Try playing this traditional Chinese Instrument?!?!

[@Bushikesangde]

Still can’t believe how quickly you learnt that man

[@JoeCreator]

I can totally get better!

[@ziwang2733]

His dog is sleeping again.

[@williamlinvention]

我现在竟然直接看Joe的视频了，这叫啥，这叫没有中间商赚差价吗？

[@相宇-h6t]

哈哈哈哈哈我来了

[@martingin6937]

你快点，Joe需要英文教程你听到没

[@alwayswetsheng5435]

百般乐器、唢吶为王、 不是升天、就是拜堂、 千年琵琶、万年筝、 一把二胡拉一生、 唢吶一响全剧终, 曲一响,布一盖, 全村老小等上菜,哭的 哭,抬的抬, 后边跟着一片白,棺一抬,土一埋,从此人间say goodbye。

[@martingin6937]

啊哈哈哈

[@tifahan936]

初闻不解唢呐意，再听已是棺中人，两耳不闻棺外事，一心只蹦黄泉迪，一路蹦到阎王殿，从此人生不再见~

[@吃瓜群众-v5i]

你们写的这些，老九能看懂么？🤣

[@vegebro]

这他妈有才

[@水枪]

@@吃瓜群众-v5i 他会用翻译器翻译，然后就更懵逼了

[@谈笑间-v5i]

百般乐器，Millions instrument in the world, 唢呐为王，Suona is the king of them all, 不是升天，Either Ascend to heavens, 就是拜堂，Or commit wedding rites, 千年琵琶，Lutes flows over centuries, 万年古筝， Guzheng vibes millenniums, 一把二胡拉一生，One Erhu plays for your whole lifetime, 唢呐一响全剧终。But Suona is the one makes your ending cry. 曲一响，Music sound, 布一盖，Cloth on, 全村老少等上菜，Your ritual gathers people near the grave, 走的走，walkers walk, 抬的抬，bearers bear, 后面跟着一片白，Black and white suits goes ahead, 棺一抬，Coffin down, 土一埋，Soil thrown, 亲朋好友哭起来，All who know cry side by side, 鞭炮响，Firecracker BANG, 唢呐吹，Suona QUACK, 前面抬，Pallbearers leads your way to home, 后面追。Group of peole follow bearer along。 初闻不知唢呐意，First time Suona obscures your head, 再闻已是棺中人，The next time you meet is on your death, 两耳不闻棺外事，Nothing else goes in your box, 一心只蹦黄泉迪，Your only feeling is funeral dance, 一路嗨到阎王殿，Disco all the way to Hades' place, 从此不恋人世间。Farewell to mother earth you again never with.

[@meizhou3406]

人材啊

[@arrgkym]

the foriegns never know the laugh point in this comment

[@vualionebrav5246]

自古评论出人才，千古绝句随口来，奈何本人没文化，一句卧槽行天下。

[@卢天一]

I was expecting to see your dog's reaction from the very beginning, and I saw what I wanted to. LOL

[@ML-gi7ro]

推播居然讓我看到九爺吹嗩吶，實在太厲害了！

[@becauseemmasaidso]

Hi, Joe. I started to know you from “不是柯桑德”, and I do love the way you listen and comment to Chinese music. You are so talented and professional.Will keep watching your video.

[@enlighten736]

This is an instrument with strong personality, it’s unique tone can be use to express emotions like no others.

[@俞某某-b1k]

居然推送给我这个视频了，九爷确实厉害也确实够专业，希望看到你解读更多的中国歌曲，加油！

[@qy6061]

when the Suona started sounding, the reaction of your dog really made me laught😂😂😂how cute he is~

[@atlastang7909]

This instrument can be played from a man's birth celebration to funeral.

[@haoleon2464]

hhh, truth bro

[@吞磊]

Hahaha

[@michaellee2152]

满月到头七

[@xyd1508]

a joke only a chinese understands

[@madsam0320]

Traditional wedding too.

[@tyronemok]

It’s funny, I’ve always been watching if your dog will panic if you blow suona, but the dog is actually watching calmly, very cute dog! !

