The process of making the Japanese musical instrument "Shamisen"!

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10 ай бұрын

The process of completing the shamisen, a Japanese stringed instrument with a fixed neck.
We were shown both the hand-stitching process using a wooden plug and the machine-stitching process.
We also had a chance to play the completed shamisen.
Name: Tsuruya Gakki
Address: 3-1-6 Omachi Higashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka
TEL : 072-232-0521
Official website:
tsuruya-music.com/
Instagram:
/ tsuruya_music_instruments
Facebook:
/ tsuruyagakki
Google Maps:
goo.gl/maps/NUt2CzU8X4yuwgLH9

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@user-pg3pi7bd1u 9 ай бұрын

三味線弾きです。よいお仕事を拝見できて、稽古する気が倍増です。たまに皮が破れて交換するとき、出費のことばかり考えてましたが、この動画で頭が下がる思いになりました。

@cfcasey.guitars-ukuleles 10 ай бұрын

I’m a Canadian luthier and I love to watch the work of luthiers of other cultures.

@nicolasbenali7817 10 ай бұрын

I admire the work accomplished, seeing things done by hand is gratifying, you can feel the professionalism of the person who makes the Shamisen. All I can wish him is to continue making Shamisen and making people happy.

@zatoichison6420 7 ай бұрын

I am so impressed by Japanese people who are generally very gifted and do such beautiful things with devotion, passion and love. Thank you for the time you wanted to show us how you work this beautiful object. 私は、一般的に非常に才能があり、献身、情熱、愛を持ってこのような美しいことを行う日本人にとても感銘を受けています。この美しいオブジェクトをどのように加工するかを私たちに見せていただきありがとうございます。

@giojusti 10 ай бұрын

I'm an artizan from Brazil. I make jewelry and love this vídeos about Japanese process making this incredible things! I try to be more calm and perfectionist (the japanese style). Thanks for post this vídeos 😁🧡 (sorry for my horrible english)

@queenelcene638 10 ай бұрын

Very fine English! ThankYou for your comment😊❤🎉❤

@Chungustav 10 ай бұрын

It's interesting that these wooden clamps are very similar to a jewelers wooden clamp

@Tucholsky59 8 ай бұрын

It's fantastic, that a young man can play this instrument, which sounds very exotic to me. I would like to hear a typical Japanese concert with all their so called "old" instruments.

@produccioneselfama3220 9 ай бұрын

Que extraordinario trabajo muy bueno ! 👏👏👏👏 saludos desde Venezuela!

@thewatcher6295 9 ай бұрын

I enjoyed watching it made. I enjoyed watching and hearing it played even more.

@brucefelter1335 10 ай бұрын

What an amazing process performed in the hands of a master artisan!😮😮😮😮😮

@TJ-un2mw 10 ай бұрын

初めて拝見します。それぞれに意味があって手に伝わる感触、耳に聞こえる感覚、職人ならではの作業工程なのでしょう。。完成品は素人でも何となくわかる程素晴らしい音色を醸してたと思います。貴重なお仕事が観れて感謝します。

@Madamoizillion 6 ай бұрын

I'm impressed at how strong the cord is, to hold the needed tension! And the bouncing weight test! So cool.

@nicolasbenali7817 10 ай бұрын

三味線を作る人のプロ意識を感じることができる。彼が三味線を作り続け、人々を幸せにすることを願うばかりだ。

@2FRESH-4U 9 ай бұрын

That was so cool what beautiful craftsmanship and I love the playing

@queenelcene638 10 ай бұрын

The process was fun to watch and learn, ThankYou for sharing this with us ❤️ How are the boxes made, please?😊

@henrykleyn3423 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. It is a fantastic video to watch. It must have taken many years to hone the craft.

@yakhoubsurya2657 10 ай бұрын

Mantab... Cara tradisional & modern 👍🏻

@DrDingsGaster 9 ай бұрын

That is one elaborate clamp system!

