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| | Shakuhachi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The sound of the shakuhachi is also featured in western genres of music, including smooth jazz and rock music, especially after being commonly shipped as a "preset" instrument on various synthesizers and keyboards beginning in the 1980s. | | | Their songs (called "koten honkyoku") were paced according to the players' breathing and were considered meditation as much as music (suizen). | | | Professional players can produce virtually any note they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of original zen music, ensemble music with koto, biwa and shamisen, folk music, jazz and other modern pieces. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakuhachi
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| | Hollow Bell: Zen Shakuhachi |
| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________This music is all traditional Japanese Komuso (wandering priest) music for the shakuhachi. | | | All songs are traditional and performed by shakuhachi master Katsuya Yokoyama. | | | The album has the added benefit of being a 2 CD set. |
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http://www.freeglossary.com/p:B000040JD7
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| | Newsletter - 5/18/04 - Shakuhachi Zen Flute |
| | The Shakuhachi is the simplest of musical instruments, but in the hands of a master musician however, the flute is capable of an imeasurable variety of dynamics and timbre. | | | Shakuhachi music uses many notes which do not fall within the standard western musical temperment. | | | There are many kinds of Shakuhachi music one can practice ranging from honkyoku (original Zen solo pieces) to sankyoku (ensemble music), to minyou (folk music), to classical, jazz, and blues. |
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http://www.urbandharma.org/udnl2/nl051804.html
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| | Blowing Zen - Shakuhachi |
| | To the left is a sample of Shakuhachi music notation. | | | If you listen closely, you can often hear the Shakuhachi playing hauntingly 'windy' background music in various video productions. | | | The CD contains the music covered in the book, from the easiest Japanese folk melodies to the Buddhist music compositions (Hon Kyoku). |
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http://www.playingbyear.com/blowingzen
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| | PLAYING HONKOKU; PRAYING HONKYOKU |
| | At this time, the element of "entertainment" became part of shakuhachi music, such as Minyo (folk music), Shinkyoku (modern, new music), and Sankyoku (referring to music played with three instruments: koto, shamisen [sangen], and shakuhachi). | | | The Classical Honkyoku are for solo shakuhachi; therefore, harmony does not enter in, the same as for the lyric melody. | | | Hearing a Buddhist sutra chanted at a funeral there is, perhaps, a striking similarity to the sound and character of the Kinko School Honkyoku. |
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http://www.shakuhachi.org/HONKYOKU.html
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| | Interview - James Nyoraku Schlefer - Shakuhachi Master |
| | Traditional shakuhachi music is not particularly mellow, I don't think. | | | He describes the unique origin of shakuhachi music: "Shakuhachi as we know it now was not conceived of as music but as meditation. | | | "As for shakuhachi music, more and more people are playing. |
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http://www.lawsview.com/jamesschlefer/index.html
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| | Shakuhachi Master |
| | John Singer, master shakuhachi teacher, performer, recording artist and former shakuhachi instructor at the University of Hawaii, has performed music on the Japanese bamboo flute since 1975. | | | Though simple in appearance, the shakuhachi is very difficult to play; its magical quality is revealed to the listener by the purity of its tone. | | | John also specializes in the performance of traditional Japanese ensemble music where the shakuhachi is combined with the stringed instruments called the Koto and Shamisen. |
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http://www.zenflute.com
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| | The Art of the Shakuhachi, Volume 1 |
| | Although the pieces recorded on this CD are all of solo shakuhachi music, the instrument is also frequently featured in ensembles. | | | The sounds heard in the most traditional shakuhachi music (honkyoku, literally ‘basic’ or ‘original’) are usually not so much melodies in the Western sense of the word as they are a carefully composed series of short motives, phrases, and pitch cells played in a highly flexible rhythm and sometimes seperated by long rests. | | | They have six finger holes and we apparently used in court ensemble music. |
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http://www.blacksun.com/releases/13224.htm
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| | Chikuzen Studios: About The Shakuhachi |
| | The capacity of the Shakuhachi is huge, not only as a musical instrument due to its variety of colors and special sounds, but, more so as a link or bridge between the essential nature (soul) of human beings and the essential nature (spirit) of the cosmos. | | | Shakuhachi music comes out of these places for me now: the expansive fields, the rolling hills, and the cloudy skies bearing the thunderstorms of the Midwest. | | | The instrument they used and the music they played on it reflects the thoughts and feelings of their lives, and can still be useful and powerful tools today for anyone drawn to the contemplation of man's inner nature through sound. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~chikuzen/aboutR8.htm
