tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20572119420362990542024-03-05T12:01:59.577+01:00Bas' Shakuhachi BlogBas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-46107284373174060572012-01-20T13:56:00.002+01:002016-10-09T17:45:35.018+02:00For sale 2.0 Jiari Shakuhachi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Sold:</b> a 2.0 Jiari Shakuhachi by maker 'Radou'.<br />
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<b>The specifications:</b><br />
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2.0 jiari<br />
36mm O.D. / 22mm I.D.<br />
Length: 635mm<br />
Weight: 495 gms<br />
Key: C438hz<br />
Maker: Radou<br />
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Details: This is a well-made choukan probably near WWII vintage with a kinko style buffalo horn utaguchi inlay and urushi nakatsugi rings. Because of its overlength by 9 bu from the ideal 2.0 size, it plays slightly flat of C 440 but is well in tune with itself. As seen in the above picture, there was a crack running down the back side from the utaguchi, but repaired with staples, rattan binding and urushi. I doesn't seem to have run through the bore. As you can see, the staples is an old way of binding cracks. the crack has been stable for a long time and doesn't affect playing.<br />
This choukan has an expressive and full tone. Very playable.<br />
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</div>I want to talk a little about relaxation. During the shakuhachi event in Prague, one 'class' was about relaxing, which was given by Christopher Blasdel. Het talked about it and we did excercises to become more relaxed. Some where based on Aikido I believe. I sometimes feel it is quite difficult to relax most of your muscles and use the one you need for playing. Your body has so many things going on at the same time, they can be hard to notice. Some reactions seem te be more under unconscious control. Like tensing up the shoulders or muscles in your face like the jaw. It can become a conditioned state. I notice when I am focussed that my jaw seems to tense a bit automaticly. So asking yourself about your state and be present during playing (or anything you do) makes me aware of the state of your body and relaxation. I feel the latter is quite important in getting a good sound and nice playing. But how hard it can be to change it! Relaxing on command is difficult. I feel a more gentle approach might be better for it. And playing Ro, that is a good way to sense the body and let some unneccesary tensions go. How relaxed do you play the flute? (or 'play' life?)Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-50483821171541750312011-09-06T19:14:00.000+02:002011-09-06T19:14:29.020+02:00PerformingIn the Shakuhachi student concert in Prague I signed up for a solo piece (Tamuke). I have performed before on other instruments and with singing. This was not the case with the shakuhachi. So the "head has been chopped off", so to speak. I was rather nervous in the beginning and didn't loose all of that during playing. I think it is a good experience to do so and to practice playing like this. I had signed up quite early and with some anticipation I listened and watched differently performing the pro's on the concerts held each evening. When paying close attention even they are a bit nervous from the start or just before that. After they started performing, nothing was felt of it anymore though. I haven't asked though, but think this feeling prior to performing is quite normal. My admiration for performing itself grew with this experience. I think the best way to go from the first performance is to do another like it someday and get more used to perform for a larger audience. See below for a compilation of some pictures taken from my performance mixed with images from Prague and the festival itself. The recording is of my performance. (Thanks to Hélène and Ella for the footage)<br />
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Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-88955003938251935872011-08-14T15:40:00.000+02:002011-08-14T15:40:17.856+02:00Workshop with Justin Senryu<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A few weeks ago I attended a very nice workshop with the friendly shakuhachi master: Justin Senryu.<br />
The workshop was held in Leiden at Kees Kort's his house and was well attended. We studie two different but nice pieces: <i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic;">Shizu and Fudaiken Shirabe </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">there. </span></span> <br />
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Justin is and was travelling around Europe to visit several places. He is also going to the Shakuhachi camp end of August in Prague. There I will go as well to play some more and meet other shakuhachionado's.<br />
