Song of the Beach 浜辺の歌 (1916) ♪ 成田為三 (Tamezō Narita) ♪ flute & chromatic harp
0Song of the Beach 浜辺の歌 (1916) / Hamabe no uta
成田為三 (Tamezō Narita)
In the book "101 Favorite Songs - Taught in Japanese Schools" (The Japan Times, Ltd. (1991)), there's a song called "浜辺の歌 / Song of the Beach" in an arrangement by Tamezo Narita.
I'm playing together with @martinemussies on the flute.
More about the chromatic harp in my video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdRN2xSOG4 .
Sea photo on the title slide was made by me at the Meoto-iwa in Ise, Mie Prefecture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meoto_Iwa
Photos in this video made by me on the beach of Scheveningen, in the Netherlands.
Concert photos taken by Michel Timmermans https://mtimmermans.myportfolio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mtimmans/ in the Keep In Mind Studio with art by @kittyocean .
Also on the CD here:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/20dZvsZLVaIE5h3EiGJi1Q
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/nl/album/japanese-sea-music/1737165161
Youtube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nn_VliwfQEX712zCxot8prsoIH0uvb6rE
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0CYPLX5WW
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/nl/album/562990582
Book info from which I got the sheet music:
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26896854M/101_favorite_songs_taught_in_Japanese_schools
https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/998317783506421
https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/101-favorite-songs-taught-japanese-schools/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/4789005690/ref=nosim/?tag=librarythin06-20
Info about this song from the book:
Song of the Beach (1916)
Tamezo Narita, a musician, wrote this song on the European seven-tone scale in 6.8 time. His intention was to finish this song in a modern touch. He was a student of Tokyo Music School then. When the music was published, however, this song was welcomed among intellectuals and girls' high school students because of its strange sentiment which appealed to the heart of the Japanese. Since then it has been regarded as one of the few artistic masterpieces of Japan. This song expresses the quiet, tender feeling of a man roaming along the beach.
Playlist with more Japanese sea music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2mtqSFBT7kta3otGWv_5itQ6mOSwINV
More chromatic harp music: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2mtqSFBT7l2B6xZ993jk_zzZg_2q0h6
All my harp recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg2mtqSFBT7lTm5wOkXGjzQ8wQZNOGZyc
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Recorded with:
- Zoom LiveTrak-L8 recording device:
https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/digital-mixer-multi-track-recorders/digital-mixer-recorder/LIVETRAK-L-8/
- Ischell X48C3 contact microphone:
https://www.ischell.com/en/products/x48c/
- Rode NT5 matched pairs microphones:
https://rode.com/en/microphones/studio-condenser/nt5
- Chromatic harp (type 6/6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdRN2xSOG4
built by me at Klangwerkstatt workshop, Germany
in November 2023
https://www.klangwerkstatt.de/
Note: I am just listing my recording equipment for informational purposes! I'm not affiliated with these companies in any way and I bought everything myself. When other people post videos of their recordings, I'm also always interested in how exactly they recorded it, which equipment they used, etc. It's because I wanted to know how I could best record the sound and other people might be looking for similar information.