BAND-MAID - KANAMI INSTAGRAM LESSONS - Ryan Mear Reacts

[@rocotocloc]

Kanami Tono sensei, my absolute favorite guitarist ever. And it's not even about technique or "flashiness", it's about the passion and the feels... no other guitarist had made me cry so many times: Puzzle, Daydreaming, Anemone, Awkward, Wonderland, About Us, Endless Story... and the list goes on and on and on lol Not to mention how freakin masterful she is as a composer. Creating such an strong base for the rest of the band to built on top of that. Another reason on why she's so awesome, Kanami is a 110% team player, she never thought about herself in the first place... all of she does is for the band and songs, and that's part of her genious Anyways (i'm talking too much), thanks for this video Ryan, i think it's necessary that the world knows about this little genious musician and songwriter that Kanami Tono is. And thanks to AntMusic for making this compilation!

[@cembor]

She has such delicate and almost spider-like fingers and her touch looks so soft yet the sound is so powerful. I think some of this was content that she put out during quarantine along with MISA teaching Akane how to play bass and MISA and Aina teaching each other songs. I think this is what gave them the idea for Band-Maid Prime and the member focused songs.

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Saturday was good but BAND-MAID Stunday is still my fave day of the week :)

[@Kissthetoad321]

Now it's the Minchoday. LOL

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@Kissthetoad321 Haha. Hey i love Minchoday too.😁

[@barryfox8464]

Kanami Tono and Tomo-Zo are my 2 faves just because they play outside the box, and write very interesting melodies and solos - they can shred when they want to, but mostly use little intricate snippets. I love their instructional videos which really show how unusual and detailed their guitar parts are

[@RyanMear]

Yes yes yes

[@PaulEngineer]

Seeing Ryan and Kanami holding guitars at the same time - emphasises how delicate Kanami's fingers look, and such precise placement with perfect timing. You can just feel the hours of practice that have gone into honing the delivery of those awesome sounds.

[@RyanMear]

What's THAT supposed to mean?! L

[@PaulEngineer]

@@RyanMear You can take that at face value 😃 . Your fingers are bigger, that's all! Anyone can spot your experience as well. We're just waiting for a few more compositions from you.

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@PaulEngineer Lol. Even tho Ryan has fat sausage like fingers they're still nimble. Mincho has slim chipolata fingers that are....um....not as big as Ryan's.🤷‍♂️

[@mechanicat23]

In this video Kanami’s fingers are so relaxed on the fret board, but on the demonstration disc that comes with Unseen World Kanami’s fingers and wrist are rigid. (No God demonstration)

[@Slippy6582]

Liberal is still one of my favorite main riffs from Band-Maid! Not my favorite song, but i just love that riff, it is really cool and is SO Kanami... With the slides and chromatics, only she can wrote something like this!

[@jenniferread7562]

That was so amazing… so glad you played along… the piano was just breathtaking… and Kanami showing her sister.. so sweet! Your turn on piano … 😁

[@Kissthetoad321]

I like classical and I like rock but I'm not a musician. But I had no idea that you could compose rock on the piano like a piece of classical music. Until one day I saw a video (the one you show Ryan) of Kanami performing Yolo. Since that date Mincho has become for me the best rock composer and the best guitarist that I have ever seen. This girl is fascinating and arouses admiration.

[@RyanMear]

Not that I'm any comparison, but all my music that I've released, started out as solo-acoustic performances that I developed into full band pieces. BUT I never took something that was beautiful and delicate and turned it into a monster like BAND-MAID does!

[@alxvdark]

This band has such a solid foundation with Kanami's composing and musical training...I love her rewrites of these songs to different sets of instruments, different moods, etc. The whole online acoustic was amazing in this sense.

[@brunobryant4846]

Ryan Mear and Kanami 👍 I could watch this all day and brother your occasional pound puppy pick me, pick me eyes as you looked at Kanami is priceless - same look I get when she smiles and waves , or when I look at Akane err Misa err Saiki err Miku 😄 what a wonderful spirit Ms Tono is and with the best rock stance to ever grace a rock and roll stage, viva Kanami , viva the Maids, peace and love Po 👍🎼🥁🎸 🎤 🍻

[@stevehall5128]

I suspect that part of Kanami's genius is her ability - maybe even her tendency - to think outside the usual box rhythmically, for example, playing a six-beat pattern over MISA and Akane in 4/4 so that everything is always shifting in relation to each other before coming back together - or having the rhythmic equivalent of a modulation to make a smooth transition into the next section. This post is so cool, because we've got what Kanami wrote (sometimes with a different arrangement on piano), compiled by Ant, and then Ryan learning it on the fly. And I think Ryan is spot on about parts sounding completely new in isolation, I totally got that from Axe Japan's guitar part breakdown of "One And Only." I'm guessing that this is because all the instruments are so integrated and woven together that even when focused on just one I can't help but also hear the interaction with the others and not just the lone instrument.