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Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-62701076172650375832011-08-10T21:13:00.000+02:002011-08-10T21:13:02.722+02:00Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX-X3UpAGEyKTVDtqgz3lk00BQfBoWhjVE0WktjR3TiAQcAdtfFe9bkNmlwXy1GnX6_MEvdUt-wHM03hOrumgJ_uIk9_WKy8bdBlj5vAKqTmehBNGRv6jAFtrcUTOKv7Ar_cyEK1XZCU/s1600/Oosterse-sfeer1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieX-X3UpAGEyKTVDtqgz3lk00BQfBoWhjVE0WktjR3TiAQcAdtfFe9bkNmlwXy1GnX6_MEvdUt-wHM03hOrumgJ_uIk9_WKy8bdBlj5vAKqTmehBNGRv6jAFtrcUTOKv7Ar_cyEK1XZCU/s320/Oosterse-sfeer1.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br />
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I have taking up my other interest more then shakuhachi lately which is painting. A while ago I posted my first self portrait. Now I have a site dedicated to the painting I do. It is mostly in oils. Just as with the shakuhachi, painting is a journey into unknown territory. Everytime you seem to learn something else, something new. Sometimes you make nice paintings and other times it won't work. See the similarity with playing the flute? I do, and that's what makes it interesting too! In both there is a thing of beauty or soul which is hard to grasp or understand in a rational manner. It is a thing which can only be sensed or experienced. See more of my works at <a href="http://www.basnijenhuis.com/">www.basnijenhuis.com</a> which is the site I mentioned.<br />
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Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-10074538765154534152011-05-08T14:44:00.003+02:002011-05-09T18:46:59.775+02:00Sold: 1.8 Kono Gyokusui<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shaved Roots for weight reduction and because the roots were in bad shape before</td></tr>
</tbody></table>This will be a larger entry on my very nice Gyukusui. I have two and decided to let one go. <br />
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Originaly I got this flute from Jeff Cairns, who has nice flutes for sale now and then. Before the restauration the flute underwent this was what Jeff wrote about the flute:<br />
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<div style="color: #0b5394;"><i>This is an excellent example of Gyokusui Kono's work. Dense, hefty madake with a buffalo horn Tozan utaguchi inlay and very unusual Higo Zogan (black steel with gold inlay - Damascene crafted in Kumamoto, Japan) nakastugi rings depicting a wild boar running into a bamboo grove.</i></div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Expert repairs of inlaid rattan binding have been done to the upper half of the instrument with no comprimiseto playability or sound quality.</i></div><div style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Plays in tune with even intonation up into the 3rd octave. A warm, full sounding player. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJgyjpW4c1Jtj_m1IaGl85IZMN6AZVQMRJrzfDvgBfVujZioRF_cJXKoBYu9_u0TTvquJe2eb5x2uHbOoX9JC53fXai4IR6tamFByfOW-gf5KYjVIsP1fCmHrJShONPC4KgFEoHAY05Y/s1600/IMG_5249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>The flute was cracked before I got it and that was professionally repaired with inlaid rattan bindings.<br />
Unfortenately the flute had been altered as well. Someone had made the blowing part smaller. This effected the ro, tsu and re, they were not so full sounding and the Dai Kan 'e' Yon no ha was too difficult to sound. I decided to let Perry Yung take a look at it and for the better! He precisely restored the flute to its most original specifications with his low impact approach. The roots were a bit damaged or worn (or eaten, ha ha) so the were reworked and shaved in the end. The flute is a dense one, about 500 grams, so the shaving was ok and it looks nice as well.<br />
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Here is a list of things that were done restoring the flute:<br />
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- Reshaped back wall of utaguchi to sharpen the edge. Before it was customized detrimentally by rounding it.<br />
- Removed some Ji material at the top inside the bore that was not original. This made Ro very stuffy and unresponsive. <br />
- Spot tuned at four areas - top, middle of top and where both ends meet at the joint. These areas helped Ro, Tsu and Re and Ha Yon.<br />
- Made Joint more snug. It rock previously. There was a gap on one of the top joint as the bamboo warped after the crack. This went up into the middle of the top and was a reason why Re and Ha Yon was not good. <br />
- Cosmetic work by shaving the root.<br />
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I've also contacted Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin to tap from his knowledge about this making family. Here is what he wrote back:<br />
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<i style="color: #38761d;">As for the HANKO question, unfortunately I have never seen the first posted - very simple - Gyokusui Hanko. When I first read your email, I thought that I would see the very close (but definitely different) HANKO that is written GYOKUZAN. For this HANKO belongs to GETSUDO's younger brother - GYOKUZAN. However, the simple GYOKUSUI may have been an early HANKO used by GYOKUSUI I. The latest GYOKUSUI (the grandson of the original GYOKUSUI I) uses the same HANKO and is a formidable maker as well. So, without a doubt all 3 generations use the same HANKO. The only question is about the simple HANKO. <br />