[@summerxia7474]

I was also waiting for the reaction from the dogie too! Lol~

[@luffy08252027]

It’s also the first time for your dog to hear this sound! And love its reaction 😂😂

[@crystalhuo4168]

That the dog woke up the minute you started to play suo na and stayed alert until having checked that it’s not an emergency is hilarious 🤣

[@游戏人间-j6m]

我感觉此后数年，大家很可能在英格兰的葬礼上听到九爷吹唢呐了～～～哈哈哈哈😂太有画面感了。

[@suchgeekseverywhere5114]

😂

[@freddo2]

The reason many people (including me) became your loyal fan and watch every single video of yours with a big smile is not just because of your expertise in music critique and your attention to details, but your willingness and passion in learning about a new culture. I'm personally moved when you spent the time to look up the story behind the lyrics of Jiu'Er. Also you literally learned SuoNa and Chinese. A fellow viewer's comment on B-site said it all: "it feels so good when our culture is understood." Hope to see you more often on B-site and wish you all the best!

[@thomaschin3841]

Hi Joe, just found your channel recently, wonderful content. I used to be a suona player for 7 years during my high school Chinese Orchestra. i rmb I couldn't even make a sound on my first try. That bamboo mouthpiece, we call is 哨子 in chinese, is the biggest factor for the tone, "playability" and everything else. Haha watching you playing brings me back the good old memories, now I'm in my 2nd year of acousticc guitar. Cheers!

[@JoeCreator]

Haha awesome and good luck with the guitar!

[@meowmeow3017]

Lol your dog was having such a good sleep and you woke him/her up!

[@aaronteng6016]

Thank you for your efforts to show our culture to the world, thank you my friend

[@martinlaw5917]

Thank you Joe for always enjoying Chinese music and sharing your music knowledge

[@zsheila6392]

OMG this is so impressive!!!!! , just want to let you know how much we love watching your commentary videos!!!!! Lookingforward to more videos from you and 柯桑德

[@ma86655133]

The Dog:"Holy shit ! I can not sleep !!!!"

[@nfernandez11163]

Thank you. Yours is the only video that has instructed me on this instrument. By the way, you are gorgeous and your doggie is adorable. Thanks again.

[@fengx9398]

it gave me a good laugh when you woke the dog up, especially the moment she/he question mark you.

[@ashkayou1512]

I was waiting for your blow to wake up the dog from the beginning 😂

[@hanxiao4093]

Thanks for making my day! Such a genius! And I like how you jump from a Chinese local village to an ancient Egyptian temple :P

[@junyi53]

❤️感觉你人很好，很喜欢听你在“不是柯桑德”的视频中对音乐和歌手的点评 分析，客观 专业。

[@huiyile6224]

hi there, the main praticing of Suona is to control your breath, Suona is the most difficult instrument to learn in band, and Suona is always in high note, and try to play Suona non-stop while you change your breath.

[@JoeCreator]

Thank you for the advice!

[@jeanne_shang]

Incredible learning skill , playing the Suona with the feel of a Bagpipes ! Bravo九爷 !!

[@emmag4465]

Hope you and Sander will do more music reviews! I really like your professional reviews

[@104qisile9]

看了视频，不知为什么想到了，“黔无驴，有好事者船载以入”这一句。有好事者，给老外寄了个唢呐。不知10年后，这唢呐会不会成为西方摇滚乐队的标配。

[@mengli3667]

你这个pinglunxiaosiwole1

[@104qisile9]

😎😅 老外不胜喜，吹之。

[@siawfangvoon4367]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hallo84]

Hey Joe this instrument is by no means exclusive to china. Iran, syria, Turkey has a similar version of this called the Zurna. The name is quite the same pronounciation too.

[@chenxiapu5518]

Yeah, suona appeared in China around 3rd century. The origin is unclear but possible developed from central Asian

[@bobhqh1739]

People always get jealousy how long Chinese history is, bruh 80% Asian culture were influenced by China in the history

[@帶碗郎民主進步頻道]

二胡也是從西亞傳過來的，“胡”這個字已經說明一切了。

[@veratang180]

That‘s right.