[@me262talon2]

Thanks Steve!

[@JuanSan66]

Amazing!. She's a guitar hero Ryan. The sweetest smiling and delicate one, but a true iron minded guitar hero. Thank you!

[@himbo754]

I would love a CD of Kanami piano versions of her songs. That would be beautiful. Piano, acoustic, hard rock -- her songs are wonderful in each medium. That tells us so much about them as *compositions*.

[@saltwaterinsanity]

Yeahhh dude, I'd agreed totally! We maidiacs out there should proposed this to Mincho-San and Bando Maido

[@DominicKirby1967]

She seems like such a great human being. Gentle, kind and so very talented.

[@catschoose1248]

The piano parts blew my mind. Lots of technically strong bands out there, but kanami's writing sets band maid apart.

[@miqoto]

kanami non-chalantly bending the strings :D

[@niiru4336]

I was hoping Kanami and Saiki would have done a piano vocal version of Daydreaming on the Xmas acoustic set.

[@RTEcalcite01]

We all know that Kanami is a musical genius. I have commented before that I think she will become a respected composer for things likes film scores or musical theatre. I still can't get over the difference of appearence of the photos of Kanami in the Unseen World score book and how wild she can get during her improv solos on stage. Just magic witchery.

[@Kissthetoad321]

I always thought she was bewitched by the ghost of Jimi Hendrix.🤘

[@waynebenedict5785]

KANAMI MAKES THIS ALL LOOK SO EASY! DAMN!

[@madsstavang]

Kanami is just awesome. My absolute favorite composer. She really can't do anything wrong.

[@GeographRick]

Teaching Miku guitar, teaching her sister, and publishing their scores for others to learn shows that Kanami is the ultimate sensei.

[@interstellardave]

This video makes me want some prominent piano/keys on their next album. I’ve wanted it ever since hearing Start Over, and now it’s an even greater desire!

[@davids9445]

Nice video Ryan. I agree on the Kanami piano recordings. Beautiful!

[@elesiobuccat3951]

Thank you Ryan for sharing this with us and AntMusic for putting together the compilation of instagram vids. I love all the members of the band but I have a special admiration and fondness for Kanami. Listening to the conversations with her and other band maids during the Acoustic Okyuji she asked how long the band has been together and the surprise on her face when she was told they've together for 8 years. She is so committed to her music and living in the moment that she's oblivious to things like how long they've been a band, concentrating all her talent and skills on the bigger picture - making music for their masters and princesses.

[@ericifune5543]

Professional musicians in Japan see themselves mainly as craftsmen so passing music skills down is very important. That's why these videos are done and publications such as "Young Guitar" are important.

[@drogonr9318]

The music that Kanami pulls out of the ether and into the real world for me is some of the most beautiful stuff I've heard in a long time. At this point, I'm just one of her forever fans. That Domination lick is so emblematic of her originality. I often go back to the Domination MV to get yet again blown away by the beauty and originality of the composition (all the instruments, but esp those drumlines). (And it's gotta be the MV for me as I don't find the fan-favorite Shibuya live clean enough.) I can't wait for the band's new music.

[@me262talon2]

Well said drogon r!

[@paganrelic]

Hey Ryan when I first saw the clip of Kanami,on the piano,playing the melody of YOLO, I immediately thought of you and how you would probably appreciate it. Watching you experience it was gold, I never fail to tear up when I watch her play that and I am eternally grateful to have experienced her talents and Band Maids music in my life. Love your channel and I proudly wear my Shut Up Kanami is Speaking Hoodia. Cheers buddy.

[@RyanMear]

Thanks Steve👍

[@tinyhato]

That riff for Clang is just the best. Great video. :)

[@robert-gillesmartineau1208]

Dear Ryan!😁 Greetings from the firrt PC on a hot day, but not the heat of summer yet. Japan are at last starting to open ttheir doors to foreign tourists. All should be allowed in by October!!! Kanami is such generous sweetheart!😁 She is a rarity: a genious who utterly enjoys teaching and sharing her craft. Being a very person at heart this is when she can express herself totally. No wonder Miku could learn her craft so quickly. Apparently she is a very tough teacher in private. I watched her no-nonsense leadership during pre-concert rehearsals difficult to imagine in our "Western" countries!😁 Whatever happens in the future she will always be a teacher!😁 Best regards Robert-Gilles

[@jacobrohlinger9038]

Would love to see more vids of you learning band maid songs!