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| | Shakuhachi Club |
| | In fact, John Coltrane was experimenting with shakuhachi at the time of his death, which indicates to me that this is a valid musical direction. | | | I looked for jazz and folk melodies that sound “natural” on the shakuhachi. | | | Inevitably I also began to use shakuhachi in a framework more in keeping with my personal musical background; rock, jazz and blues. |
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http://www.brianritchie.com/shaku-club.html
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| | EOL 6 CD review: "Soul of Shakuhachi" |
| | Victor already had the master tapes needed to release the recordings; the honkyoku set is a remake of the video and CD set, "Yamaguchi Goro Kinko Ryuu Shakuhachi Shinan" (Goro Yamaguchi's Teachings of the Kinko Style Honkyoku), CDMC-3001-3936, which consisted of two videos explaining and demonstrating the honkyoku and 36 CDs of the pieces. | | | The long term effects of this recording can be measured more than in just the lifetimes of the master and his disciples; it was one of the examples of world music included in the cargo of the Voyager II spacecraft sent into the far reaches of outerspace in 1977. | | | Recorded in the fall of 1990, it was released in 1991. |
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http://www.research.umbc.edu/eol/6/blasdel/index.html
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| | Brian Tairaku Ritchie Shakuhachi Concert |
| | Aside from his shakuhachi activities, Brian tours and records with Violent Femmes, a band he started in 1981. | | | They are both dedicated to promoting the resurgence of the ji-nashi shakuhachi style. | | | Along with the license he received the professional name “Tairaku” which means “Big Music." Although he has been playing shakuhachi for a comparatively short period of time, Brian has already released two CD’s of shakuhachi music, “Purple Field” (Honkyoku) and “Shakuhachi Club NYC” (World Jazz). |
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http://www.mujitsu.com/concert.html
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| | Some shakuhachi acoustics |
| | For a preliminary introduction to the acoustics of the flute family, see Introduction to flute acoustics. | | | We measure a quantity called the acoustic impedance spectrum, which may be considered as the response of the instrument to all frequencies. | | | Like other flutes, it is open at the place of excitation, so it operates at minima of the acoustic impedance. |
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http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/shakuhachiresults.html
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| | Philip Gelb: Shakuhachi Lessons |
| | Nowadays the shakuhachi can be heard in practically every musical genre. | | | In the late 20th century the shakuhachi entered newer forms of music including jazz, avant garde classical music, electro-acoustic music. | | | In the 19th century the shakuhachi emerged out of the monasteries and started being used in Japanese chamber music along with voice, shamisen and koto. |
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http://www.philipgelb.com/lessons.html
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| | Shakuhachi, Sunreed Instruments Musical Instruments |
| | JOHN KAIZAN NEPTUNE is acknowledged worldwide as one of the most gifted composers and performers of shakuhachi music. | | | A Selection of fine contemporary and traditional Shakuhachi music on CD Additional titles often in stock. | | | In 1980, John was given the "Outstanding Album of the Year" award by Japanese Ministry of Education -- the only non-Japanese ever to have received this honor. |
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http://www.sunreed.com/Shakuhachi.htm
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| | Shakuhachi by Perry Yung: February 2005 Archives |
| | Both play traditional music but their contemporary shakuhachi Cd's are great. | | | Most traditional shakuhachi music is not written using notes above the minor third in the third octave. | | | They may be fine bamboo flutes but probabaly not capable of the traditional and/or advanced fingerings used in shakuhachi music and most likely not capable of making dynamic shakuhachi sounds. |
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http://www.yungflutes.com/log/archives/2005/02
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| | Komuso.com: Shakuhachi Links |
| | Shakuhachi Master: John Singer is an authority outside of Japan regarding high quality shakuhachi. | | | Bamboo-In Bamboo-In, situated on the stunning sunshine coast of British Columbia in the picturesque outreaches of Pender Harbour is a place focussing on the practice of shakuhachi. | | | Every year, leading shakuhachi teachers from the International Shakuhachi Training Centre come to Vancouver to do workshops in koten honkyoku as well as give a concert. |
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http://www.komuso.com/links.html
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| | The Shakuhachi |
| | Today, the shakuhachi can be seen in a variety of musical contexts: e.g., jazz, pop, movie soundtracks, etc. However, the core of the shakuhachi tradition is still the classical meditation pieces known as honkyoku; the pieces originally played by the members of the Fuke sect. | | | Private shakuhachi instruction is offered in the Kinko style of Yokoyama Katsuya and Ishikawa Toshimitsu, and the Chikuho style of Riley Lee and Robert Herr. | | | Master’s degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of Hawai‘i (2001) with a specialization in the music of Japan (shakuhachi). |