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(By the way, they did work together and the in the final 20 years of Gyokusui I's life. Perhaps over 90% of the Shakuhachi were usually made by Getsudo. But the old man would not let a flute out of his House without his approval. At that time onjly, did he put his HANKO on the flute.)</i><b><br style="color: #38761d;" /><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><br />
</b><i style="color: #38761d;">As for Any of them being a "Tozan" maker:<br />
1-Since WWII, no one really makes the old-style Tozan-flutes.<br />
2-The Utaguchi shape is really only made Tozan or Kinko- style in deference to the Sensei and style of the person who ordered the flute.<br />
3-Since GYOKUSUI s have always lived in KANSAI (in Toyonaka - near the Osaka Airport. This is also where Nagahiro Shinzan lives and works.), almost all of the Sensei in Kansai are Tozan (with the notable exception of Kurahashi Yodo I and II, among a few others). So they almost always (but not always) will use the Tozan Utaguchi. But THE REST OF THE FLUTE IS ALWAYS MADE IN THE KINKO-STYLE . You can see that even Shinzan (who always uses Tozan Utaguchi-shape, actually always makes Kinko-sty;e flutes- just like Gyokusui.<br />
4- Notice that on all of these flutres the #3 hole is always smaller - in Kinko-style - among the bore differences, etc.<br />
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It is only the Utaguchi that is Tozan, about the Gyokusui flutes.The reason that I believe that they are so special is that they are ideal for Gaikyoku as well as Honkyoku. That is, they don't have the crisp, loud" sound (like Zenmura, etc,) that would be best used for Gaikyoku and Minyo, but have this sweet, wistfull sound that is excellent for Honkyoku. Even though I specialize in longer flutes for my Honkyoku playing, it is good to have a sensitive sweet instrument for playing Honkyoku on 1.8 Shakuhachi.</i><br />
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So quite a flute with a history. To hear some sound see below:<br />
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SOLDBas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-41440556361125768102011-05-02T16:26:00.003+02:002011-05-03T00:02:12.689+02:00Kurahashi Workshop and WSF 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhQ6yqOuqregAQr1BN5H3zz9R-0V0KC7h_HuXGEnAWzu0iznqHVtYAO5f9RHk8jPnzlciKQqJW6lazGXFms60Ef4MFdLCIdj96MFdWFXv-1NQ-1Gu1WxOiid0PvVlIYeug12STm2i1_I/s1600/workshop3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhQ6yqOuqregAQr1BN5H3zz9R-0V0KC7h_HuXGEnAWzu0iznqHVtYAO5f9RHk8jPnzlciKQqJW6lazGXFms60Ef4MFdLCIdj96MFdWFXv-1NQ-1Gu1WxOiid0PvVlIYeug12STm2i1_I/s320/workshop3.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>Yesterday on a sunny Sunday, Kurahashi Sensei held a very nice workshop about the Kinko piece 'Akita Sugagaki'. On of the Kinko Honkyokyu. He explained some rule about Kinko style of playing en we worked our way through this piece, which seems to have no special meaning. If you want to give it a go, you can find several PDF's of songs and the one mentioned above <a href="http://sound.jp/mujuan/music.html">here</a>. <br />
The Buddistic Broadcast also recorden aspects of the workshop, so that may be on the air someday. When it does I'll add the link to that as well.<br />
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Kurahashi also told more about the World Shakuhachi Festival in 2012 Kyoto, which he is organising.<br />
He told a site will be up about it in a few days. The core shedule will be like this:<br />
May 31th (Friday) : registration en welcome event<br />
June 1st: International Shakuhachi Concert, which will be on all day<br />
June 2nd: Unique, Rye concert als schools are showing what they are all about, and in one concert hall...<br />
June 3rd Master Concert<br />
June 4th Another International Concert<br />
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On the 'side' there are many workshops, small concerts, one special one held at the Myonji Temple, which is there annual concert.<br />
During the WSF there is also a Noh-play event. So a lot to experience in Kyoto next summer.<br />
Better start up saving, or selling a flute to get there :)<br />
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Come al hither: the new Shakuhachi Forum, <a href="http://www.shakuhachiforum.eu/index.php">the European Shakuhachi Forum</a>! All continents welcome. <br />
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Before that: thanks for running the forum guys! I enjoyed it.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-78309193413641442282010-12-29T18:35:00.000+01:002010-12-29T18:35:18.972+01:00Two years of blogging and a happy new year!!Hi there! Two years have already past swiftly! This blog excists now for 2 years and many things and experiences have come along! As I learn more, I find it more difficult to post about the flute. In the start there are so many different things to discover. Now the pace is more steady; for my playing and studying as the blogging. <br />
