尺八 SHAKUHACHI flute - Rodrigo Rodriguez - contemporary Japanese music 

I got something else that will reach the depths of your feminized soul

Danny Boy I...think you’ve got issues.

xDDD

Thomas Davis lmao fr the first two seconds I had to sit up in bed like ,”Hol’up wait a minute”😂😂🤭

Girl, same! I came here because of this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6O2GO9CSyWk.html

Somewhere in deep Asia, a monestary on one mountain top, incense fuming out of it, those spinning metal paper wheels lining the path, decorated with Chinese writing...

You will suddenly be attracting every sort of predator around...

@@escaramujo what would be the funniest one you'd imagine?

That would be heavenly

Imagining that made me tremble..

Either one will go and try to find the source... or run like shit :D

I'd cry from the beauty😂

You're about to transform into animal. RUN!

Eric Brown no shit furry.

I play shakuhachi in public pretty often. Usually practicing some honkyoku. (traditional solo, sound color and breath focused pieces, not really 'songs' in a western sense) ** I guess I'm a bit too shy to toot some western melodies. Some people show interest, some even ask or talk for a short while. But over 9/10 don't give a sh*t. :) Almost every time I play there is some clique laughing while passing by. Like teens do to tease or bully each other. Playing outside has no acoustics and the wind that makes it harder. Playing with a nice reverb wooshes your sound. It gives less clarity but it certainly covers up less able playing. So if you ever want to sound better. Add reverberation. I used to play in a concrete tunnel underneath a highway that sounded massive. But when playing plain outside it tends to sound silly and forced. Hence why they probably are laughing their ass of when passing by. But the worst when playing outside is usually people walking by with their dogs. (which is not a nice thing anyway) It ruins the vibe and flow, to use hippie terms. :) By that I primarily mean the focus I guess. Rodrigo here clearly has either a great mic setup with a great natural reverb, or possibly reverb added digitally afterwards. Producers, studios, recording artists use something called a DAW for that. Just a fancy term for advanced audio software that has all the functionalities of a studio in your laptop. I'm not taking his playing in vain though! Definitely not. That's not my point. All great artists used reverb, in the 60's they used actual echo chambers and spring reverb (actual springs in which sound is send through), 80's are famous for its 'overuse' (I love it though!) of massive stadium like digital reverbs, and so on. ** Rodrigo Rodriguez is playing a 7 hole - I'm pretty sure jiari - shakuhachi here. I've never honestly seen or heard a 7 hole in real life. Almost all shakuhachi are 5 hole. You use meri/Kari (head movements) and partial holings (half, third and for tsu dai meri even less of the hole covered) to get all 12 western + microtones. 7 hole is not used for the traditional pieces. 7 hole is used for modern or ensemble pieces. To ease playing scales and melodies. While 5 hole gives you the timbral richness. Just like jiari (more brassy, loud, clear and western tuned tone) vs jinashi (more bamboo, natural rich sound) is arbitrary. It depends on what you use it for and how. In general jinashi are best for honkyoku, and jiari for playing with other instruments or for playing western music. And 7 hole is very specific, only used by a minute few, to ease the playing of western or western inspired pieces even more. I'm guessing you lose some of the typical Japanese and natural timbres with a 7 hole. Like a jiari is louder (neiro I belive its called, but don't take my word for it), more powerful and clear, usually brighter. But loses richness in the process. Jinashi is softer, but richer. But I'm not against 7 hole. I do believe starting on a 5 hole is best. To learn proper traditional technique. And then there are the older Edo style flutes used by the original komuso and also the ronin (samurai with no daimyo, in other words 'unemployed' samurai back in the day), with different utaguchi (mouthpiece) indentations, etc. Also the diameter of the bore, size of the holes, etc. make a huge impact Modern jinashi tend to be more jiari like in style with wider bores and holes then most Edo flutes. If you want to see some of the craziest sh*t, look up Watazumi Doso. He played what he called 'hotchiku', long, wide bored flutes. Like a meter in length and double as thick. Yamaguchi Goro, Aoki Reibo were also famous shakuhachi players. Of course there are many more. Of course I had to be the party pooper here. People hate it when I talk facts or when I talk about my own experiences or opinions. Now I understand it a little better. :) But it's just a fact that shakuhachi doesn't sound like this when played in the woods. And depending on who heard it, they couldn't give any poop about the instrument. You can't imagine how many times people called it a recorder. Not even taking into consideration the embouchure needed. The people who actually play it, say that if you can play shakuhachi, all other flutes are pretty doable, but not the other way around.

Uwahh, I would pay a visit again to feel that

Nice.

好美的情境

It is actually possible. Not everyone plays like Rodrigo does. If you don’t know how to play it , it will sound far, very far from what you hear in this video

@@mr.p5446 Playing one? Yikes! It difficult enough to get a sustained sound from one.

Gotta have a decent set of lungs to play like this guy does....

