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Shakuhachi Guides

Playing shakuhachi

  • Note charts
  • How to play shakuhachi (video)

Zen, meditation, mindfulness practices

  • What is shakuhachi Zen, Suizen, mindfulness, or meditation?

The instrument – care, repair, madaké bamboo, jiari, jinashi, hotchiku, urushi, and so on

  • How to buy shakuhachi
  • Glossary of frequently used terms
  • “What are shakuhachi and what makes them unique?”
  • All about pitch on the shakuhachi or “being in tune”
  • Japanese madaké bamboo (P. Bambusoides)
  • Cracks, binding repairs, utaguchi inlays, and caring for shakuhachi
  • Types of shakuhachi explained – jiari, jinashi, and hocchiku
  • “What determines the sound and feeling of a shakuhachi”?
  • “Why are shakuhachi expensive?”
  • Shaku Japanese measurement explained
  • Lacquer – Urushi and others

History

  • A brief history of the shakuhachi
  • Honkyoku Zen pieces
  • The Komuso monks

People

  • Fuke Zenji
  • Higuchi Taizan
  • Jin Nyodo
  • Watazumi (Tanaka Masaru)

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