Well hope to keep going and post now and then for at least 2 more years.<br />
Thanks for reading up this far!<br />
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A bit early: happy new year!Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-25522128751045282122010-11-28T10:01:00.001+01:002010-11-28T20:01:06.859+01:00Changing the past<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAmBhGkhto1_M0veqWHPa0VzNQH2vP27sikt0uvH6bgT4dsSWxd2nnB8nSqUztxnjXug0KjxhATka68Y4L3gV6uMFKI1Z13R82KnhX40KuS7dSb1X9G1-LCZfaBPHawIDSoCy8iJgD5M/s1600/GS1.8fnt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAmBhGkhto1_M0veqWHPa0VzNQH2vP27sikt0uvH6bgT4dsSWxd2nnB8nSqUztxnjXug0KjxhATka68Y4L3gV6uMFKI1Z13R82KnhX40KuS7dSb1X9G1-LCZfaBPHawIDSoCy8iJgD5M/s320/GS1.8fnt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Changing the past of a flute to be precise. Not so long ago I have acquired a new old 1.8. My main flute is from a renowned maker Gyokusui and I am really fond of this instrument. As I understand they have made shakuhachi for three generations now starting with Gykosui Kono I. Now the 3rd generation is continuing the arts of the craft. His father and grandfather have died. Both can be seen on this picture.<br />
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They worked together on the flutes to make -for some- the best post WW-II flutes around. I haven't played that many flutes in general to say the same thing. But I know when I like a flute.<br />
So a new old Gyokusui came along the way and I decided to give it a go. It is the flute picutered above. It played ok and evenly, but not with the magic feel I had with my main 1.8. It sounded a bit stuffy and some notes were to vague (like Ro). I've sended it for professional repairs, first at doubt if I should have let the past changed of this flute. What if it is me and I have to get to learn to play this flute correctly? Well I sended it and my observations were correct: the flute was as I described -so it wasn't my playing ....- The flute was even changed already before I had it. First it was bound for a serious crack. This was done very well so wasn't the culprit. The bore was changed in a way it wasn't made by Gyokusui. So I felt a lot better about restoring the flute to its more original state. I have to wait patiently for it to be restored. Restoring sound a lot better then repairing :) Lacquer had to cure and that takes time. But I have a feeling it is worth it.<br />
Do I think flutes should be altered for the better? Not if they are original, rare and stand for a special era or historical maker. Those are little artifacts which I feel should be treated with respect. But many flutes do not fit into that category. If you own a flute you also can do to it whatever you like -even if it is rare- so it is al up to the owners of flutes to decide if a flute should be altered...or restored ha ha.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-22768700048743108002010-11-08T11:41:00.000+01:002010-11-08T11:41:38.955+01:00Contemporary music II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJx1lsaoXvek36MTbOh1-j17iI1iygeSOlCvU6-Ni4yYg_7fdUF0Tj2WvGH-Km57YMF_u5zs7r1toBH7ktxcbf0BNdCojO5bgy7YRsKfUtedDh6l8d66ihfebJVxmjXPmCbh574DaACU/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJx1lsaoXvek36MTbOh1-j17iI1iygeSOlCvU6-Ni4yYg_7fdUF0Tj2WvGH-Km57YMF_u5zs7r1toBH7ktxcbf0BNdCojO5bgy7YRsKfUtedDh6l8d66ihfebJVxmjXPmCbh574DaACU/s1600/1.jpg" /></a></div>I've posted about contemporary music for the shakuhachi before. I've been listening to more of it recently and specially the music created by Marty Regan. This music has both meloday and emotions woven into it. It isn't as abstract as some contemporary music. Maybe that's why I like fukuda rando as well: it is very melodic and is connecting the West with the East so to speak.<br />
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Many songs can be listened streaming on the site of <a href="http://www.martyregan.com/index.php">Marty Regan</a> The first piece I came in contact with was Mirage. This one I heared live. My newest favourite is Voyage, listed under 2008.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-6110378006876282222010-10-26T21:02:00.003+02:002010-10-26T21:05:43.566+02:00Prague revisited (ESS 2010)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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View more of them on this <a href="http://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/animated-stereoviews-of-old-japan/">website</a>. <br />
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These pictures give a nice atmospheric view of Japan of old at the beginning of the time when modern shakuhachi started to appear. Though the old flutes of before 1859 (Edo flutes) have a specific sound of their own, and some are lyrical about the better ones of that period.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-11154937852778639522010-10-17T11:27:00.000+02:002010-10-17T11:27:47.635+02:00Online Shakuhachi Community<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Kiku Day asked me to be interviewed about my experiences with getting to learn about the shakuhachi and how I see the community.<br />
