{"id":3695,"date":"2011-11-04T18:56:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T16:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2011-11-04T18:56:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T16:56:48","slug":"koto-ensemble-plays-songs-by-the-beatles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Koto Ensemble Plays Songs by the  Beatles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">Some days ago I found a CD of Beatles Songs played by a <strong>Koto-Ensemble<\/strong>. Unfortunately I did not find information about this recording. But this CD contains very interesting arrangements of some of the most popular songs by the Beatles for a koto ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>koto<\/strong> is the national instrument of <strong>Japan<\/strong>. The typical sound of the koto includes harplike arpeggios, vibrato, glissando and even tremolo like on the mandolin.<\/p>\n<p>I have searched for youtube videos with Beatles songs played on <strong>koto<\/strong> and I have found the following three videos:<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the songs of the Beatles played on the koto!<\/p>\n<h2>The Beatles_I Feel Fine by Osamu Kitajima \u559c\u591a\u5d8b\u4fee<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Dr. Osamu Kitajima &#8211; performing &#8220;I Feel Fine&#8221; at Japan America Theatre, in Los Angeles 1991 along with Masakazu Yoshizawa, Freddie Ravel, Anjani Thomas, and Hiromitsu Nishikawa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles_I Feel Fine by Osamu Kitajima \u559c\u591a\u5d8b\u4fee\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HqyonlhGyGw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>The Beatle&#8217;s Yesterday played on Koto.<\/h2>\n<p>(interesting recording, but unfortunately the sound is muted when the camera zooms in or out)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatle&#039;s Yesterday played on Koto.\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0aypA0_AyS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Come Together, Imagine &#8211; Sonidos del Jap\u00f3n (Japan Sounds) en Lima<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Akira Inoue (Keyboards\/Teclado), Masako Kawamura (Koto), Fumiko Waku (Koto), Michie Kobayashi (Koto), Ryozan Sakata (Shakuhachi), Houchi Fukuda (Shakuhachi) y Manuel Miranda (Flauta Traversa).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come Together, Imagine - Sonidos del Jap\u00f3n (Japan Sounds) en Lima\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hw8Jrdd-Utg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Grooveshark playlist Koto Ensemble<\/h2>\n<p><object width=\"250\" height=\"250\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;playlistID=62513528&amp;bbg=000000&amp;bth=000000&amp;pfg=000000&amp;lfg=000000&amp;bt=FFFFFF&amp;pbg=FFFFFF&amp;pfgh=FFFFFF&amp;si=FFFFFF&amp;lbg=FFFFFF&amp;lfgh=FFFFFF&amp;sb=FFFFFF&amp;bfg=666666&amp;pbgh=666666&amp;lbgh=666666&amp;sbh=666666&amp;p=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/grooveshark.com\/widget.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Previous post about the koto:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link: Koto \u2013 The National Instrument of Japan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=2854\" rel=\"bookmark\">Koto \u2013 The National Instrument of Japan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days ago I found a CD of Beatles Songs played by a Koto-Ensemble. 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