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New Instrument: Koto

AlexLightAlexLight
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I would like to see the Japanese instrument the Koto added to mabinogi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)

Kensamaofmari

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  • HelsaHelsa
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    edited November 20, 2018
    Koto music involves using a lot of bends, (although the example you posted has none) which would involve a major update to the music engine in Mabinogi. To be sure, it would be a welcomed update as it would allow music to be more expressive in the game. For example, you could then actually do some blues wailing on electric guitar say. As it is now though, while they could easily just add Koto samples to the library, playing famous traditional Koto music on them would not sound quite the same. The tune in the video for example is a traditional Japanese children's song so not specifically a piece meant for Koto. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the idea, but it won't turn out as good as people might hope.
  • AlexLightAlexLight
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    ah okay i didnt knew that
  • HelsaHelsa
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    AlexLight wrote: »
    ah okay i didnt knew that

    Don't worry about it. It's still a pretty good idea.
    Gremm
  • KensamaofmariKensamaofmari
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    It's a good idea, but as well as the mentioned above, the Korean version (gayageum) is 12 strings while the koto is 13 strings.
    The original zheng from China is 16 strings (modern 21 strings). And there's other versions of the instrument out there as well. Could complicate things even more.
  • HelsaHelsa
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    Kensamaofmari wrote: »
    It's a good idea, but as well as the mentioned above, the Korean version (gayageum) is 12 strings while the koto is 13 strings.
    The original zheng from China is 16 strings (modern 21 strings). And there's other versions of the instrument out there as well. Could complicate things even more.

    For Mabinogi the number of strings doesn't matter since there is one sample for each note in the data file. The data file knows nothing about the number of strings, just what the tones, that it has, sound like. Case in point: all the wind instruments in Mabinogi can play three notes at a time even though the real instruments are monotonic.
    Kensamaofmari