thank you so much for this video ! I received an old kinko-ryu shakuhachi today and couldn't even produce a sound so I tought that it wasn't meant for that but by listening to your advice I manage to finally sucess of producing a sound and even if I can't hold the tone for a long time and I can't do an ho, I know that I can start progressing due to your videos !
Nice! I don't have a Shakuhachi .... YET... but i love teasing my parents dogs with blowing on a bottle- makes their heads turn haha, so i know what i'm in for with the Shaku.
All of your videos and a few weeks later: My Shakuhachi has arrived! Thanks to these tips I'm playing my first tone clearly the very first day. Thank you!!
Oh, that’s great to hear! 🙂 I’m glad the videos are useful. All the best for the first steps on hour shakuhachi journey and let me know how you’re getting on!
Thank you for this. I bought shakuhachi on a whim and am trying to learn it by myself. It's very frustrating. Your and Jon Kypros's channels are way too underappreciated, but every view is by a person who is passionate about the content. Thank you!
Thanks; that's very nice of you to say! 🙂 I know at the beginning shakuhachi can be a bit frustrating, in particular if you feel any pressure of wanting to get results quickly. Playing the shakuhachi is very much about the exploration and accepting that one's playing will never be perfect. Just keep at it!
Liked the video - some good tips there - I often feel that shakuhachi is simple on one level but soooo involved at a higher level Just found your channel
I did it! I made a tone! Thank you. Could you make a video o How to properly care for a shakuhachi. Do you clean it somehow after every use? And have you had to control for humidity or dryness before, like when travelling? I may have to do that at the end of the year. It's worth noting the shakuhachi I just purchased is one piece solid bamboo. It's a 1.6 in Key F so it's is small enough to fit for travel purposes
Well done! 🙂 A 'caring' video is on the list, but at the end of the day you should just take care not to let your instrument get too dry and not expose it to rapid and big changes in humidity. Also wipe your flute on the insider so that humidity on the outside and inside are not too different. A big potential killer is air conditioning - particularly tricky in hotel rooms where there's the danger of air streaming in ways you're not anticipating. Also heating in the winter (depending on you climate) may cause the air in the room to get very dry. If you'e unsure, put your shakuhachi in a plastic bag and close it with a rubber band.
Ich dachte die ganze Zeit "there is something German in the air" 🤣 und dann sah ich die Biersorten und wusste Bescheid :D schön zu wissen das man nicht der einzige Shakuhachi interessierte in DE ist☺
@@MarkusGuhe Thats the Spirit! :D ja Spiele immer noch auf ner yuu und quäle mich Hauptsächlich durch die Honkyoku🤣 freu mich auf weiteren Content von dir👍
@@datmusicguy4735 Ach, die Yuu ist schon OK, aber eine echte Bambusflöte ist eben doch besser. Vor allem, wenn die Qualität einigermaßen stimmt. Das macht das Spielen etwas leichter, und dann macht es natürlich auch mehr Spaß. (Habe übrigens gerade gestern die nächsten Episoden gedreht - jetzt geht’s an das langweilige Editieren ...)
Very nice, I had thought of those same tricks/things for a couple of people I am/was teaching to get a sound. I like your short cut-in clips. You guys were pretty relaxed after those "non-alcoholic" beers...
Sorry, I'm not familiar with that. But the embouchure for shakuhachi is quite a bit different than the one for Westen flute, at least from what I've seen so far. Shinobue seems to be a bit closer.
Thank you Markus for being a really awesome teacher! I am interested in taking your live online classes, you seem patient and good-humored and your style of teaching/explaining things is extremely helpful and clear, as someone who is just learning the instrument with no previous experience with any wind instrument (aside from ocarina). However I do know that you're in Scotland and I'm in the central US (CST) so I'm wondering if this will be possible and how you would do the timing? I did also try to join your email list from your website but I got a link doesn't exist on server error!
Thanks for the praise; you are very kind! 🙏 Thanks also for pointing out the bad link on my homepage; that's much appreciated! It should be fixed now. Yes, I'm in Europe, but if you're able to find time in before noon-ish, it's usually no problem to find a time. Just send me a quick email, and we can try to work something out.
I enjoyed your videos ! Mmm, perhaps you should take a look at "Belgian Beers" on Wikipedia, though it's a better idea to get to taste them (not all of them ... over 1500!) But back to shakuhachi: do you have any idea how on earth Zac Zinger plays lightning fast chromatic runs and not visibly move his blowing position ? Cheers !
Well, you know ... getting a German to drink Belgian beer ... 😁 As to the chromatic runs: Despite the traditional teaching of moving your head to change pitch (and there's a lot of merit in doing it this way), what actually changes the pitch is the distance between lips and utaguchi. If you have good control over the facial muscles involved and add to that good control in your fingers for 'half-holing' (in this context more just tiny openings of holes) you have the basics of this playing technique. Yamaguchi Goro was famous for hardly moving while playing ...
After playing a lot of Ghost of Tsushima and listening to the amazing soundtrack, I thought to myself “what a beautiful instrument, I wish I could get one.” Not long after I saw a video about a 3d printed shakuhachi and thought that would be a great idea seeing as I had very recently bought a 3d printer. Before I download any files I figured this would be a great place to ask how much being 3d printed (PLA plastic) would affect the instrument. The tones that the person played in the video were very similar to the traditional bamboo one he also played, almost identical though still noticeably different. Edit: After watching more of your videos I realize this probably should have gone on part 3 but I hadn’t watched that one yet 😅
Hehe, that's quite alright. 🙂 Overall, the influence of the material on the sound is not as big as you might imagine. As far as I understand it (I'm not a maker), the shape of the bore, the size of the finger holes, how the utaguchi is made have the biggest influence on the sound. But of course you can hear the difference between a plastic flute and a bamboo flute. I'd say if it's a good model, it's worth a shot. Just don't be too disappointed if the result is not what do you expect. I can't imagine that you'd get a really good flute, but it may well be suitable as a beginner's instrument.
@@MarkusGuhe thank you so much for responding. I’ll give it a go and hope for the best. The person also provided their settings and post-print instructions to get the best print quality. If it doesn’t turn out too well then that’s alright, PLA filament is pretty inexpensive
I guess it depends on what 'correct' means to you. It took me only four years to get permission to teach myself but about eight years before my teacher found my tone acceptable. So, what does that mean? 😉
@@MarkusGuhe Just checked it out, she actually sings quite nice, beautiful voice! If she's just starting it looks like things might very likely go well for her. Would be fun watching a collaboration between you two.
in times of covid you don't share flutes, that's ok, but you should also drink Corona beer instead of some mediocre German Sprudelwasser. and, oh yeah, also this: Johanna is the most beautiful name in the world (my wife's called Johanna. just saying)...
Haha, as long as national egotisms stop at the beer I'm totally with you and hope you enjoy your Corona (even if currently the name is a bit of a challenge). 🙂