@thomasfrank7027 10 ай бұрын

That is a good quality bushi guitar👍 I have heard this music many times before it good for a celebration or just to relax my favorite is during a festival 😀✌️❤️

@cathybenson5119 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I enjoyed it very much. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺

@ineselisestreibel9337 7 ай бұрын

Es ist schön anzusehen, das diese traditionellen japanischen Instrumente noch gespielt und hergestellt werden 👍👍😃😃 Das freut mich sehr ❤❤

@chrisgames6613 Ай бұрын

I'm glad that I watched. Thank you.

@user-su1fz5di7y 6 ай бұрын

Incredible instrument

@kronoscamron7412 3 ай бұрын

great respect for japan and its amazing craftsmen and artists, love from egypt.

@verityundefinedhunt8085 8 ай бұрын

Just Wow!

@jeanmaries4147 10 ай бұрын

Deux manières de faire une moderne et l'autre artisanale la finalité est très très belle. Toujours aussi bien filmé avec le son des outils. On est vraiment dans l'ambiance.

@MsBartuc 23 сағат бұрын

Der zweite ist für eine Tsugaru-Shamisen. Die ist in der Tat moderner und hat eine dickere Haut.

@VagishaDas 8 ай бұрын

awesome. When we make ektara we just glue the leader onto the drum. Very nice work and product. It was nice to see it being played when it was finished. ❤❤

@MsBartuc 23 сағат бұрын

Very helpfull. Thank a lot👍

@rhysezfpv 2 ай бұрын

The pick looks like a windshield snow remover 😄

@garetkonigsfeld2 3 ай бұрын

Evey the stretching and glue apparatus is neat. I'd like to see how it was made. Amazing work.

@gh-ik3jp 9 ай бұрын

Well done Sir well done

@bernardoshomarreyes5781 9 ай бұрын

Chingoneria de chamba pura presicion saludos desde mexico

@rexferrer7852 9 ай бұрын

Finally a shamisen build. I need this as reference. Thank you very much.

@boscorner 9 ай бұрын

You Makin a shamisen? Or making something about shamisen makers?

@masamasa0071 2 ай бұрын

きれいに撮影されていますね。頑張ってくれて　とても嬉しいです。益々のご繫栄をお祈り申し上げます。MASAYUKI SANO

@Bandicoot803 2 ай бұрын

At the beginning it looks like he's cutting out the fluorescent part of an old CRT TV Tube from the early era. Quite amazing! 👍

@mr.m.o.g.o.m. 7 ай бұрын

He is a cultural treasure.

@tron520 10 ай бұрын

Brillant ❤

@omdhori 10 ай бұрын

Mantap keren luar biasa ❤❤❤👍👍👍

@adrianmunoz2945 8 ай бұрын

Amazing

@artemavdalyan2276 5 ай бұрын

私はおそらく日本のビデオを見た最初のアルメニア人です、それは非常に興味深いです。私は私の人生でそのような道具を見たことがありません。

@user-ck6hn2te2l 3 ай бұрын

Мне кажется, это одна их тех работ, на которую люди идут с предрасположенностью к данному ремеслу. Процесс увлекательный и точный

@markmedia8252 6 ай бұрын

Even the tools are a art form

@mrmek2003 10 ай бұрын

Zajímavý ,pracný na výrobu..

@anonymousbosch9265 9 ай бұрын

I keep thinking about the pressure that glue is holding and the strength of the fibers in general

@goldenbellquiz 3 ай бұрын

Bravo

@NastuFfka 3 ай бұрын

Wow❤

@sohrab3637 6 ай бұрын

Video title is wrong ! But it's amazing to see the last adjustments that is a little part of the whole process. These masters do way more work for main parts of each instrument 🤘🏻👍🏼

@maxponsetis1948 6 ай бұрын

no words to discribe the perfection

@willychristianto5343 8 ай бұрын

Saya penasaran sama lem nya... Kuat bgt

@Asian1626 8 ай бұрын

Interesting 😍 , music is a God gift for human being. God has bestowed extra blessings to the instrument maker. 😊 🙏

@Zatomis 9 ай бұрын

И сразу сыграл на нем классику! класс

@Khether0001 9 ай бұрын

What happens if the craftsman figures out a better method of doing a specific process? (by that I mean for example a particular manual technique, not using modern machines or products) If this new method still gives the same or even better or more consistent results, how do they know if they are allowed to adopt it and when is it more important to protect the traditional methods?