[@eaglez1901]

You can definitely tell she has mucho piano training the way she can quickly manipulate her fingers all over the fret board. I can envision in the future a Kanami solo effort with nothing but acoustic and piano. That would be a....Maid...zing

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

Thank you Ryan for this video, great to see Kanami from another angle than on stage. And great to have you on guitar as well. I have come to the conclusion that Kanami Tono does not sound like anybody else, she just sounds like "Minchu the magician" the guitar player from Japan, aka herself. Kanami is a great piano player as well, damn Yolo sounds wonderful on piano. And Daydreaming is amazing. There is another Tono, maybe the force is strong in her too, WOW

[@Running-withscissors]

Thanks for that one Ryan. Ant too! I have seen most but not all of these. She is so meek and humble, and tiny thing, it boggles the mind the monster she is on stage LOL The compositions are so much more detailed than most ever imagine.

[@philipcable7518]

These classical ballad type piano songs are transformed into titans of rock anthems by the rest of the members.

[@TomClark-Futoura]

That was fun!

[@jamie.norris]

Great compilation. I would like to have more long format BTS and Day In The Life style vlogs from the Maids. The bit of content like that, that they have released is wonderful.

[@RA57727]

Ryan, that was an amazing video compilation Ant put together. I also liked your analysis with the guitar I think it helps explain what Kanami is doing and her skill in writing the music. Plus seeing her play piano as well is a treat to hear and see. I see because, I learned piano eons ago, but I still remember the comments about the wrist - which Kanami displays while playing beautifully. Thanks again.

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

Mincho Mincho Mincho!

[@GaryHolloway-810]

"MINCHOMANIA" rules :)

[@foong171183]

The way kanami composed songs looks simple but yet complex

[@SPERanger]

Seeing you do clang was a joy, it’s like one of my favorite riffs

[@kennogawa6638]

So many members of Band-Maid play piano that they should have an electric piano on stage in their live shows !

[@MrEmatthewh]

Kanami is a genius

[@TherealSeriousMoonlight]

It was all worth it just for that face at 7:08. 😂 I was stunned by the piano pieces the first time I watched this, just beautiful. Thanks, Ant and Ryan. PS: I think there is a full version of the YOLO piano piece around if it hasn't been taken down.

[@toolheadjr.4140]

Those piano arrangements could perfectly score a Studio Ghibli film!

[@VladimirChupin]

Amazing! Thanks for finding it. I think I saw these bits and pieces scattered all over the place, but it's very nice to see them collected.

[@yellowclip7862]

I can't get over the way her hand moves, like during the Domination and Clang riffs. It's like a CNC arm going to an exactly designed spot without a single millimetre of wasted movement.

[@RyanMear]

Yes, I said I became a better musician after learning that one riff. I wasn't kidding, it's a lesson in efficiency.... and wtf

[@me262talon2]

Absolute treat! Thanks Ryan.

[@増田仁-i9f]

Kanamincho is a piano player who plays the guitar, and she does it too well. She plays the guitar as an extension from the piano. All the music she writes and does with her fingers goes beyond insanity.

[@Kissthetoad321]

It's surprising to see her composing Yolo on her piano with delicacy and playing the song's solo in badass rocker mode in the video. Mincho has a fascinating personality.

[@greenmirror5555]

I love when she sings too!

[@evilducks3710]

Ryan figuring out CLANG was so much fun to watch. Great video.

[@paulpetersen879]

The Riff Goddess can just flat out play. Love me some Kanami.

[@佐々木幸司-i2b]

Kanami's phrases and solos are in human form. That's why I love Kanami and Band Maid.

[@roberttoomey6157]

Every song is a beautiful arrangement

[@erikpedersen5218]

I love this version of YOLO

[@bohicagaming4462]

Some people dream of winning the lotto, the rest of us dream of Band Maid posting how to videos of their songs.

[@mechanicat23]

… this video could be a drinking game. Every time Ryan starts a rif, we all take a drink.

[@RyanMear]

Keep your schedule clear!

[@roberttoomey6157]

Hey Ryan ! I just bought my tickets to see Band -maid live at the House of blues in Dallas next October for my birthday. I am going to spend my birthday with the Maids!!!

