Kazuo Yairi: ʻO wai ʻo ia a he aha kāna i hana ai no ke mele?

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ʻO Kazuo Yairi he kanaka luthier kaulana a me ka mea hana kikā mai Iapana mai ka mea i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia no ka hoʻolauna ʻana i ka honua i ka acoustic-electric kika.

ʻO ka hana a Yairi mai ka 1960s a hiki i ka 2000s mua, kahi i kūkulu ai ʻo ia i kekahi o nā mea kani acoustic-electric kaulana loa o nā manawa āpau.

kona kipi ua hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea hoʻokani pila kaulana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Neil Young, a me Mark Knopfler.

Ma kēia ʻatikala, e nānā mākou i ke ola a me nā hana o Kazuo Yairi.

ʻO wai ʻo Kazuo Yairi

Kaumua


ʻO Kazuo Yairi (1923–1995) he kanaka luthier Kepanī a me ka mea hana kīkā nāna i hana i kahi leo hou no ke kīkā acoustic. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā mea kani i kona wā kamaliʻi a i kona wā makua, ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi o nā kīkā acoustic string nylon kaulana loa ma ka honua. Ua hoʻokipa ʻia kāna hana i nā mea hoʻokani pila mai nā ʻāina a puni ka honua a ua lilo ʻo ia i mea koʻikoʻi loa i ka ʻoihana mea kani.

Ua hoʻomaka ke ola mua o Yairi i ka makahiki 1923 i kona hānau ʻana ma kahi kokoke i Nagoya, Iapana. He mea hana violin kona makuakāne nāna i aʻo iā Yairi i ka hana ʻana i nā mea hana lima mai ka wā ʻōpiopio. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua aʻo ʻia ʻo Yairi ma lalo o ka luthier mahalo ʻia ma kahi kokoke i Nagoya - Takeharu Matsumoto. Ma 1950, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Yairi i kāna hale hana ponoʻī—Kazuo Yairi & Company—kahi āna i kūkulu ai kīkā kahiko a me nā mandolins me kona maka makaala no nā kikoʻī i loaʻa koke iā ia nā hoʻohanohano honua.

Mai ka makahiki 1970 mai, ua hui pū ʻo Kazuo Yairi me ka mea aʻo mua ʻo Hideyo Alano e hana i kā lākou laina pūlima o nā kīkā maʻamau, nā acoustics-style Spanish, acoustics jumbo, a me nā kumu hoʻohālike uila-acoustic no nā mea hoʻokani pila. ʻO kēia hui pū ʻana i hana ai ʻo Kazuo Yari & Company i kekahi o nā papa hana kūʻokoʻa kūleʻa loa ma Iapana i kēlā manawa ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana e ka hui ʻo Alvarez -Yari ma 1984 kahi i hoʻomau ai ʻo Kazuo i kāna hana a hiki i kona hoʻomaha ʻana ma mua o kona hala ʻole ʻana ma muli o ka maʻi kanesa i ka makahiki 72. ʻAukake 14th 1995.

'oihana,'


Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Kazuo Yairi ma Tokyo, Iapana i ka makahiki 1935. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he ʻenekini leo ma kahi lekiō o Tokyo ma 1955 kahi i aʻo ai iā ia iho i nā kumu o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hana. ʻOiai e hana ana i nā ʻano hana mele like ʻole, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo Yairi e ka rock & roll a me nā mele o ka ʻāina komohana, e alakaʻi iā ia e hoʻomohala i nā mea kani i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻokō maikaʻi i ko lākou kani.

