I mostly play the piano, but I was longing for a blown instrument. I used to play the tenor-saxophone until I had to sell it because I was in need of the money.
The shakuhachi is very difficult. At first I could not get one sound out of it :) I like all kinds of flutes.
I play classic guitar. I guess the shakuhachi it's an hard instrument, and in a different scale from the usual tempered one: that make harder for a western player to master it.
The hardest part of playing the shakuhachi is making the sound. It is edge-blown and has a very big hole that has to be partly covered by the lower lip. You can see it here:
The scale does give some limitations, but I think that it comes intuitively when you are used to the 12-step scale. You can bend the tone by simply changing the angle of your head - as much as one whole in both directions, so it is surprisingly versatile.
I mostly play the piano, but I was longing for a blown instrument. I used to play the tenor-saxophone until I had to sell it because I was in need of the money.
The shakuhachi is very difficult. At first I could not get one sound out of it :) I like all kinds of flutes.
I play classic guitar. I guess the shakuhachi it's an hard instrument, and in a different scale from the usual tempered one: that make harder for a western player to master it.
The hardest part of playing the shakuhachi is making the sound. It is edge-blown and has a very big hole that has to be partly covered by the lower lip. You can see it here:
The scale does give some limitations, but I think that it comes intuitively when you are used to the 12-step scale. You can bend the tone by simply changing the angle of your head - as much as one whole in both directions, so it is surprisingly versatile.