Tonight was a spouse get-together for our squadron. We do this once a month... and take turns hosting. This month's event was pretty cool. The two girls that co-hosted asked two Japanese teachers to be our special guests and teach us how to play a musical instrument... a koto (pronounced with long o's like coke and toe). It was amazing! The koto is a stringed instrument, rests on the floor, and is played with a "nail" that is similar to a guitar pick but is attached to the fingers with a fitted strap. To me, the sound of the instrument was a cross between a guitar and a harp. It was a very delicate sound. We learned a traditional Japanese song, titled "Sakura Sakura".
Here are a some photos of the evening... although you'll have to forgive me for the quick edit job on these and for not showing detailed shots. I wanted to get a few posted & also chose shots that don't show faces very clearly (except one of my friend Angela :D ) because I haven't had a chance to show the group yet. I will add more photos as they get edited.
One of our instructors demonstrating how to play the koto:
She plucked the end of the strings with one hand and pressed on the strings with the other hand to alter the sound and make the 'echo' change.
The group with the two instructors:
4 comments:
That is really neat! How fun!
That looks so cool and fun!
That really looks like it was fun and such an interesting thing to learn.
That looks like a lot of fun! Very neat way to spend the evening! '
La-
Post a Comment