I ka makahiki 1960, ua komo ʻo ia Yamaha a ua hoʻomohala i kahi mana i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia o kā lākou kīkā kaula kila i kapa ʻia ʻo ka model Takamine. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā mea hoʻokani jazz e like me ka FG series ma hope koke iho. ʻO kāna hoʻomohala kaulana loa, akā naʻe, ua hele mai me ka hana ʻana o ka dreadnought shaped GD-20 acoustic guitar i 1965 i hōʻike ʻia he kūlana ʻoihana no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻonui pū ʻia kāna mau hana hou i nā mea kani ʻē aʻe e like me mandolins a me nā banjos āna i hana ai ma lalo o ka brand Devilline o Yamaha a me nā kīkā Kirkbride i hana ʻia e kāna hui kūʻokoʻa.

Ua haʻalele ʻo Yairi iā Yamaha i ka makahiki 1976 a ua kālele ʻo ia i kāna mau hana ma 200 mau mile ma ka hema ma Shizuoka kahi i hoʻokumu ai ʻo Yairi Musical Instruments Co Ltd. Ma ʻaneʻi, hoʻonui ʻo ia i ka laulā o nā kīkā i loaʻa e hōʻike ana i nā ʻano kino like ʻole inā he ʻano kuʻuna a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻokiʻoki lōʻihi e hoʻihoʻi ana i nā pickguards. ʻO kāna hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ʻano hoʻohālike i alakaʻi ʻia iā ia e manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā luthiers mua o Iapana mai ia manawa a hiki i kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 84 i 2019.

Ka hopena ma ke mele

ʻO ka makemake nui o Kazuo Yairi i ka ʻoihana luthier ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokani pila koʻikoʻi o nā manawa āpau. Ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he loea akamai, kaulana no kona nānā pono ʻana i nā kikoʻī a me nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe āna i hana ai. He hopena mau kāna hana i ka honua o ka hana mele a me ka hana kīkā, a ʻike ʻia kona mana i kēia lā. E nānā kēia ʻatikala i ka hopena o Kazuo Yairi i ke mele.

Nā mea hou i ka hoʻolālā Guitar


He mea hou a paionia ʻo Kazuo Yairi i ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kipi no nā kīkā. Ua kūʻē ʻo ia i ke kūlana o ka hana ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā kīkā, e hana ana i nā ala hana hou a me nā ala e hoʻolālā ai i nā mea kani.

ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mea hou nui ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻano bracing e hiki ai ke hoʻololi i ka maikaʻi o ka leo timbre me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka resonance a i ʻole ke kani ʻana. Ua hāʻawi kēia hoʻolālā hou i ka mana o ka poʻe kūkulu kīkā e hana i nā ʻano leo like ʻole i lohe ʻole ʻia ma mua. Ua hoʻomohala ʻo ia i kahi kaʻina e hiki ai ke koho ʻia nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana kīkā ma muli o kā lākou mau tonal waiwai a laila hoʻāʻo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.

Eia hou, ua hana ikaika ʻo Kazuo Yairi e ʻimi i nā ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana o nā kīkā ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me ka amplified electronic pickups, nā hopena e like me reverb a me echo, a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā mea e like me nā laka strap no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka palekana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka mea kani. He waiwai nui kāna noiʻi ʻana no nā mea hoʻokani pila i makemake nui i ka leo o kā lākou mea kani ma mua o ka hiki. Ma ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā ʻenehana hana hou i hui pū ʻia me ka hana kuʻuna, ua hiki i nā hana a Yairi i hiki i nā mea pāʻani amateur ke hoʻokō i nā hopena kani ʻoihana mai nā mea kani i kēia au.

Leo kū hoʻokahi


He mea hana hou ʻo Kazuo Yairi i ka honua o nā kīkā acoustic. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1933, a ma kāna ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo ia i nā mea kani me kahi kani kūʻokoʻa i hoʻokomo i kāna ʻenehana ponoʻī - ke kūkulu ʻana ʻo 'Yairi-style'.