Kiku is giving demonstrations about online shakuhachi comunnities at a conference at University of Toronto 11 - 14 November 2010. <br />
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The conference title is: DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media. <a href="http://diycitizenship.com/">http://diycitizenship.com</a><br />
She interviews several people with these theme in mind and makes a digital presentation for others to see. She is also giving online Skype lessons at the spot, so if the schedule fits I might be one of the testcases :)<br />
I think as an entity <i>the </i>community can be hard to define, there is no <i>one </i>community. There are many aspects to it: meeting others at local events, at European events, even wordly events (not yet for me), the contact with a teacher, online contacts: facebook, skype, e-mail and of course the shakuhachi BBQ (the international forum). They are all part of the shakuhachi communicty for me. They add in the feeling being connected to a Western part of the shakuhachi playing 'world'. The Japanese community of shakuhachi players is much more farther away, although the tradition has that history breathing through its veines. As it is, the Western community of players and enthousiasts may be even more connected then the Japanese one, which is much more segregated and unfree. I feel that is a nice thing to have here: feel free what to play, what flutes to choose, which teacher to study with and do as you like.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-60111875388595093572010-10-12T22:33:00.000+02:002010-10-12T22:33:32.196+02:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Etc9w-ball/KI/BlasdelC/SingleTone50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Etc9w-ball/KI/BlasdelC/SingleTone50.jpg" width="207" /></a></div>Since the summerschool I have been reading this nice book written by Christopher Blasdel. He was as well at the event and teaching and performing there. A good change to get some material like cd's, and books! He signed it for me, so that is a nice little extra. The book is about his experiences on learning to play the flute and walking the path in Japan and other regions of the world becomming a professional player\ teacher\ performer. I find the personal experiences most interesting to read about. I feel there is a resemblance to discoveries of the flute among players perhaps. Maybe a universal thing? Well my discoveries are minor compared to the road Blasdel has travelled (also litterally). But I enjoyed reading it. The book gives a very nice atmosphere of the time it took place. It is as if you were there 'seeing' it through another pair of eyes\ eares. Well maybe this is an aspect of all books in general, but in this Blasdel has succeeded very well. It is about his experiences but this is not an ego book; you read more about the 'experiencing ego' of the author then about the personal opinion of the author. This makes it easier to get the astmosphere of the time perhaps...A tad more idiosyncratic experiences or emotions like frustrations perhaps would have been nice.Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-66007490146442716082010-10-08T21:31:00.001+02:002010-10-08T21:36:19.856+02:00Fundamental practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.energyenhancement.org/zen/Zen-Circle-Hogen-Daido-Yamahata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://www.energyenhancement.org/zen/Zen-Circle-Hogen-Daido-Yamahata.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;">When words can't describe, </div><div style="text-align: center;">sound can.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The wind blowing gently, </div><div style="text-align: center;">feeling fresh at the lips.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The sound,</div><div style="text-align: center;">slowly buzzing full of warmth, </div><div style="text-align: center;">strong of tone, </div><div style="text-align: center;">devoid of song. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Most <i>fundamental </i>practice.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The basis that is. The power of:</div><div style="text-align: center;">.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ro Buki</div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div>Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-46073330394076427532010-10-04T23:05:00.003+02:002010-11-11T07:55:46.245+01:00SOLD: Kitahara Seikado 1.8 Jiari<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyO4NOLJX2dSkyB7_YwwHsQeOV_5YB7aTeQz1OJnyPeNH5iF_BSsHu4goKWzR9tYr4Qsen8djXYR0wKjDBYW2MW3UaTyKKd1RyIDdxmlJPwwH-2xNTbSlULR4G44XkXo4cVD9sCG-nxtM/s1600/IMG_5055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyO4NOLJX2dSkyB7_YwwHsQeOV_5YB7aTeQz1OJnyPeNH5iF_BSsHu4goKWzR9tYr4Qsen8djXYR0wKjDBYW2MW3UaTyKKd1RyIDdxmlJPwwH-2xNTbSlULR4G44XkXo4cVD9sCG-nxtM/s320/IMG_5055.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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For sale I have this wonderfull flute I originally bought from Perry Yung. It is in excellent condition and plays anything you throw at it. This flute is suitable for lessons. Enough said myself, the original text Perry wrote can tell it alot better:<br />