[@billimono4480]

I'm so glad Joe is trying this out. Suo Na is such a traditional instrument, it almost faded out of public's sight as modern music becomes more dominant in the last several decades. You could only hear them more in northwestern countryside. Me, as a kid who grew up in a relatively small city in China, I've only heard it live 1 or 2 times in my whole life. If there's any way I could be of help on helping you learn it or any other Chinese instrument, feel free to just comment below.

[@HeikiDaNaa]

I used to play this in my school's chinese orchestra and (un)fortunately, I had the honour to play this instrument. It was very hard and the loudness makes it hard to practice at home, I had to blow into my closet and try to muffle the sounds. Very surprised you made a solid sound on your first try! Impressive. 👏👏👏 It's very easy to sound like a dying duck at first 😂

[@boyuan3580]

Come from Sander's video on Jiu Er. Subscribed to both of you. Sander is funny and you are professional.

[@jinghuanyang235]

hahah good enough for a beginner! I shouldn't laugh, but the sound you made really brought me happiness! AND my cat jumped over all the way to see what is going on with this sound. HAHAHAHA

[@stephanieshum886]

Hi Joe, you did a great job in analyzing the music pieces, good to see you enjoy this instrument so much. Did you know your puppy was woken up when you started playing suo na?

[@charlesf9982]

Always expecting you appear in Sangde's video. Great analysis, keep going Joe

[@JoeCreator]

Haha! Thanks so much!

[@JL-pu9vm]

@@JoeCreator You should hire Sangde to translate your video for your new chinese fans xD

[@xinli2829]

Joe，Im so glad to see you in such a happy mood. hhhhh. This joy is consistent with the instrument SuoNa.

[@LUYU_STUDIO]

狗子直接懵逼了，the doggy just like “ what happening ???!!!”

[@super2068]

中英文可以在这里交汇：What's up? 我操！

[@sam.oates_]

Mate this is awesome! I love how quickly you pick all this up. Great content 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JoeCreator]

Thanks so much dude!!!!

[@kxing514]

Well done, Joe. Can not imagine if you played Souna in the city what your neighbors would react😂

[@daisyjou2608]

I've been waiting for this video for so long. Thank you @不是柯桑德～～～Can't wait to hear Joe playing the suo（3） na（4）唢呐～～～～～

[@shihu3290]

I watched all your music review videos and I really enjoyed your professional views! I have since became a subscriber and would loved to see (and learn) more from you!

[@weibozhi0928]

唢呐吹出了苏格兰风笛的感觉，爱死你了九爷！

[@avaai218]

同感

[@williamberne]

I always have this feeling, that Suona has very similar sound comparing to bagpipes, I really want to see/listen to some westerner play Suona with bagpipe music!

[@庚唐谢]

you learn it so quickly that I can't believe.respect!

[@doggie_consultant]

Hi Joe! Thank you for playing this Chinese suona! Pls try this! ”百鸟朝凤” Hope u could like this!

[@jingshen3265]

For the first time player, you did an excellent job!

[@jetli4696]

第一次吹就成功出声，厉害

[@ZPLee-p1e]

哈哈，厉害了~这演奏出来的味道有点像苏格兰风笛哦。要不再试试琵琶、阮、筝或者古琴之类的弹拨弦乐？

[@fanshang2137]

it seems like the loud sound from suona calls a bomber when you play outside,hahaha

[@JustClaude13]

I think the first step would be to watch videos on how to start the oboe, since that would help you control a double reed. The principles should be the same. I thought you did fairly well for a first try. I need a fingering chart for a cornetto. I could start with recorder charts and see how that goes. I could also recommend the yueqin.Traditionally it should have two pair of strings, but new ones frequently have four single strings. I don't recommend the shuangqin, which is basically a longer version. The shuangqin is obsolete and unavailable commercially. i had to build my own.