Ua hoʻololi ʻo Yairi i ke kiʻi kīkā acoustic me ka nānā like ʻole i nā kikoʻī a me ka hana. Ua kūkulu ʻia kāna mau mea kani me nā piko spruce i koho ʻia, nā lāʻau paʻa ʻē aʻe, nā fretboards ebony a me nā ʻenehana bracing kikoʻī e hiki ai ke hoʻomau a me ka maopopo. ʻO ka hui ʻāʻī-a-kino i hoʻohana ʻia e Yairi i hāʻawi i kahi kumu maʻemaʻe no nā kaula, e ʻae iā lākou e haʻalulu me ka ʻole o ke ʻano o ke kino a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī ʻāʻī.

ʻO William Eaton, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā William Eaton Strings a me ka mea kākau o kekahi mau puke e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o nā string a me nā mokuʻāina mele; “…” ʻO Kazuo Yairi kekahi o nā mea hana kikā nui loa o nā manawa a pau—ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā a i ʻole ka nani akā ma ke ʻano o ke kani. Hoʻopili kāna hana i nā hanauna, e hui pū ana i nā ala Iapana kuʻuna i ka hana ʻana i nā mea kani me ka ʻenehana hou.

Ma waho aʻe o kāna laina ponoʻī ma lalo o kona inoa ʻo "Yairi" a me Alvarez Yairi (ma ka hui pū ʻana me Alvarez guitars), ua loaʻa ʻo Kazuo i nā makana he nui i loko o kāna ʻoihana me ka Order of Culture hanohano o Iapana ma 1995 a me Tokai Gakki's lifetime achievement award in 2004 A hiki i kēia lā ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea hoʻokani pila a puni ka honua, ʻoiai ke lohe ʻia nei kāna ala kūʻokoʻa i ka hana hana i nā makahiki he mau makahiki ma hope.

Ka ho'oilina


Ua haʻalele ʻo Kazuo Yairi i kahi hopena mau loa i ka honua mele, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ka mākeke a me nā mea kani kahiko. Ua mahalo ʻia ʻo ia no kāna hana hana a me kāna kūpaʻa i ka maikaʻi, hoʻolauna i nā luthiers Iapana i nā mākeke Komohana me nā kūlana hou o ka maikaʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā mea kani ʻo Yairi i hilinaʻi, lōʻihi a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pāʻani ʻoiai ma nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i kā lākou mau hoa Europa.

ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ka mana o nā kīkā Yairi wale nō ma nā kīkā i kapa ʻia kona inoa akā ma nā kīkā ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia e nā mea hana liʻiliʻi i hoʻoikaika ʻia e nā hoʻolālā a Yairi. Hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻia ʻo ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i kekahi o nā acoustics kaula hao mua loa mai Iapana, kahi i hoʻoulu ai i ka hopena ripple e alakaʻi ana i ka hana ʻana o ka home ma nā kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Akā naʻe, aia kekahi hapa o kāna hoʻoilina ma kahi kokoke i 200 mau hōʻailona āna i hana ai iā ia iho.

Ua hoʻohana ʻo Yari i nā ʻenehana āna i hoʻomohala ai i nā makahiki he nui o ka ʻike hana metala e hāʻawi i nā mākau hana lāʻau i hana maikaʻi ʻia e kū nei i kēia lā. ʻO kāna hoʻoilina i hiki ai i nā mea hoʻokani pila a puni ka honua ke komo i nā mea kani maikaʻi loa me ka ʻole o ka haki ʻana i ka waihona. I kēia mau lā, kaulana ʻo Kazuo Yari acoustic guitars e like me kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa i kāhiko ʻia me nā hiʻohiʻona e pili ana i nā manamana lima paʻa a me nā poʻo, nā rosettes paʻakikī, nā iwi iwi a me nā noho a me kahi ākea o nā koho hoʻolālā mai nā hiʻohiʻona o kēia manawa i nā hoʻolālā kahiko e like me nā hiʻohiʻona parlor & orchestra. - noho ʻia nā mea a pau i loko o nā piko spruce paʻa a i ʻole nā ​​​​lāʻau mahogany i hoʻoikaika ʻia me nā pale hope he nui no ka hoʻohui ʻana a me ka hoʻokō leo maikaʻi loa me ka hoʻomau maikaʻi a me ka mālamalama.