​@@mr.p5446The instrument itself and someones playing ability is something different IMO so it has nothing to do with each other :)

I was once playing in public and an old woman passed by and told me (not in English but something along the lines): "Stop with that cat whining." :) Also had several occasions were people made fun of me (or my playing I don't know).

Music comes naturally to humans. The flute represents the unity of emptiness and fullness, both of which are essential to existence.

Virtuasamsara ... Sri Rama Krishna with his eternal flute.

They first played a straw. It was a lot less 'solemn' and a lot more 'lively'. After learning how to empty wood they decided to try other sounds...

Like many discoveries I suspect it was an accident. Age and time may have hollowed out bamboo as well as produced some holes along it. Then one day there was a strong breeze or a gentle wind. As a traveler was passing by he/she may heard unusual sounds and as they passed by as the wind blew. There may have been several bamboo stalks hollowed out naturally which created numerous sounds and pitches as the winds that proceeds the monsoon grew stronger. I suspect some listeners were freaked out. What were these sounds? Ghosts of the ancient ones singing, or was it the souls of the Banshee crying out, or what it the whispering wind of nature they may have thought. Then one day some curious soul picked one up, gathered his breath and produced his own wind blowing through the hollow stalk and behold! He would have noticed various pitch changes depending on the placement of the natural hole(s)---if any, but that would come later after many more were plucked and "tested." Thus, I believe it is very conceivable that the first "flute" was made by nature. Our ancestors didn't think to hollow out the bamboo to make sound (in my opinion) they simply heard existing ones already on the ground or caught in bushes and just picked them up! They would later copy this design and make modifications (desired pitches), but the first was based on the example of nature. This perhaps set the precedent for creating sounds by blowing through an object. Of course this is all speculation, but I don't think it is far-fetched.

@@delstanley1349 Just read some books about instrument history. ❄

Same

Amognus

Same, I had to find out what type of flute it was

Same

It's amazing how video games can be a window into exploring culture. I started obsessively researching Greek mythology after playing 'Age of Mythology' back in 2004

It's a cry for love, redemption, peace...

❤❤

I've been playing for +5 years, and +3 of these are on the yuu. It's a great jiari like instrument. Nicely tuned, responsive, even dai kan (3rd octave) which is rare even for expensive bamboo shakuhachi. I've met masters in real life at a shakuhachi festival and they do endorse it. They even sold them there at the festival itself. It's actually molded from an actual shakuhachi, but you probably know that already. :) Great choice, just keep playing!

How hard is it to learn compared to other instruments?

@@Jerrongamereview Well, it has taken me almost a year to get a decent sound out of it at the lower octave. I've been training myself to read the Japanese musical characters, which thankfully is pretty straightforward. The real trick is finding the right embouchure and being able to repeat it once you find it! Look up Jon Kypros, he has some great instructional videos and a book, and also is the creator of the Shakuhachi Bell. I bought one (they are relatively inexpensive) and play about as "easily" as the Yuu. Like the crazy person that I am, I am studying several instruments simultaneously right now. This one gives rewards very grudgingly, and it takes a lot of patience both with yourself and the instrument. Check out the book "Blowing Zen" for a great autobiography of an accomplished western shakuhachi player. If ever I need encouragement, all I have to do is listen to this song. 🙏

Let me know when you come across a N.A. duct flute in other than a pentatonic scale. I find this aspect of the traditional craft limiting. I play many world flutes but when I learned how to make them , it wasn't much longer before I developed a formula adjusted from the major scale to minor, half diminished, whole tone . The whole tone is a challenge to play given there is never a resolution between clusters, whether 2,3 or 4 note chords . Our ears never hear music composed that way. I now have made a flute in every possible 7 note scale in Western pitch .

I'm curious how this is going. How is your progress so far? Do you have any other inspiration that helped you decide that you wanted to learn to play? I hope all is well :)

Es cierto!!

leaning against a cherry blosson tree, and warm sunlight breaking through the leaves... unlike where i live... snow 24/7 365 days a year kappa

Just wait for the remix

thats a pro playing on a $10.000 custom made flute. with post-editing in the studio. nothing you'd ever get out of a Shakuhachi.

So very relaxing to hear such a beautiful sound

Thanks Beth Hicks, in the video description you can find information about where to buy a flute, classes, etc.

Right!

Japan to be more specific. 🇯🇵

Marvin the Maniac I think he meant a different time period lol

Hahahahahahahaha that's a good one

Mw too. Im loving it not McDonald's tho.

Thank you for your words

same

It's why I'm here 😂

Currently playing it as I type this just learned the heavenly technique and as I sat atop that mountain looking out over the ocean I thought to myself how profound and interesting the Japanese culture is. That’s what brought me here haha. Can’t wait to visit there one day and soak up all it has to offer

Bro same!

On my second playthrough of Ghost of Tsushima and now having to play a 3rd cause of new game + and multiplayer lol

Yeah (Cough cough) me neither.

NO.

Yes indeed. It evokes the cry for love within us all.

...how very well expressed... 💜!