How to play the shakuhachi
- Note charts
- How to play shakuhachi (video)
- All about pitch on the shakuhachi or “being in tune”
- Glossary of frequently used terms
Zen, meditation, and mindfulness practices
The art of crafting jinashi shakuhachi
Care and construction
- Cracks, binding repairs, utaguchi inlays, and caring for shakuhachi
- Types of shakuhachi explained – jiari, jinashi, and hocchiku
- Shaku Japanese measurement explained
- Lacquer – Urushi and others
FAQ
- “How does one buy a shakuhachi?”
- “What are shakuhachi and what makes them unique?”
- “Why are shakuhachi expensive?”
- “What determines the sound and feeling of a shakuhachi”?
History and historic personages
- A brief history of the shakuhachi
- Honkyoku Zen pieces
- The Komuso monks
- Fuke Zenji
- Higuchi Taizan (Suzuki Kodo)
- Jin Nyodo
- Watazumi (Tanaka Masaru)