The amount of expression this instrument is capable of producing is amazing.
@joaoluis65854 жыл бұрын
If you thibk this can express the musician, watch some piano of Debussy, Claire de lune
@S6cout3 жыл бұрын
@@joaoluis6585 shut the fuck up you shitter
@appleslayer33373 жыл бұрын
@@joaoluis6585 nYeh NeyEh NyEhhhHHH Shut up let people enjoy what they enjoy.
@aeoteroa8183 жыл бұрын
Almost synth like tones.
@hombretostadasenpolvo3 жыл бұрын
Nah, I thought the same, but i only hear the same 2 chords in every piece, idk why but that's too limited
@tmangb4 жыл бұрын
I think that's the perfect song to show off what the instrument is capable of.
@beavermatixx61163 жыл бұрын
What song is it?
@drewspiegelberg27312 жыл бұрын
@@beavermatixx6116 low key gliding
@thastayapongsak44222 жыл бұрын
Not even close. The originla style it was used for is even crazier. Search Sombat Simla. He's the Khaen master
@ItsMeSphax2 жыл бұрын
how about this kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXjIlodubatlpas ?
@scladoffle24727 ай бұрын
@@thastayapongsak4422 it's not a competition :)
@johnevans91494 жыл бұрын
So this is the origin of all those neat RPG scores I use to hear ans still hear in games.
@terencecurran78194 жыл бұрын
Yeah dude I feel like I just healed my party with potions after a rough battle
@mirainikki66654 жыл бұрын
Unironically, it's sounds so familiar, like some Final Fantasy game
@RayanKhan4 жыл бұрын
Is that where it's from, this sounds so familiar but I don't know where it's from.
@MainDoorFrames4 жыл бұрын
I dunno man since my country is Laos and kinda under the radar I doubt Japan would come to it for their games unless maybe they did dunno
@kuhatsuifujimoto96214 жыл бұрын
I think the sound is mostly from the khaen's japanese cousin, the Sho
@apacheko69924 жыл бұрын
this is giving me some weird final fantasy nostalgia vibes
@NoemyMenchaca4 жыл бұрын
ApacheKo reminds me of chrono trigger!
@apacheko69924 жыл бұрын
@@NoemyMenchaca Oh my god it does, i wasn't even thinking about chrono
@kestoification4 жыл бұрын
exactly, one could make soundtracks with this instrument
@thebrookelauren4 жыл бұрын
yes!! I love ff
@MainDoorFrames4 жыл бұрын
Imagine using an instrument from another culture and putting modern style melody into it NOICE. Cuz never thought thus instrument could be used this way since I hear it so much at funerals or my cultural events
I love the Khaen! My childhood was full of traditional Thai music that my dad would play on and on so this sound is very familiar to me. It's very nostalgic and so, so beautiful!
@fe1liott.civicsi4 жыл бұрын
Saw this guy on Tik Tok
@rooteddwellings4 жыл бұрын
Yep me too I had to look up the instrument and he popped up.
@darkDiamondb4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Amazing!!
@bobo79184 жыл бұрын
Same
@MikeyCasasola4 жыл бұрын
Same haha I like that flow Ima use it in a beat
@robertfeost16184 жыл бұрын
I found him on insta
@delsinmunroe50674 жыл бұрын
So many unique instruments are passed over in the modern times for the things we all recognize and are familiar with, but this one, this one resonates with me in a different way. I need more of this!
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
Well said. I know... this instrument is so ancient, but so modern and other-worldly.
@alisterdavid51094 жыл бұрын
i swear he just plays low key gliding but with a slight variation
@RageNate4 жыл бұрын
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
You caught me. I've been playing those 2 chords practically since the first time I picked up the khaen. The fingering lays very naturally. Thanks for listening.
@RageNate4 жыл бұрын
Hal Walker it doesn’t matter it’s still very amazing 🤩🤩 keep going!
@alisterdavid51094 жыл бұрын
@@banakula I think it's brilliant, such a beautiful instrument
@AdalHRivera3 жыл бұрын
It just means Hal Walker is proof that if you're good enough you can play the same thing over and over again with some variations and still sound amazing
@alecklecky3 жыл бұрын
Damn that stand up bass goes so hard with the Khaen! That guy was so inspired after he heard it's sounds. He knew he had to slap.
