The koto ist the national instrument of Japan. The koto is a kind of a zither played with three fingers bearing finger picks. The koto has movable bridges for each string that can be used to change the tuning quickly. The left hand can press down the strings to change the pitch and create some […]
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The Mandolin Orchestra of the Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Japan has more than 50 videos in its video channel at youtube. The videos present recordings made during the concerts of the previous years. This mandolin orchestra is organized by the university for the students like many other mandolin orchestras in Japan. Hiroshima Jogakuin was founded
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Today i have selected some videos of the concerto for lute, violins and basso continuo in d major by Antonio Vivaldi. This concerto is played quite often by different ensembles. I have played this many years ago together with the mandolin orchestra of Baden (Badisches Zupforchester). The first video has just been added to youtube.
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Takashi Ochi (jap. 越智 敬, Ochi Takashi; * 30. Oktober 1934 in Imabari; † 14. November 2010 in Heppenheim, Hessen[1]) was a German-Japanese mandolinist, mandolin teacher, composer and editor. German text and translation to English from the German Wikipedia article about Takashi Ochi with the most important information: Takashi Ochi wurde am 30. Oktober 1934
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Sfida was founded in March 2004. The members of the group are playing solo- and chambermusic for mandolin, mandola, mandoloncello and guitar The name of the group “Sfida” is Italian and means “challenge”. The group has organized concerts every year, the last concert was the 14th concert and was given on Sept. 5th, 2010. Sfida
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The Marionette Mandolin Orchestra from Japan has recently added 10 videos to its youtube channel. The titles of those interesting pieces are difficult to get because they are only given in Japanese language. But I think that all the pieces are original compositions by Yuasa Takashi und Yoshida Goshi. Yuasa Takashi and Yoshida Goshi have
The Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble is a young Japanese mandolin ensemble. After only 5 years the orchestra has already reached a high standard. The fifth regular concert of the Great Saiya Mandolin Ensemble was given on Oct. 2nd. The complete concert was streamed by ustream and has also been recorded. The videos of the concert
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I have just discovereda new video with the Rhapsodia Napoletana by Raffaele Calace. Yasunobu Inoue plays this Rahpsodia on a mandolin built by Calace in 1926. Calace used several famous Neapolitan songs in this Rhapsodia – you will definitively recognize some of the songs. Yasunobu Inoue was born in 1975. He has successfully taken part
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Once again I have found some fantastic videos from Japan. This time the Setouchi Mandolinenquintett plays music from the 18th century, but also some Irish music. Thous videos were made during the preparation for a trip to the Korea Mandolin Festival. Mandolins: Miyatake Shiyougo, Wakiya Kazuyo Mandola: 穏 香 Tominaga Guitar: Miyatake Tizuko Mandoloncello: Itsumi
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Recently I have found a tweet about a paperguitar: Ausschneidebogen: Wir basteln uns eine Papier-E-Gitarre http://bit.ly/cO3puS Peter Glaser writes a blog which includes also an instrument of the day with a lot of special instruments: Instrument des Tages Some days ago he presented a paperguitar. At first I did not believe that the image showed
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