[@RyanMear]

Awesome! I think that's Miku's birthday too? I may be mistaken

[@bobespirit2112]

Been waiting for this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@falconsooner]

Phrasing. BTW...Liberal is such a fun riff

[@gaborberkes468]

I am sure Kanami proud of you Ryan 🙂It was so good 👍 I wish one day I can play a simple song 😁

[@2abug]

Great video Ryan I had the exact same reaction as you when I first saw the guitar lesson for “CLANG”. I wanted to learn that riff so badly! PS: But I suck at guitar 😅 Thank you

[@2abug]

Ryan, I encourage you to watch Jrockpi’s piano arrangement of “Different”. She a pianist from Hong-Kong and a BAND-MAID fan. It’s very beautiful kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJq2mHirm9p8i80

[@baddhorsie8318]

So cool, thx Ryan :)

[@powbobs]

MISA has a bunch of Instagram bass lessons also.

[@RyanMear]

😬

[@roberttoomey6157]

Omg that's beautiful in the piano

[@shadow-mi7bh]

When is Kanami's sister going to join the band ? !!!

[@zoob6510]

I want Kanami's sister to do a One And Only synth part, and also solo.

[@VegetaRabbit]

When you were tapping the Clang intro it reminded me of the tap "battle" between MISA and Kanami at the start of Clang (live). I'm sure you've seen it, but if not here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/on3QYY2JZ9SHoJo

[@zolitoth2458]

Yes, the band members said that Misa never made a mistake. Only here ... at 0.36

[@RyanMear]

Yes that is super fun!

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Hey Ryan, you just got a nice shout out from Didymalgia at the end of his "Clang" reaction.👍

[@RyanMear]

I was made aware and checked out his video! Thanks!

[@Kevin6059]

Very cool stuff!!

[@masahiros.1405]

You are the best! The best! Kanami is also the best! You are the best too!

[@RyanMear]

Arigato!

[@maladroit5376]

Have you checked out jrockpi"s covers of Band-Maid songs on piano ? She's done Daydreaming among others. She has to reverse engineer some tracks to work out how to play them. Others She has the score for.

[@RyanMear]

Wow, no I have not!

[@symphonysoup]

these are awesome man i adore your content as well as band maid.. youre like my internet dad lol

[@RyanMear]

LOL Okay!

[@roberttoomey6157]

Kanami looks like a spider on her web when her fingers go to work

[@davidbicket7201]

I thought that we discovered her secret when we saw 3hands playing

[@Prophet12]

Well done Ryan! Are the the lead guitar for Ohrenje's Onset?

[@RyanMear]

😎

[@roberttoomey6157]

Keep it up and you will be able to sit in with the Maids

[@packerjip9665]

Band Maid is so much better than the other modern rock bands as far as I am concerned. Rock and F'n Roll.

[@roberttoomey6157]

I wish I could hear the world like Konami hears it

[@tommcfall1274]

It always amazes me that so many guys are AMAZED that all these Japanese goddesses do this with TINY FINGERS! I think it is easier with amazingly beautiful tiny little fingers than big fat Gaijin fingers. I was always so amazed what Allan Holdsworth could do WITH HUGE FINGERS!!!! Kanami is a TRUE MUSICAL GODDESS. THEY All are

[@RyanMear]

Did you just call me a fat Gaijin?!

[@tommcfall1274]

@@RyanMear Own it ! I am a 70 year old fat fingered Gaijin drummer who wants to be Akani's roadie for the rest of my life NO CHARGE

[@RyanMear]

LOL

[@MACKYWEST]

She has 3 arms. I didn't know it･･･

[@justinlikesme19]

What chords did she used in page acoustic?

[@moonrose5944]

I'm always watching your video from Japan. I recommend Masayoshi Takanaka. He is a Japanese guitarist and composer of guitar instrumental music. He composes many guitar instrumental songs. In the west, his songs have not been released and are not well known. Recently, it has been recognized to some extent since videos have been uploaded to youtube. He is often described as Carlos Santana of Japan. The representative song is Blue Lagoon. The representative album is The Rainbow Goblins Story.

[@erumisato5241]

He's a great guitarist! I've listened to Rainbow Goblins several times, and a lot of his other songs on You Tube.😀

[@moonrose5944]

Here is a video that introduces him in English. Masayoshi Takanaka: The Coolest Musician To EVER Exist kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHXYdWlnrZeMeLs

[@ZomboneTheBassist]

GOD DAMMIT

[@RyanMear]

what??

[@ZomboneTheBassist]

@@RyanMear I laughed when you said that after trying to play that one part

[@rdkamil2251]

React to fay ehsan "separuh aku"

[@pitamaid]

Kanami, MISA, Akane, Miku on this brilliant 'Rinne' kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHe1nWRphJutfLs

[@Thor_Iversen]

Surprised it took you so long to reach for a guitar 😉

[@RyanMear]

Right?!

[@DaElfer]

"lessons".. if you play it at 1/4 speed