[@xinzhanhardware]

Your dog: Are you kidding me?ᥬ😂᭄ᥬ😂᭄ᥬ😂᭄

[@graceliu6766]

Your performance reminds me of my first time trying to playing the violin～ hahahaha looking forward to seeing you mastering Suona one day

[@haojiali7459]

I've been thinking that your lovely doggy would be awakened by the suona and finally it did happen at 4:26😂Love your videos! BTW your pronunciation for suona is correct.

[@JoeCreator]

I don't think he liked it!

[@Monkey-ge1oq]

hahhah I've watched your comment on Tianjing's song "Jiuer", you are very professional

[@coconutpie7192]

This is so impressive! I am totally amazed how quickly you learned and played that well!

[@stuartlumi6210]

Dang it that's so loud, you could get in some trouble playing that in the neibourhood. XD

[@张超-e3o]

百般乐器、唢呐王、 非升、即入、 千年万年筝、琵琶、 一把二胡引生、 唢呐一响全剧终， 曲一响，布一盖， 村中老幼等菜，哭之 哭，舁舁之， 后随一片白，舁棺一，土一埋，自是人间say goodbye。

[@lukechen777]

Already watched this on Bilibili, but doesn't hurt to watch it again here!😁

[@yitiaoxianren]

The dog was startled🤣

[@Jasmine-pe9kr]

哈哈哈哈哈，好可爱～当听到他说要吹一首hopeful的歌，然后我听到好像仍然是谁家的白事。。。

[@kungfucooking7567]

好可爱，那你想不想给他口？

[@宋奇洋-g6c]

@@kungfucooking7567 🧠

[@jennywong1221]

@@kungfucooking7567 每次看到你这样的人留言，还满奇怪的，是什么样的家庭会教育出你这么对路人充满恶意的路人？

[@kaimrei8871]

@@kungfucooking7567 你这个投射也太莫名其妙了

[@weinasg1371]

Yes, when you play wind instrument, you need to take some break in between as your brain will feel as if there is a lack of oxygen or sth kinda numb feeling. Wind instruments trains the diaphragm muscles. After some time, your diaphragms will be able hold more and more air.

[@ipconfiger]

In fact, this is a traditional Iranian musical instrument that was introduced to China through the Silk Road in ancient times.

[@天皇笑川-g6r]

看把狗子吓得 耳朵都竖起来了

[@greyedward3370]

Great job！Love the way you play it and, it's really important to get some open space where you can practice it without bothering anyone else

[@JoeCreator]

I don't think there's an open space big enough haha!

[@patrickzhang2554]

😂😂😂reminder: DO NOT wear a Green Hat . It is totally forbidden in China 😂 Ask your friend why….

[@JoeCreator]

Hahaha omg noooo I just looked it up!

[@Seanprc]

The dog looked confused,LOL

[@BumbleBreezeee]

Music connects the world

[@hyd6698]

You are sooo talented👏👏

[@bolyu96]

I can't believe, as a Chinese, I learned how to combine Suo Na from a foreigner

[@jie901]

I like the 勾勾 sitting (sleeping?) quietly on the side.

[@jie901]

And his reaction to the first sound of 唢呐

[@colinhan9875]

Oh~~~ Joe 牛逼。 You have learned to play the Chinese Lute and Suona so quickly, actually you have surpassed 90% of Chinese people's mastery of the instruments. I'm now looking forward to your challenge on another difficult traidtional intrusment, the Guzheng (古筝). LOL

[@Weeping-Angel]

Amazing and impressive 👏

[@annahong3657]

Suo Na has a very popular music call( 百鳥朝鳳bai niao chao feng)Hundred Birds Phoenix Temple. You can listen to it on KZbin.

[@ahweikun]

Joe Creator plays suo na like the funeral band lol

[@chuanchen6180]

I think you are the first guy who play this Chinese traditional instrument. Good job!

[@LibeliumDragonfly]

um, you mean the first non-Chinese guy/youtuber right?

[@封佳杰]

It’s really cool ahh I have watched you a lot of reactions

[@xueyinghou1629]

wooooo~so excited !!!