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http://www2.hawaii.edu/~scasano/shakuhachi.html
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| | Shakuhachi player Ishikawa Toshimitsu |
| | Besides his personal work which focuses on the classical honkyoku and the music of Fukuda Rando, he also participates in the shakuhachi ensamble, Fudo (children of the wind), with Yonemura Reisho and Okada Michiaki, where they are actively performing in concerts, radio broadcasts, and making CD recordings. | | | The surprising expressive power due to the wide dynamic range and the lyrical tone colour --- besides these attractiveness, shakuhachi holds a unique spirituality in itself. | | | The heart of the Japanese classic in the album IN DEAD EARNEST |
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http://www.shaku8-ishikawa.com/eprofile.htm
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| | Cloud Hands Music - Shakuhachi Music CDs |
| | Peter's first shakuhachi recording, Bamboo Spirit is a collection of beautiful Japanese folk melodies and meditative improvisations...played on the shakuhachi flute, known for its haunting sound and serene qualities. | | | The music on this recording is global, including a blues tune, Japanese folk songs, an Arabian love song, and free interpretations of music from Bali and South India. | | | Peter made three of the seven flutes played on this recording. |
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http://www.cloudhandsmusic.com/music
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| | Shakuhachi---Kohmei MIZUNO |
| | I have also experienced that the sound impresses the western mind as well, when I hold a concert in Europe or U.S. I am living in Kunitachi(along Chuo Line, JR) some 30 km west of central Tokyo. | | | I feel happy that I could have learned from such an excellent teacher both musically and humanically. | | | (But music cannot be taught by language!) It may be also helpful for those who are interested in Japanese music to see below described "Concerts of Japanese Music"(which is still under construction: Sorry!), in which various concerts of shakuhachi and koto music are introduced. |
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http://fluid.mech.kogakuin.ac.jp/~mizuno/shaku_e.html
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| | Seki, Compositions for Shakuhachi & Koto |
| | Compositions for Shakuhachi [I-3] Four songs based on minyo or traditional folk tunes. | | | These pieces were composed or arranged by Seki and written in both Kinko and Tozan-Ryu notation. | | | He has performed around the world and well-known in Japan for his shakuhachi and koto compositions. |
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http://www.shakuhachi.com/SM-Seki.html
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| | News On Japan - Nippon Shop - Music : Shakuhachi |
| | The enchanting tones of the Japanese Shakuhachi bamboo flute,Combined with the Japanese Koto,piano, lush keyboards,classical guitar, rich percussion textures and voice.Nine soothing melodies from the folksong tradition of rural Japan. | | | News On Japan - Nippon Shop - Music : Shakuhachi | | | > Nippon Shop > Music > Shakuhachi > Search |
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http://www.newsonjapan.com/html/nippon_shop/Music/Shakuhachi
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| | Buy a bamboo shakuhachi by Chikuyû Okadera |
| | These shakuhachi are of exceptional quality with a clear, strong and robust sound. | | | All of these shakuhachi are suitable for concert performance at any level.” ……………………………….Andrew MacGregor | | | Chikuyuu shakuhachi are characterized by a strong clear sound. |
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http://www.japanworldmusic.com/bamboo.htm
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| | Cloud Hands Music: The Music of Peter Ross |
| | Peter is taking a break (possibly permanently) from flute making to concentrate on performing, recording and teaching shakuhachi. | | | presents CD's of traditional and world music performed by Peter Ross on Shakuhachi and a variety of bamboo flutes. | | | Strongly influenced by jazz, Peter uses his improvisational skills to transcend traditional shakuhachi playing styles. |
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http://www.cloudhandsmusic.com
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| | The Neptune Shakuhachi |
| | I began working on the acoustics of shakuhachi more than twenty years ago. | | | For those interested in shakuhachi acoustics check out "An Interesting Bore". | | | There are two different approaches I use in making shakuhachi: an extremely fine-tuned shaped bore, hand-shaped or casted; and leaving the bore as natural as possible, but still working on various points so that the instrument plays well. |
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http://www.pacificsites.com/~jneptune/F-FluteMaking.html
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| | The Shakuhachi Mailing List Web Archive |
| | Christopher Yohmei Blasdel on Goro Yamaguchi's CD set, Shakuhachi Honkyoku "The Soul of Shakuhachi" | | | List of Honkyoku on Goro Yamaguchi CDs and in the accompanying notation book. | | | John Neptune's "How to tune a shakuhachi" pages: |
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http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku
