A friend asked me what Shakuhachi sounds like. It took me some time to find an online sample that I felt expressed the potential of this instrument. Here it is. Enjoy 🙂
Sounds of Shakuhachi
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[…] Updated 30/4/2009: I can now be more specific – my wish is for a 2.3/2.4 length Jinashi Shakuhachi – with a sound that something like this […]
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[…] the performance. Instead I write live text that is projected into the performance space and I play Shakuhachi. This performance was a special one because this was the first time I left the house without taking […]
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[…] image here. It’s the last one on the page and it is labeled “Kamikaze pilot playing shakuhachi – 1943″. Anything I say (and I tried) falls short of the capacity of this image – […]
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[…] Shakuhachi is a challenging instrument to play because it only has 5 holes. The range of notes you can play depends on subtle variations of blowing technique. One of the challenges a beginning player faces is playing higher octaves. I can’t do this yet – but I do play around with it all the time. This morning I made a focused effort to do this – and still nothing! So I did some (re)searching online for tips and advice how to do this. […]
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[…] am learning Shakuhachi music notation – and I drew these pages which contain the symbol and name of each note. I […]
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[…] think that my Shakuhachi practice is tempering me. I am a beginner in Shakuhachi playing so I am revisiting a phase of […]
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[…] practice Yoga at all during the two days following the city excursion. Yesterday I tried to play Shakuhachi – but my breathing felt weak and inconsistent. I went to sleep last night feeling that my […]
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[…] no other … maybe…I came across this video of a Shakuhachi performance after sending a link to another recording to a friend. There is something about this instrument like no other … maybe because of its […]
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