[@inxpirits]

so talented

[@xlli4979]

he learn it,so quickly,unbeliveable.

[@jiadu9460]

可以去接活儿了，红白喜事啥的 😁

[@jiranma]

This instrument was traditionally a must at weddings and funerals. Side note: there is also a mid-range suona, and a bass suona.

[@jiranma]

Two pieces with use of suona: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6i1Xqh3qMpmba8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2q1q3iditqrqrM

[@jiranma]

Some other Chinese wind instruments that might interest you: 管子 [guan3 zi] (1:46, short instrument on the right in the first view, The Funeral March) and 塤 [xun1]. Xun looks like an egg with holes in it. It is a very old instrument and produces sounds that reminds one of ancient times (I don't know how better to describe it). It is a very quiet and contemplative instrument that also feels a bit melancholy. Oh yeah, and there is the hand-held pipes 笙 [sheng1] (though those of the lower ranges can't really be carried around while playing).

[@jiranma]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6S8iaF4lpyJrNE

[@sl0523]

I'm Chinese, born and raised. The mistake of this video is, however, Suo Na is not a traditional Chinese instrument, though it is used in a lot of Chinese music pieces. It is actually an instrument introduced into China at around either Han or Tang dynasty via Silk Road. (I don't remember which one).

[@lizyliz970]

I don't think it is wrong to say that it is a traditional Chinese instrument when Chinese has been using it for 2 thousand years. However, we do acknowledge that it originated from ancient Persia.

[@kathytan4867]

🐶:oh my, what's going on? Lol

[@biezaishu1988]

第一句我貌似听到了“潇洒走一回”😳

[@knightwu5825]

哈哈 来也匆匆 去也匆匆 潮起又潮落？

[@biezaishu1988]

@@knightwu5825 小时候唯一会唱整首的“流行歌曲”🤣🤣

[@yylummy]

My cat woke up as soon as you started playing =)

[@worldvistor]

I believe Joe's Neighbors will complaint him soon. hhaa

[@zengyoumiao8046]

Thanks for your efforts to learn Suona.

[@印第安人的复仇与诅咒]

I'm a Chinese and can't speak English very well. I can only use translation software. I met you at station B and saw your message below kesund's video on the oil pipe. I found that it's really you. I like you very much and your comments on Chinese music. I've paid attention to you. I hope you can make a better video in the future.

[@雅依依]

吹这个实在太辛苦了，一个星期吹下来，肺活量增加

[@棒子的祖宗]

嗨，JOE，我喜欢你的这个视频。唢呐在很久以前得中国，是从出生走向死亡的乐器。一对夫妻结婚时，会用唢呐吹奏欢快的音乐。有人死亡时，会用唢呐吹奏悲伤凄凉的音乐。有高超的演奏家用唢呐谱写了一首《百鸟朝凤》，意思是无数的鸟类聚集在一起朝拜凤凰，因为凤凰在中国被视为百鸟之王（就是所有鸟类里的王者）。这首《百鸟朝凤》被视为唢呐演奏的巅峰。唢呐对于中国人来说也是一件非常特殊的乐器，它被赋予了非常多的精神意义。

[@susamoyi4816]

吹得我都想撒纸钱了。 haha, I can't translate this to English. I love your video anyway

[@luckymay4947]

i just like JOE!正呀

[@Na4Ge4]

succesffuly scared your dog lol

[@hoo1645]

Joe 第一次就可以吹到这种地步 很厉害

[@Man-qq1lh]

没有唢呐敬不了的神，没有唢呐送不了的人！

[@chaoh6020]

Hhhhhhh!!!

[@一名王-o9m]

十年笛，百年箫，一把二胡拉断腰，千万琵琶万年筝唢呐一出全剧终

[@meimeizhang3222]

OMG you are so talented haha!

[@mishapurser4439]

An easy English name for it would probably be 'Chinese oboe', since it sounds similar to a shawm which is the ancestor of the Modern oboe.

[@redgreen8977]

4:25 dog is like "what the hell?"