@westpoint7929 10 ай бұрын

Viva japan

@user-ei2bm6ul5y 10 ай бұрын

Балалайка по японски)) Музыка в руках мастера, а не в колличестве струн. .

@bigpappahemi4263 4 ай бұрын

That's a fancy windshield scraper you play that thing with! Just kidding, I enjoyed the video.

@danbrit9848 10 ай бұрын

i want that glue ...no worry of it drying on the self

@metern 10 ай бұрын

Wonder what happens to traditional making when the elderly are gone. It's sad to think that many of the traditional ways of making beautiful things will be lost in time 😥

@wilfredomendez3450 7 ай бұрын

Wondering how the strings were made of in the past. Beautiful and thanks for sharing

@Renwoxing13 6 ай бұрын

Obviously they were made from animals sinews and guts.

@pra2000 4 ай бұрын

The strings of the shamisen have been made of silk since ancient times, and surprisingly, they have not changed even now. There was no time when animal intestines were used. (Although the thin strings of Tsugaru shamisen are nylon)

@Renwoxing13 4 ай бұрын

@@pra2000 Thank you sir . I stand corrected and truly appreciate rhe enlightenment you deigned to bestow upon my ignorant self !¡! 😊 I guess this is why they say : *A Little Bit of Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing !¡!* ● & ● *When One Makes An Assumption, They Make An Ass Out of Both U & Me !¡!* Once Again Thank You For Sharing Your Knowledge And Enlightening My Perceptuon, & Once Again Reinforcing The Fact That Making Assumptions is NEVER The Right Thing To Do !¡!* I also appreciate that you didn't completely call me out or decimate me for making a wrong headed assumption !¡! ★☆★ *!¡! ¡!¡ !¡! THANK YOU & HAVE A GREAT DAY !¡! ¡!¡ !¡!* ★☆★

@blipzero 10 ай бұрын

how long will it take to make one ?

@Peaphrey 10 ай бұрын

SUGOI!!!

@alexbarnett8541 5 ай бұрын

Now I want one.

@user-yk3yb4px9x 3 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💐💐💐💐💐💐💐👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 мастера сразу видно.Классный инструмент!

@nachohats209 6 ай бұрын

me encanta el samisen yo toco sanshi

@MrSlartybartfast42 9 ай бұрын

fascinating

@Japjongetje 10 ай бұрын

No idea what this glue is made of, but it must be incredibly strong to withstand the forces pulling on that leather.

@Shenorai 9 ай бұрын

My thought it's a sort of animal gelatin, like fish or rabbit skin glue that's ground into a powdered form, ready for activation upon hydrating? I could be wrong, though.

@letshuman8985 9 ай бұрын

Don’t quote me on this, but I think that it might be made from rice. Even when it’s not used for glue, it is very sticky.

@trappenweisseguy27 9 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s a rice based glue. Very common in Asia.

@queenelcene638 10 ай бұрын

The musician was (almost ?)playing jazz, at the end. I enjoyed the music very much, ThankYou ❤🎉❤

@AhmedAhmed-zt4sf 10 ай бұрын

ممتاز❤

@timhull8664 4 ай бұрын

As usual fastidious Japanese manufacture, but not too enamoured by the sound..

@Girlgamssilver 9 ай бұрын

He needs to give a masterclass on that glue

@user-tx6tg8fq2l 10 ай бұрын

Потрясающе профессионально, дай Бог здоровья мастерам! Интересно узнать--как фиксируются колки, почему натянутая струна не раскручивать колок обратно? Кто знает?

