Jēkabs Zariņš - Grandparent's blessing. Kokle

[@Алексей-ю4ж2ш]

Любо! Ой, как любо! Боги, пусть хранят тебя. Мира, благополучия и процветания тебе, твоим близким и твоему дому!

[@ШураШура-х3ю]

Молодцом Братка, душевно гудиш, так держать! Хвала богам✋

[@amberperformance8657]

Однозначно лайк. Душа в тебе, и сила света. Играй ... играй.... буди Русь

[@semila3912]

Вышла случайно сегодня впервые. Это вторая композиция его, которую я слушаю. Не знаю, в чем прикол, но с первой начал пульсировать давно онемевший участок ноги. А вообще от человека раскайф такой идёт, что сразу непроизвольно начинаешь улыбаться. Спасибо, понравилось. Буду слушать.

[@ЕвгенийГеннадьевич-к4и]

Semila * Это Гусли ! Гудение на Гуслях влияют Самым волшебным образом на человека !

[@ainisengelands2525]

@@ЕвгенийГеннадьевич-к4и tā ir Kokle, latviešu instruments

[@ttuksa]

Hello, Jēkabs Zariņš, I'm sorry to write with errors - I use google translate! You are incredibly inspiring. This year in the summer, I accidentally heard on You Tube your music and it changed my life! I have never played any musical instrument, I can sing and compose songs, but I'm always accustomed to other musicians. But now I wanted to play like you. I admire you! Finally I found a master who made me a custom kankles and now I'm learning to play ... And today I saw in the comments what your name is, and that you even have a website! This is happiness! Thank you for your lessons and your creativity! It is wonderful!

[@ВасилийВасильев-и8ж]

Привет славянских Ариев, прочувствовали гудение)

[@blackfox454]

Привет из России =)

[@ЕвгенийГеннадьевич-к4и]

Здравия Брат ! Как можно приобрести твой диск с музыкой , в России ? Великолепно играешь , Душа радуется !!!

[@SaruKauri]

What a lovely melody, thank you for sharing!

Paldies. Latvijā ir vairaki cilvēki, kas māca. Ja interese varu ietekt

[@paulsrozans221]

Viena no mīļākajām melodijām! ☺️

Hi all! Thanks for amazing comments, means a lot to me to hear you enjoy this and have been inspired to learn this instrument. On some of your comments I can't answer as "reply" link does not appear, but feel free to write me. My contacts are in my home page piekuns.com. Also you can see some info on my kokle tuning and chord tabs.

[@Peljaks]

nevar saprast vai tā ir mīlestība pret dzimteni vai skumjas pēc mājām, tik patiesi, tik dziļi tas skan, fantastiski, apskauju

[@brunoDOUCHET]

Today I have heard a new instrument!Really sounds nice and so pure. I do like acoustic folk music that is the real thing! Bravo.Keep on playing Jekabs!

[@Taguiltsev]

Tas ir Ansis Jansons. Да здравствует утро Сварога!

Alexander Tagiltsev Ansis arí ir koklétájs, un ljoti labs, tomér shis nav Ansis Jansons, bet es Jékabs :)

[@Taguiltsev]

***** oh, sorry, I am mistaken. :)

[@ЕвгенийПояркин-м9б]

У меня аж сердце колотиться стало сильнее..

[@elenariemer7538]

Смотрю и чувствую что вот такими были наши славные Предки такой свет такая любовь такая жизнь исходит ...

[@nikitazden]

Such beautiful music! I have a podcast on world folklore and I'm doing a series on the Baltics. I'm putting together an episode for a Lithuanian story now and I was wondering if I might use a clip of this song in the episode? Full credit to you of course in the show notes :-)

[@jadelion11]

Today was the first time I ever heard Latvian music and kokle (Radio Oira). I thought that what I was hearing was plugged into electronics. Then I saw this video and I realize the sound of a kokle is awesome all by itself. I play western acoustic guitar and now I want to try kokle. I just don't know if I can buy one where I live for a good price. You are very talented in my opinion.

cheers man, find me in facebook - Jēkabs Zariņš, and I`ll see how I can help you with getting your hands on those strings :)

[@anahitamus]

This is the first time I've listened someone playing the Kokle, and this is absolutely amazing!! Didn't think this instrument was so cool! Liked the sound and video too, specially the ending, will walk bare feet whenever I find green grass somewhere :))

[@jadelion11]

Today was the first time I heard kokle too. Then I saw this video and realized it was not plugged into a reverb unit as I had thought from listening on the radio. After this vid I really want to get my hands on one. I'm not sure how to get started in the US but I will try to find out. This guy rocks that thing.

jadelion11 There are a lot of Latvians who play kokle in US. If you can`t find anyone, I can help you to buy a kokle and guide in first steps via facebook. Always happy to hear about kokle enthusiasts :) piekuns.com

anahitamus Thanks man, feedbacks like yours really encourage to do more of this stuff :)

[@AnnaIsHere]

Great! Looks like the site in your "about channel" is not yours anymore. Where are you from?

[@rusrus9780]

ПРИВЕТ из РУСИ!)

[@Umai94]

ЗДОРОВА БЛЯЯ

[@ЗлойЧеловек-ш8м]

славянские корни просыпаются аж от этих красивых звуков...) тату в форме солнышка на локте поддерживаю, хоть и не любитель тату совсем))

[@tatjanaeglite7329]

Приятно, что звуки латышской кокле будит славянские корни.

[@semila3912]

@@tatjanaeglite7329 Не знаю, корни или что то другое. Но что то - будит. И расслабляет, как будто все, дома, идти больше никуда не надо.