@LittleLuckyLotus2 жыл бұрын
Can you image going to his show and being exposed to this instrument for the first time and just sitting there in awe. Its quite a magical thing to think of all the sounds from around the world that you may not know. I stumbled across one of his tiktok videos and now im here and hooked on this sound. Much praise! 😄
@Delaypat4 жыл бұрын
Came from tiktok and sooooooo want one of these. Freaking awesome. Thanks for sharing
so you’ve been playing these 2 chords for 5 years? never gets old.
@waterbender62882 жыл бұрын
In all fairness, when a khaen is made it’s made in a certain key. So to play a wide variety of chords you’d literally need multiple khaens.
@David_Logr2 жыл бұрын
@@waterbender6288 oh, this answers some questions
@firstletterofthealphabet73087 ай бұрын
@@David_Logrit’s like a small, bamboo organ for your mouth, with no valves, just finger holes like a flute.
@Snow-ej5fm3 жыл бұрын
i have sensitive ears and this made them tingle broooo this shit’s magical
@define26754 жыл бұрын
Without even stopping to take a breath
@Badatmaths03064 жыл бұрын
define he got that circular breathing drip
@define26754 жыл бұрын
@@Badatmaths0306 thats that cold drip
@saucegaming2854 жыл бұрын
you can breathe in and still make sound with the khaen
@phaitun4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how to call it, but this Khaen you can blow and suck the air it makes the same sound. So you can play continuously. Is that the same as a circular breathing?
@a10washere4 жыл бұрын
Circular breathing is more like pushing out the remaining air in your mouth without using your lungs, while simultaneously breathing in through your nose.
@ilvinnova21223 жыл бұрын
This instrument gives me ghibli vibes. I know joe hisaishi would do an amazing piece having the Khaen as the main melody.
@highsbury142 жыл бұрын
I know have to sleep every night with the dream of this becoming a reality, thx :( lol
@Rosa-gu5sw2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of this 😭😭 I was looking for someone else to comment it
@Rosa-gu5sw2 жыл бұрын
Really reminds me of spirited away, specifically
@guner96562 жыл бұрын
I really love this man Thank you on behalf of Thai people and Lao people. That Khun Khai this instrument is awesome, beyond its boundaries 🤙🏻🙏🏻🇹🇭🇱🇦
@labber77724 жыл бұрын
THIS DESERVED MORE HYPE
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
I know, right. I’ve found TikTok to be better for hype than KZbin.
@labber77724 жыл бұрын
Hal Walker yep agreed
@miwonderme99026 жыл бұрын
khane is Lao national instrumment :)
@dimwitweed4204 жыл бұрын
you mean Thailand?..
@airv40834 жыл бұрын
@@dimwitweed420It is originated in Laos.
@dimwitweed4204 жыл бұрын
@@airv4083 and Lao is Thai ethnic group.
@sssf85k4 жыл бұрын
Yes it is originally from Laos and is our national instrument where Thais national instrument is Ranat.
@dimwitweed4204 жыл бұрын
@@sssf85k thank you guys i was tryng to be sure coz google says other shit
@boundlessmatter43613 жыл бұрын
He journeyed across the world to remote reaches of a country of a completely different culture to find the creators of an instrument that can create music so beautiful it can make all the atoms in your body dance and sing like furious warriors and brought it back here to share and preform these melodies and enlighten us of what beautiful ear tingling music sounds like. Respect👍
@BetaBoyBill3 жыл бұрын
So glad a lad Bible video about you popped into my Facebook feed, this instrument is beautiful and you're incredibly talented, can't wait to see what else you do with it!
@verticus34604 жыл бұрын
I just love how he just vibes when he's playing
@smokeyoung12832 жыл бұрын
I think the familiarity everyone seems to feel with this comes from organs and horn sections in modern music and a lot of what we grew up with. It has a similar feel and fills a similar musical space
@PLZH5N13_______6 ай бұрын
I don't why i search on KZbin so many videos of this, but your playing is very fairytale, and so enchanted.
@mejfuz2 жыл бұрын
I iust love the two people in back trying to find the right tones and notes to jump and jam with you but struggle from the start cause youre playing so many notes at the same time its hard to gind just one chord or note to jazz into... wonderful
@treydye25694 жыл бұрын
I came from tiktok to hear more of your playing. So beautiful
@himsayhimdo2 жыл бұрын
Hal, would love to see footage of you playing for the first time in front of the makers of this instrument. Must've been incredible.
