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FROPPE
Akahai
USA
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 Posted - 11/02/2005 : 5:35:51 PM
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I play some guitar, some slack key, some flute, and some tin whistle. I'm curious about the shakuhachi. Does anyone have any experience with this instrument? I'd appreciate any thoughts. Mahalo.
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 11/02/2005 : 7:11:32 PM
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| I took lessons for about a year and a half. I don't think I could have learned much without a teacher. It is like nothing I played in Western music - and the notation system is very difficult to learn on your own. The folk music kind of stuff isn't all too hard to work out, specially if you played flute amd tin whistle. The stuff I was interested in was the Zen based repetoire. Technically very hard, then add the awareness thing. Wow. I first got a cheapo wooden shakuhachi - made things even worse. If you're gonna do this, get a good grade student instrument - the part you blow over to start the tone needs to be very well made. It is a grerat instrument and in the hands of a master - goes right through your soul, as it were. |
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unsui
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 11/22/2005 : 03:24:53 AM
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I have been playing Shakuhachi for about 15 years. Not a tremendously difficult instrument to play, although the ability to breathe circularly helps.
Typically, root-end shakuhachi in the key of C is the standard flute. Be sure to get an instrument that has a bore installed, as the bamboo will crack with age without it.
Monty Levinson at Tai Hei Shakuhacki in Willits, California is considered to be among the top experts here in the States, and he build great instruments. Hope this helps. Take care. |
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