[@АрконаРуяна]

Tatjana Eglite Гусли -это древний национальный русский инструмент🤗😉

[@АндрейКовальчук-р1п]

Откуда этот парень? Он просто божит на этих гуслях

[@KreuzKrugBierBauch]

Kokle

[@tectumaudio]

very nice..

[@ilonasjoberg3480]

Shim instumentam ir augstas vibracijas 432 hz. Paldies.

[@gvidobrauns7535]

Es nespeeleeju kokli, bet man patiik, super.

[@sepidarkarimi6907]

Paldies Aivars! It is F A N T A S T I C

[@esmiludzivi]

Nezināju ka tu tik labi spēlē kokli. Tik skaisti. Tāds jūtu dziļums jūtams :)

paldies, no ká man tas prieks labus várdus dzirdét? :)

[@Chertov_Dmitrij_Andreevich]

Екабс! На сколько струн у тебя кокле? И где ты её взял? Очень красивая! Хотел бы себе такую же купить. Привет из Даугавпилса!

[@Plyshova]

lovely sound, lovely view :)

[@Beatitis]

Beautiful! : )

[@yvettemusto5762]

Awesome!

Thanks!

[@Valeriy7306]

Хочу также научиться )))

[@Fraususemil]

I do not play the kokle (yet?), hope you don't mind me listening to this though ;o) I like it very much, thank you for sharing!

[@HopMaJIb]

Super. ļoti skaisti :P

[@paulroza]

thumbs up!!!

Glad you like it! :)

[@tetris136]

Co jūs te bratkas sakaifojaties, ko pīpējat? A James Brown war uztaisīt Pappa dont take no mase?

[@JanisTreijs]

Forši! Malacis ;) !

[@romansUK]

Aivars! Jūs nevarat man ieteikt kurā varu atrast kokļu skolotāju. Esmu Kurzemē, bet varu braukt uz citu pilsētu. Vai ir kursi? Man ir kokle ar 13 stīgām Kurzemes stils.

[@supernacho4]

Love it !

[@hendrikkonso3411]

nice

Thanks! Tuning is GA CDEFGA A#CD

[@janishmm3275]

que agradable :) me encanta!

Thanks! :) Nice to hear :)

[@KeeganLarwin]

Just obtained one of these and am learning to play. My main questions are: what kind of strings should I use and what tuning would you use for a 13 string?

Hi Keegan, sorry for a late reply, for some reason I didn't see this post until today. Happy to hear you got a kokle (or a similar instrument?). If it still matters, I'd suggest to use the strings that the kokle craftsman is using. Some of the craftsmen use piano strings. Tha gauges can be found in my homepage - piekuns.com/?section=about-kokle If you want to play songs and practice from my tutorials, I suggest to use the GA-Bb tuning (also in more detail in my homepage), but for 12th and 13th string respectively add E and F. Hope this helps.

[@amberhawke]

If I may add; you don 't say where you got the kokle, if it is one that was made in the US or Canada, most likely that type of kokle uses E-major tuning, not C or F-major tuning as are the majority of Latvian-made kokles. The US/Canadian kokles, also known as the Jansons/Linauts/Dravinieks kokles (named from the three refugees who got together in the U.S. after the war to come up with a kokle based on their memories), won't sound good tuned to C. So... from the lowest note (furthest away from you) to the highest: B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#. For strings, either piano strings or, for the higher notes, guitar strings will work.

[@dielauwen]

When was a kitten the humans played in C or Aminor . Steel strings are modern but the old people said that gut strings were better for the hands.

[@24ginger24]

Skaisti!!! Kur Rīgā būtu iespējams iemācīties spēlēt uz kokli? Paldies :)

[@movingwall1]

Nu, es esmu Australijas latvietis un šis ir loti loti skaisti (sorry for the bad latvian)

[@songteller]

I'm looking to start playing the kokle (my gf is Latvian, and I play harp, so . . .). I found a kit for building a kantele, and wondered if it would do, or if there's a better price somewhere for a kokle that I could get.

[@songteller]

Richard Baldwin The kit I found: www.harpkit.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=kantele

Richard Baldwin Hi mate, nice to hear more people want to learn kokle. I'd recommend to visit my homepage piekuns.com and contact one of the kokle masters. There are contacts of some of the best kokle masters and you can arrange a courier delivery and price as well. Cheers

[@AaronShaunBrennan]

Is this a Kantele?!

[@kuznetsovmishamusic]

Alvars, Are you coming to america any time soon? I'd love to hear you play :) Also where and how can I buy a good kokle? Thank you! It's so beautiful! :)

[@noellem9416]

This has such a lovely, rich reddish sound to it! I love it! Is this a song you created?

[@StaffanPalm]

Very nice work, thanks a lot for sharing! I really like and understand your reaction at 0:24. How is it tuned?

[@StaffanPalm]

Ha! Last week a friend told me he wanted to start playing Kantele (closely related instrument from Finland). I remembered you after all these years and wanted to share with my friend, but I couldn't find you again. (Remembering a song with "mountain" something was not nearly enough.) Now here I am again thanks to a notification about a reaction to a seven year old comment. Nice!

[@paixiao7]

what's his name?

[@paixiao7]

HOT!

[@С.Т.Э.Н]

Если взять эту песню, то за автроское право не ущемят?

Hi! This is my song and I am the author of the melody, holding all rights reserved. It is forbidden to use it without my permission and I'm appreciating all who are respecting this.

[@VETO_ON_PIRACY]

Прекрасная музыка! А можно на своем канале на Ютубе выложить это видео? Что он ответил? Я поняла, что это его произведение.

[@Ukapirms]

Mūzika dvēslei...

[@saintmaurice9967]

Litavian knock off Finno-ugric instrument.

[@ainisengelands2525]

To Saint Maurice: Latvijas tautas instruments kokle, nevis somu- ugru...🌿🇱🇻