@RayanKhan4 жыл бұрын
Honestly I recognise the song, it sounds so familiar, but I don't know where it's from.
@kani_mar4 жыл бұрын
Like every heroic scene from every movie and Epic Fighting Game/RPG Medley combined in one song.
@joeshmoe17644 жыл бұрын
its in a playboi carti song
@sarahcheshire20304 жыл бұрын
Joe Shmoe playboi carti remix by llusion
@StrawberryFeildsforNever3 жыл бұрын
@@sarahcheshire2030 this was the original, it got sampled
@mr.brando72213 жыл бұрын
this is low key gliding but a little bit different
@cuatro17472 жыл бұрын
es increíble que un instrumento tan antiguo suene como uno futurista
@junglink24372 ай бұрын
This use of the khaen was incredible, but I think love the bass player's demeanor and stage presence even more
@googolplexer8 жыл бұрын
Incredible!! Have you put your Khaen improvisations on CD yet??
@banakula8 жыл бұрын
not yet, Marc. :( Thanks for listening!
@cocobruh3 жыл бұрын
@@banakula and now, did you did it? I reaaaally want to but one x)!
@Dirtbaghippy2 жыл бұрын
@@cocobruh check spotify
@akito70253 жыл бұрын
Sounds very unique!! Like I'm in a remote village!! love your stuff!!!
@danzelmbamargwo8312 Жыл бұрын
That moment when every instrument playing touches your soul
@gazooc4 жыл бұрын
Soundcloud ? Apple Music ? I need more of this great instrument!
@guardian674 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what it is about this instrument... It’s half surreal and half familiar; beautiful. But with the backing of the bass drum and bass, I ultimately I got some major detective or sleuthing vibes. Damn. This was so good 👌🏽🔥🔥
@brokeglassfilms324 жыл бұрын
Sort of blade runner or taxi driver sounds to it
@brandonvessell46594 жыл бұрын
This wouldn't be music without those fellows in the back.man this is fantastic!
@narakib46523 жыл бұрын
Love from Thailand
@shanareinhart983 жыл бұрын
You make me discover this instrument ! Thanx for your music 👌🏻
@variadive70323 жыл бұрын
RPG (Chrono Trigger / Final Fantasy / Octopath Traveler etc) covers will open up a whole new audience for you ❤❤❤ Please consider it!
@rahteljackson4333 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS
@joelzavala72032 жыл бұрын
Chrono trigger and chrono cross are a fucking masterpieces.
@jacquesoquinn77903 жыл бұрын
can we get The Melodious Khaen on spotify that would be so cool. this is awesome!
@dyanga70622 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for bringing able to showcase this musical instruments various abilities and styles! I never noticed how beautiful this instrument could sound. I can’t wait to hear more musical renditions from you in the future! I would love to hear you to try out the Hmong Qeej (Luseng) and see what wonderful melodies are in store for this instrument.
@petervirapol Жыл бұрын
ມ່ວນ ແລະ ອອນຊອນຫຼາຍເດີ້ ທ່ານ Hal Walker
@jaxonmoon98153 жыл бұрын
Wish I could have been there. I'm from ohio and am just now learning about this instrument. I love old fascinating instruments such as the hurdy gurdy and the khaen. If you know any others please let me know, also inform me of any upcoming events in ohio this guy might be doing. I really enjoy his stuff, very melodic and enchanting.
@banakula3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason. I encourage you to sign up for my email list at halwalkermusic.com - nice to meet a fellow Ohioan!
@khalonkelsey34554 жыл бұрын
This is a mood for me
@nukem_4 жыл бұрын
Wow! @Hal Walker this song is amazing! Has it still not been recorded? I love it!
This man said imma bout to end nils frahms career right quick
@nicholiemurdock5562 жыл бұрын
Hearing everything combined is a different feeling
@yidneth4 жыл бұрын
i love mouth organs they look difficult to play, this is how i found you on tiktok. I love rare instruments
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
Using breath to make music is so ancient and so human. Thankyou for listening.
@yidneth4 жыл бұрын
@@banakula You are welcome, I used to have a blog about rare instruments It's still online somewhere to write about rare and unusual instruments. I am more of a singer but I play a few, my favourite is Low Whistle though because I can jam along most folk music and I like the low tone, Saving to buy a bawu now
@OSCAR-ht9ld4 жыл бұрын
So awesome man,helps me forget my problems for a bit
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad. thank you
@chaanom14422 жыл бұрын
พี่แกชอบแคลนจริงๆวะ เป่าตลอด 5555
@cocobruh3 жыл бұрын
I have a lot of problems actually, but when i listen to this, it's like if i never has any problems..! This song is just amazing! I dont know why it's only 4 years later that i finally find it, but wow, it is just amazing! I wish there was a 2 hours version haha!