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<i>This is a refurbished authentic TOZAN style 1.8 length shakuhachi made around the 1960s by the renown SEIKADO Company in Kyoto. Seikado is made by three generations the Kitahara family. Very few makers can boast of this kind of prestige in the traditional arts. This one represents one of the highest quality Seikdo offers with three Hanko stamps, one of SEIKADO and two from the top master maker - KOUSAN. It probably originally sold for around $2,000 -3,000. The bamboo is top notch in all aspects. The root ball is absolutely gorgeous. It plays with confidence, great balance from note to note and with a consistent tone color - all attributes of fine shakuhachi instrument as understood by experienced players. When this flute first came to me, it had two cracks, one on the top and one on the bottom section, a chipped utaguchi inlay, loose nakastuki joint and loose rings. Since then everything has been repaired and restored with my Low-Impact approach to maintain it's structural integrity. The cracks were bound by topical black cord and sealed with urushi lacquer. The utaguchi was filled, the joint ring glued and made snug. This is now a great playing shakuhachi and fully functional for serious study of classical shakuhachi music or modern applications. It has the feel of the first wave of very modern flutes crafted with an extreme taper in the bore and a small opening at the bottom end. These flutes have a more back pressure so that the stronger players can blow harder for a bigger sound. They may feel "stuffy" for the beginner. These are made for stronger players who know how to<br />
produce the desired amount of overtone. The sound of this vintage instrument is bright, focused, expansive and complex. An experienced player can play anything on it - Sankyoku, Gaikyoku, Minyo, Honkyoku or anything else. You can see by the finger marks that the previous owner played this flute for long hours on end. this instrument has been thoroughly refurbished and checked for functionality. It has my Tensei Stamp of approval and should not present any problems under normal care of the instrument. </i><br />
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Price: 990 usdBas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-75788819926159824692010-10-04T22:47:00.000+02:002010-10-04T22:47:56.711+02:00New Design(s)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Last week I had a sort of small breakthrough, I played the shakuhachi and after playing a longer time, a very nice sound came from my flute! Wow was I the one making it? It was strong, full sounding and very pleasant. I had this sound before some short times, but now I could reproduce it more at will. Well it isn't easily produced...last day it was gone it seems. More 'Ro buki' will probably do it.<br />
The shakuhachi is sometimes hard to grasp and teaches patience very well. So it does with a new flute I recently acquired. It didn't want to play at first, then sound came, but not very nice...is it me, is it the flute? Do I want to go to quick??? Then it shortly sounded nice...and then is was gone again.<br />
Grmbl! patience, patience my friend...Bas Nijenhuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06439274081172976982noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2057211942036299054.post-21242295915851470802010-09-16T21:15:00.001+02:002010-09-23T19:47:03.199+02:00Electronics and Shakuhachi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwwmPwAr96sLoHI-NA00EpjxldBjgS6gXakM9LF_Xk2pId1ZwKkhD5wFV0ebwM_6KgkHdMGKjLn0LjcLtEOX_ZEbO0oNcQskMSieAxG7XFW_UsmlS_jnJ-F2wuysS9U8mfqnA8ipLn4c/s1600/P1010051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwwmPwAr96sLoHI-NA00EpjxldBjgS6gXakM9LF_Xk2pId1ZwKkhD5wFV0ebwM_6KgkHdMGKjLn0LjcLtEOX_ZEbO0oNcQskMSieAxG7XFW_UsmlS_jnJ-F2wuysS9U8mfqnA8ipLn4c/s320/P1010051.JPG" /></a></div><br />
I consider myself more of a Shakuhachi 'purist', whatever that may be. I mean I like the sound pure unchanged. In Prague there were several presentations of shakuhachi and electronics. Music enhanced by other sounds, reprocessed sounds of the flute itself and the like. Maybe this dimension can add someting when you are very familiar with the unchanged side of the flute I am not sure. I feel the flute and the music has much to offer in itself. Especially when accompanied with other instruments the flute can come to life. <br />
I attended the lecture of Zenpo Shimura on Cyber shakuhachi. He has been developing a sort of suit and flute that detects movement of various bodyparts. Those on their end change te sound and can do different things.<br />
Sounds complex? It probably is: see here the schematics for if you want to DIY.<br />
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See and hear below a short recorded section of a real song done by Shimura. After hearing this I maybe have to come back to not liking the electronics much....<br />
As a bonus you can see Kiku, who translated the lecture for us listeners.<br />
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