@RiderOftheNorth1968 9 ай бұрын

As far as i know it is just friction. Precision fitted friction.

@pra2000 4 ай бұрын

That's right. It takes skill and patience.@@RiderOftheNorth1968

@song4908 5 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

@MoPoppins 8 ай бұрын

What kind of starch does he use for the glue? Is that sweet rice powder, or not food?

@fierriefiles 8 ай бұрын

Wow the GLUE

@dmitriyk.2890 10 ай бұрын

I read somethere shamisens were traditionally covered with a leather made from cat or dog skin traditionally. I wonder if they still use it nowerdays.

@brianflynn5355 9 ай бұрын

They only use skins of dogs that committed suicide. (Wikipedia)

@usxt242PclQ 9 ай бұрын

細棹か五分大の皮張りと思って見ていたら、最後津軽になってた！

@laurenbeshara3924 3 ай бұрын

Does anyone know what the wooden tool is called that makes an appearance @ 2:55-6:37? The one that he ties the string around to create more tension?

@maxazarenok 10 ай бұрын

Big fretless Russian balalaika 😅

@jimkern7922 9 ай бұрын

What type of glue is used? Thank you.

@ahsanQalbi 10 ай бұрын

Serasa di negeri wano

@abundantharmony 9 ай бұрын

What kind of glue did he use?

@thekangaroo42 10 ай бұрын

What kind of leather is used for the top and bottom face of the body?

@hyu954 10 ай бұрын

Cat

@okim8807 10 ай бұрын

サムネで限りなく素敵なデザートの動画に見えた、べんべん。

@2baekdo 4 ай бұрын

Is it made from dog/cat skin still?

@stevebeimler2579 2 ай бұрын

What glue is used ???

@StefanMiller 10 ай бұрын

SILENCE!!!

@samatappasov3248 9 ай бұрын

Kubo and the Two Strings!

@evgenyku5272 8 ай бұрын

Интересно, играя в таком стиле, на сколько хватит поверхности? Не порвет ли ее через полгода?

@AdrianGarcia-hp2mr 10 ай бұрын

IIRC, the leather used is made of cat hide (the domesticated kind) unless they changed the process...

@letshuman8985 9 ай бұрын

Cat is the highest quality. They also use dog or duck hide. However, they are now coming up with quality synthetic material.

@miku7715 9 ай бұрын

First japanese craftsmen i saw who is Not working on ground

@23Kolobok 10 ай бұрын

Забавный факт - традиционно в качестве мембраны для этого инструмента использовали кошачью кожу.

@joansparky4439 9 ай бұрын

what kind of glue was that please?

@timmoore9592 10 ай бұрын

That beautiful piece of music at the end was well worth the wait throughout my complete lack of understanding what and how the item was being built. Just amazingly beautiful music. Thank you.

@davidjowett8195 10 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you. This video is 16 minutes long. How long in real time does the process of making a Shamisen actually take? Thank you.

@poissonnord5481 10 ай бұрын

👍👍❤❤

@maxponsetis1948 6 ай бұрын

realy sudjugated aregato tomodashi

@sinanturan7899 7 ай бұрын

Hello, what are the materials of the glue you used in the 059th second? Let's glue the skin of the "qanun" musical instrument in Turkey with it. Thank you.

@beruntungdong3813 3 ай бұрын

インドネシアの伝統楽器ガムランです🇮🇩🇯🇵からのご挨拶です。

@MayorMcCheese2000 7 ай бұрын

what kinda glue is that?

@ghlscitel6714 9 ай бұрын

is it really cat skin parchment?

@user-py4kl6ez4k 4 ай бұрын

エレキギターでは「ギターの音はネックの音」っていって胴体の質が与えるのは味付け程度だって風潮があるけど三味線の場合どれくらいの割合で影響が出るんだろう？三味線の竿はギターの指板やバック材に使われるローズウッド(紫檀)だったと思うけど竿にカエデ(ハードメイプル)使うと明るい音になったりマホガニー(センダン)使うと太く暖かい音になったりするのかな？