Session 3, find more koto in this sound pack. We went to my friend's father to record a Koto, a traditional Japanese zither-like (table harp) instrument, consisting of a large wooden base with long strings for plucking. The strings are tuned in the Japanese pentatonic scale, allowing a mystic, mysterious, beautiful harmony. It was my first time ever playing this instrument, so don't expect wonders lol. But I tried to "feel" the instrument as well as I could, working from my limited keyboard and guitar playing skills. I improvised simple patterns, and also tried to work with call and response ideas, and bass notes, plucking the low strings with my fingers, and then plucking the high ones with a pick. Happy listening, chopping, and remixing! The recorder was placed under the wooden base, I really like the intimate feeling that came out of this.
In Kashiwa, Chiba, east of Tokyo. Mid October 2016.
Zoom H2n Stereo MS recording in 96Khz, 24Bit.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
12:59.029
File size
427.9 MB
Sample rate
96000.0 Hz
Bit depth
24 bit
Channels
Stereo
Comments
1 year, 11 months ago
Rutger, this is absolutely beautiful. I would like to include it in the soundtrack of the feature film "The Smell of Petrichor". Please contact me for information about the movie and tell me what city and country you reside in so I can provide you tickets to see the film when it is released.
2 years, 10 months ago
beautiful
4 years, 1 month ago
Simply wonderful and celestial music ... I'm really admirer and fanatic of Japanese culture ...
4 years, 10 months ago
Dear RutgerMuller,
we appreciate your work and have decided to use your recording of "a Koto, a traditional Japanese instrument" in our new Windows PC game Voyager:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1351180/Voyager/
You are credited in-game according to the license requirements.
Thank you for your contribution!
Jan Kuoppa
Toleap Consulting AB
5 years ago
Obrigado por nos permitir ouvir essa maravilha