Discography

He kanaka luthier Kepani ʻo Kazuo Yairi nona ka ʻoihana i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau makahiki, a ua kaulana ʻo ia no kāna ʻano kūʻokoʻa o ka hana lima ʻana i nā kīkā acoustic. No laila, hāʻawi ʻo Yairi i kahi makana nui i ka ʻoihana mele, me kāna mau mea kani e hoʻohana ʻia e kekahi o nā mea pāʻani kaulana loa o ka honua. ʻO kāna discography nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona a me nā ʻano hana pili like ʻole. E nānā kākou i kekahi o kā Yairi discography.

albums


Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Kazuo Yairi, he mea mele Kepani, i nā album he nui i kona wā e ola ana. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona ʻano maʻalahi ma ke ʻano he haku mele, hoʻonohonoho a alakaʻi a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani koʻikoʻi ma Iapana i ka hopena o 1950s a me 1960s mua. ʻO kāna hana he hui nui o ka jazz, pop, bossa nova, tango a me nā leo Latin ʻē aʻe.

Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Kazuo Yairi i nā album ma waena o 1957 a me 2003:
-Ka mea hookani pila (1957)
-LocoMotion (1962)
-Bossa Nova (1965)
-Latin Jazz (1968)
- Nā manawa hauʻoli a me nā mele kaumaha (1974)
- Live Album I: Live at Musashino Hall (1981)
-Live Album II: Live at Meiji Kaikan Gekijo Concert Hall (1984)
- Luna Papahana (1985)
-Santa Rita Orchestra Live at HonaKitana Concert Hall (1996)
-Viva Yairi – He Hoʻoilina mele mai ka ʻohi ʻana o nā hana a Kazuo Yairi i hana ʻia i ka Late 70's Decade(2003).

ʻO nā wahine


He mea haku mele Kepanī ʻo Kazuo Yairi, alakaʻi, mea hoʻokani leo a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i mea nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mele kaulana Kepani. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ia no ka hoʻokumu ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kekahi o nā mele kiʻekiʻe o nā makahiki 1950 a me 1960. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻolauna ʻana i nā mele hou, nā ʻano mele a me nā mele i nā mele Iapana hou.

I kāna ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa, ua kākau ʻo Kazuo Yairi i nā mele he nui i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mea kaulana loa:
- "Suitei Echigo no Mori" (1962)
- "Daikokuten" (1965)
- "Tsuru no Ongaeshi" (1966)
- "Mushi Uta" (ʻO kēia nā mele o nā'ōpala) (1967)
- "Hebi No Uta" (The Snake Song) (1969)
- "Shiro Gonta Gonta Jigoku E" (Hele i Gehena i loko o ka pulu keʻokeʻo)" (1972).

I ka makahiki 2010, ua koho ka nūpepa Tokyo Shinbun iā Kazuo Yairi "Suitei Echigo no Mori" ma ke ʻano he 10 o nā moʻolelo kaulana Iapana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ma hope o kona make ʻana i ka makahiki 2001, ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana posthumous he nui me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i loko o ka Hale Hoʻohanohano ʻo Iapana Rock ma 2006.

Panina

ʻO Kazuo Yairi kekahi o nā luthiers i mahalo nui ʻia o ke kenekulia 20. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia e hana maʻamau nā mea kani e kūpono i ka mea pāʻani. Ua hoʻolālā a hana ʻo ia i nā mea kani me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka maikaʻi a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī i hiki ʻole ke hoʻohālikelike. ʻO kāna hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka luthiery i hoʻololi i ka ʻoihana a ua lilo ʻo ia i mea koʻikoʻi no nā luthiers hou. Ma kēia ʻāpana, e nānā mākou i ka hopena o Yairi i ke kaiāulu mele a me kāna hoʻoilina mau.