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| | The International Shakuhachi Society |
| | To purchase a shakuhachi or recordings, or find information about current musical events please visit these other sites. | | | Please do not write to me regarding where to find copies of recordings or sheet music since I don't know. | | | To get you started here is a, very subjective, list of some of my favorite things on this site. |
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http://www.komuso.com
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| | riley lee about the shakuhachi |
| | Shakuhachi makers will frequently refer to their best instruments as 'accidents'. | | | For these Zen monks, the shakuhachi was a spiritual tool, not a musical instrument. | | | The wisdom of the 'priests of nothingness' has been transmitted to today's shakuhachi players through their repertoire of sacred pieces (honkyoku). |
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http://www.rileylee.net/shaku_about.html
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| | About Shakuhachi : Shakuhachi |
| | The licensing examination involved music composition, chanting of musical scores, playing in three different styles and writing notation as scores were played by examiners. | | | During his apprenticeship Tom also studied Shakuhachi playing under Hoshida Ichizan, a very senior teacher in the Tozan Sect of shakuhachi. | | | It is there where he continues his craft of fashioning bamboo into shakuhachi which are much in demand throughout Japan and the rest of the world. |
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http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~shaku100
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| | James Nyoraku Schlefer |
| | The Japanese bamboo flute known as the shakuhachi has captivated the minds and hearts of listeners for centuries. | | | The traditional music for shakuhachi, known as honkyoku, has been the music of Zen meditation for over 1,000 years. | | | Remarkably simple in design, it takes years to master. |
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http://www.sparklingbeatnik.com/nyoraku
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| | Shaku PVC Shakuhachi |
| | PVC is the acronym for Poly Vinyl Chloride which is used in the manufacture of plumbing pipe. | | | Aspect Ratio probably has a greater effect on tone quality than any other single factor. | | | ollowing up on the bore page we can further explore the subtleties of Aspect Ratio in the production of some fine practice PVC Shakuhachi. |
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http://www.navaching.com/shaku/pvc.html
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| | Shakuhachi - Sitio de Horacio Curti ::: |
| | The Re-contextualisation of the Shakuhachi (Syakuhati) and its Music from Traditional-Classical into Modern-Popular. | | | Gould, Michael and Yoshinobu, T. Ed.Willits, CA: Thai Hei Shakuhachi. | | | A continuación he incluido algunos títulos significativos relacionados específicamente con el Shakuhachi y/o la música japonesa, en lengua Inglesa que pueden servir de referencia para profundizar en algunos de estos temas. |
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http://shakuhachi.webcindario.com/recursos_biblio.htm
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| | 2004 New York Shakuhachi Festival - Festival Highlights |
| | The festival will include a marketplace with shakuhachi makers and vendors, CD sales, music and books. | | | Panel discussion of women Shakuhachi players followed by a concert of women players (first time ever!) | | | STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Provide a diverse program of classes, panel discussions and concerts for Shakuhachi players of all levels, from the top teachers and performers of all the major schools and styles: |
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http://www.bigappleshak.com/bas/festivalhighlights.html
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| | Mujitsu Taimu Shakuhachi |
| | I look forward to developing this style of shakuhachi as well as listening for where Brian and other receptive players take it. | | | It was formed by combining Brian's professional name Tairaku with Mujitsu Shakuhachi. | | | Drawing on the inspiration of large flutes by Ishibashi Gudo and Okuda Atsuya, much of the week was focused on the hunt for a natural, raw, subtle, yet big sound on large jinashi shakuhachi. |
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http://members.aol.com/emptyflute/taimu.html
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| | John Singer - Shakuhachi Kinko Honkyoku |
| | My third source is the information contained within the complete Honkyoku record set by the Kinko Ryu Grand Master Aoki Reibo. | | | who used the shakuhachi as a tool in their various religious practices (shugyo). | | | The first is the information on each honkyoku piece contained in the book attached to the Kinko Ryu Grand Master Yamaguchi Goro's eleven record set of the 36 Honkyoku pieces. |
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http://www.zenflute.com/kinko.html
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| | The Shakuhachi World of# John Kaizan Neptune |
| | Find out about my CDs and tapes and where to buy them. | | | Basic information on the instrument and its traditional music. | | | A short biography about my work with shakuhachi as a performer and recording artist, composer and flute maker. |
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http://www.pacificsites.com/%7Ejneptune/H-Homepage.html
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