Learn how to play the Tanabata song "Tanabata Sama" on Shamisen with me!
In the video, I play the piece in two speed levels with the accompanying scores displayed. You can download the full notation as a pdf and the two speed levels in separate mp3 FOR FREE over here: [ Ссылка ]
There's a love story connected toTanabata [ たなばた or 七夕: "Evening of the seventh" ]. The story goes roughly so: Orihime and Hikoboshi who lived in the night sky were deeply in love. While that is actually a beautiful thing, unfortunately this made them forget about their work duties. That's why they were punished by separating them with the milky way. They can only meet once every year - yes, you guessed right: On the evening of the 7th of July, Tanabata.
The how and why of this festival took a couple of turns throughout the centuries, but nowadays the meeting of Orihime and Hikoboshi is celebrated on Tanabata.
The Tanabata song that you're learning today relates to the Japanese custom for Tanabata is to write your wishes on colorful little paper slips and hang them on a tree.
The original Japanese lyrics are included in the notation in kanji, hiragana and romaji :)
They translate to:
The bamboo leaves rustle and sway under the eaves.
The stars twinkle like gold and silver powder.
I have written on the five-colored paper strips.
The twinkling stars are watching from above.
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Enjoy!