Ka Hooikaika i na Mele o keia la


Ke ʻike ʻia nei ka hopena o Kazuo Yairi i nā mele o kēia lā. ʻO ke ala kūʻokoʻa o Yairi i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hana hana i hiki iā ia ke hana i nā mea kani i ʻokoʻa i ke kani a me ka nani. ʻO kāna hui ʻana o ka hoʻolālā Kepani kuʻuna me nā mana o ke Komohana i lawe mai i kahi honua hou o ka hiki ke hana i ka hana kīkā acoustic, hoʻoulu i nā luthiers i kēia lā.

Ua ʻike ʻia kona mana i ka honua mea kani uila, me ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kāna ʻano o nā kīkā uila DY solid body. Ua kaulana kēia mau mea kani kūpono no ko lākou leo ​​ʻokoʻa a me ka maikaʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana, no laila kūpono lākou no nā poʻe hoʻomaka a me nā ʻoihana like.

ʻAʻole i pau kāna ʻike i ka hana ʻana i nā kīkā maʻalahi - ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻano mea hana lima kiʻekiʻe i ka maka o ka lehulehu, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi hōʻailona hōʻailona ʻokoʻa a me nā hoʻolālā mele hoihoi i lilo i mea hōʻailona i waena o nā mea hoʻokani pila.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo Kazuo Yairi me mākou, e mahalo mau ʻia kāna hoʻoilina e nā mea pāʻani hou a me ka poʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe like - ʻo kona inoa i like me ka hana ʻana i ka nani ma ka pae honua e hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea hana kīkā ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua a hiki i kēia manawa.

Hooilina Mau


ʻO kā Kazuo Yairi ka hana hana a me kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kāna hana he hopena mau loa ia i ka honua mele. Ke hoʻomau ʻia nei kāna mau mea kani no kā lākou pāʻani maikaʻi, hoʻopiʻi nani, a me ka maikaʻi o ke kani. Ua ulu ka poʻe pāʻani ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e mahalo i nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o kahi mea kani Kazuo Yairi, a nui nā mea pāʻani ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe e koho iā lākou no kā lākou hana.

Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ʻo Kazuo Yairi no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻoihana mea kani. ʻO kāna ʻano hoihoi i ka hana hana i hoʻoikaika i nā hanauna o nā luthiers i kūkulu i nā mea kani maʻamau kiʻekiʻe i kēia lā. Ua mahalo nui ʻia ʻo ia ma kāna kamaʻāina ʻo Iapana a ma ke kaiāulu mele ma ke ʻano nui, i ʻike nui ʻia no kona akamai ma ke ʻano he luthier e like me kāna kūlana kūʻokoʻa ʻole o ka maikaʻi.

Ke ola nei ka hoʻoilina o Yairi ma o nā mea kani āna i hana ai i ke ola a pau – ua hoʻopiha ʻia kēlā me kēia me kahi ʻāpana o ia ʻaʻole e make. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe hōʻiliʻili iā lākou ʻo kekahi o nā kīkā maikaʻi loa i hana ʻia a ke hauʻoli ʻia nei lākou e nā hanauna o nā mea hoʻokani pila i kēia lā - mahalo nui i ko Kazuo Yairi makemake a kūpaʻa i ka maikaʻi ma nā mea kani a pau āna i kūkulu ai me kona mau lima ponoʻī.

ʻO wau ʻo Joost Nusselder, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā Neaera a me kahi mea kūʻai aku ʻike, makuakāne, a makemake hoʻi e hoʻāʻo i nā mea hana hou me ka guitar ma ka puʻuwai o koʻu makemake, a me kaʻu hui, ua hana wau i nā ʻatikala blog hohonu mai 2020 e kōkua i ka poʻe heluhelu kūpaʻa me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo hoʻopaʻa leo a me nā kīkā.

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