it looked like mountains in the LA region. I would have guessed San Gabriels. Great job, love the shamisen tunes. keep it up!
Bravo!
That was cool!
A cowboy and a kabuki walk into a bar
just thank you
This is rad
Wonderful American shamisen!
Subarashii !! Awesome !!
A Gunslinger and a Samurai walk into a bar......
Classy first post.
I searched for it
That was very nice!!! Here in Brazil does not exist this Shamisen.. I´d like to bring one! =)
いい音
Cool!
It's been a while but y'all need to put some more of this stuff together
Omg I fucken love this!! I hope you made an official recording so that I can buy it on iTunes 😂
I always tell people that the shamisen is a Japanese banjo. Now that this video exists, I don’t need to prove my point further 😂
BTW, folks can check out Tommy's other Cherokee Shuffle on CZcams. Search for tubular tom. Also excellent.
I like banjo.
Do you remember the tuning of the shamisen??? I really love this song
@OXXOII77777 no it's south meets east.
So it's southeastern music
The Appalachian Mountains meets the Japanese Alps
Another awesome vid. Whats with you and prehistoric eurasia?
Heppest jazz cat in the California Shamisen movement.
He's the bee's knees.
you must add the balalaika too
Earl Scruggs and the samurai
more!
I live in santa clarita! ..lessons? haha jk this is awesome btw :)
Is there a particular name for the tappy nontonal sound that the shamisen pick makes when it strums? Because I think that may be one of my favorite parts of your uploads.
Yeeehaaaawww!
Wii Music Has A Shamisen And A Banjo!
Sugoi!
wow..crazy shit
What happens if you use a bachi on a banjo?🤔
I AM DYING
It seems like you guys go back and forth on who provides more of the percussion sound during the song.
Japanjo
Like x1000
Hey just found your channel, and subscribed. You're amazing on your shamisen. Please do a cover of Angels in the centrefold-J geils band. I will love you forever. Lol. Thanks in advance and keep up the good work.
What is it? Crossover episode?
Do you have to use the thing or would a pick work.
Y'all should do these cave nomad song from Avatar The Last Airbender
SECRET TUNNEL would slap with this instrumentation
WW2 pacific vets in 2022 be like
So....this may be a ridiculous question but.... could I string a 4 string banjo with nylon strings and assimilate the shamisen? I can afford the banjo but not the shamisen.
Very nice song and very well played I might add.
We need a Dueling Banjos vs, in honor of Burt Reynolds
Ya gotta see..., if you havent already. A Chinese Bluegrass band covering the song " Amarillo by morning " youg folk [ by my standards ], " they got a kid @ eight or so, with a guitar ( almost bigger than him. ) A guy on a " Base ? ":( think " The Eurithmics ) a guy drumming on a " box stool " ( he sits on) , the lead singer, doing very good Banjo, ( & pretty good English) & last but not least, a young lady on the, that (same) " Chiniese violin" , ( The " Secret sauce " ) that catapults the song to the stratosphere, becouse it seems to pitch higher & lower therefore injecting more " Soul " into this version, mind blowing....the u- tube. i believe its by Eric? Shih ? or shu or shiu ? [ Sorry lost my notes ]. I'm sure You'll find it floating around by Straight's Amarillo Y- tube concert versions. Good luck, enjoy.
what is in his hand?
A shamisen pick, basically. Can't remember what it's called though.
Drew Laslo Bachi
@@Draco_Alpha It's not a putty knife?
Banjo is bluegrass and shamisen is japanese folk
im a country weeb so this is perfect..i just wana hear dueling banjos with the shamisen
@matteooo678 ...great wall. whatta u think they're sittin on? duh
I didn't know Marty Mcfly could play the banjo....