@mishimposble25 күн бұрын
That was beautiful
@khamphatthirakul6975Ай бұрын
Wow. Lao Khaen❤
@ruelasgrea57452 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THAT INSTRUMENT ITS BEAUTIFUL
@Santasei4 жыл бұрын
Never been able to play the Lao Khaen haha couldnt stop trying to breath 😂
@boonyanuchpapumpruek14523 жыл бұрын
พ่อใหญ่เจ้าคือบ่ห่อนแอว
@Seven_Eleven_19273 жыл бұрын
Why isn’t think instrument more popular?! It sounds so good!!
Khan is a musical instrument of Laos, not of Thailand But in Thailand, a certain area has the same traditions in Laos Well, I am Lao. I want to tell you Lao is the original In Thailand, in some areas there is a similar pattern to Laos
@karakarum4 жыл бұрын
Балдёжно
@jacquesoquinn77903 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic!
@damronglaewarit53262 жыл бұрын
Thank you teacher.
@catbear44043 жыл бұрын
You have to listen to it in different speeds. try 1.5 and 2. Your welcome.
I keep seeing some little guy in green running around with a sword and shield in my head
@evanferree4 жыл бұрын
Ayee I was the 1,000th like. Hal I love your vibes bro, keep making sweet sweet music with that melodious khaen
@โด้เชินเจิ้น3 жыл бұрын
เพราะมากครับ🙏🏻🇹🇭
@jeemalsoknownasjimhawkins12942 жыл бұрын
Hal: A friend just "shared" your video. I love this. I am subscribing to your channel. What an amazing instrument. Where could one purchase something like this? Cheers.
@gungun17052 жыл бұрын
เยี่ยมเลยครับ ❤️😃
@sommypath43616 жыл бұрын
Oh wow very good job
@neoabsoltv71144 жыл бұрын
Good video, Hai Walker I simply loved it :3
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I miss playing with these guys.
@jasonlee69364 жыл бұрын
Sounds reminds me of an accordion
@devanharris63852 жыл бұрын
Same concept.. 😎
@دالي-و3د3 жыл бұрын
It's a musical instrument from my country. #Thailand 😛
@RyansSynthwaveGuitar4 жыл бұрын
Love your music man - very inspiring 😊👍
@mirainikki66654 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and nostalgic
@lutuzi11393 жыл бұрын
beautiful khaen song i hope can you play other song with other east Asian and south-east Asian mouth organ one is a ploong or plung from Myanmar and Bangladesh and sompoton or sumpoton from Malaysia other one is sheng and hulusheng ( gourd sheng) from china :)
@devinc93 жыл бұрын
Now I understand the origin of the Chrono Trigger Ost
@enjoymentdd5 жыл бұрын
That is Lao khaen Sir
@BossladySupreme3132 жыл бұрын
Beautiful sound
@brandonvessell46594 жыл бұрын
This is incredible!!!!
@vientoritmico47753 жыл бұрын
What a G.
@voldor52824 жыл бұрын
Спасибо давгу
@SumnerHobart4 жыл бұрын
Used to live in Cincinnati. What part of Ohio? Love your music btw and appreciate you sharing!
@banakula4 жыл бұрын
Portage County. :)
@SumnerHobart4 жыл бұрын
@@banakula very cool! Love your music and appreciate you sharing this beautiful instrument. God bless!
@kevbri117 жыл бұрын
sounds like I'm watching a Clint Eastwood movie
@Minnesotaiscold117Ай бұрын
I need me one of those
@Pousse-Pouce3 жыл бұрын
on dit merci joyca pour la découverte de cet instrument
@sophibueno4650Ай бұрын
Do you know a reliable place to get one of these instruments? I want to play but all I see are ones on Amazon and eBay and I don’t know if I can trust those websites to get a quality Khaen
@inoi283 жыл бұрын
Check out The Paradise Bangkok band
@roly38052 жыл бұрын
this instrument is amazing, im in love with it. i wish i could get one of those, but i cant find it for sale on the internet