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shakuhachi guidesWelcome to the shakuhachi guides section. If you arrived here via a link or search engine allow me to introduce my self. My name’s Jon Kypros and I’m a shakuhachi teacher and maker.

I teach lessons to people from around the world over Skype on how to play the shakuhachi and its beautiful forms of traditional music. Contact me and I will be happy to arrange a complimentary lesson for you. I teach the unique regional styles of solo shakuhachi music known as honkyoku which were mostly composed by the komuso monks during the Edo period. I also teach pieces from post Edo period schools and styles such as those created by Watazumi, Jin Nyodo, and Higuchi Taizan.

If you need an affordable 1.8 “D” for lessons contact me and I will be happy to assist you in acquiring one.

I endeavor to provide a growing resource of free shakuhachi guides here on my website. My shakuhachi guides and videos have helped people to make their first sounds and to better understand this instrument and its traditional music. You will find information on a number of essential topics which I have tried to make as clear and non-bias as possible. This is a very esoteric practice, however, it is my wish to make it more inclusive. If there are any topics which you would like to see a guide made for please don’t hesitate to request it of me. I’m always happy to help.

Shakuhachi guides

The fundamentals

The instrument

History

Edo period and post Edo period honkyoku styles

In order of how I teach. No link means I don’t teach them yet. Post Edo period schools can be taught at any point as well.)

Regional Edo period styles

Post Edo period

  • Taizan ha/ryu “Myoan” – Higuchi Taizan (1856-1914), Kyoto.
  • Jin Nyodo kei – Jin Nyodo (1891 – 1966), Tokyo.
  • Dokyoku/Chikushinkai – Watazumi (1911-1992), Tokyo.

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