Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Ai-no-te    Music performed between vocal sections

Atari    To stirke a finger hole

Ato-Uta    Ending vocal section

Chikuzen inchinyo    The bamboo and Zen are as one

Chirashi    Climax of section

Danmono    Scored in Dans without vocal sections

Dojikyoku    Children's song. Actually called "Dokyoku"

Furi    A rapid meri/kari head dip.

Gaikyoku    Outside Music

Gakufu    Musical notation

Hachigaeshi    Returning the bowl.

Hate    A light kind of honkyoku. Played in the afternoon when free from strict discipline of religion.

Honte    The main body of a piece

Ichi Ji Ichi Ritsu    One temple, one piece

Ichion Jobutsu    To reach enlightenment by the use of only one sound

Jiuta    Music originally composed for Shamisen

Kaede    Secondary arangment of a piece

Kan    Upper register

Kari    Blow by putting the chin up, to raise the tone

Komi Buki    Big breath

Kumiuta    Pieces for Koto license

Mae-Uta    Opening vocal section

Meri    Blow by putting the chin down, to lower the tone

Miyakobushi scale    D, Ef, F, G, Af, C, D

Nagashi    Playing in the street

Naka-uta    Middle vocal section

Nayashi    To begin pitch meri and rise to standard pitch

Otsu    Low register

Reibo    Yearning for the Bell

Sankyoku    Music with three instruments

Shaku    30.30 cm

Shirabe    To check the sounds and move into the proper frame of mind before performing Honkyoku

Sokyoku    Music originally composed for Koto

Sugagaki    The term Sugagaki, when used in Shakuhachi music, simply means pieces which are unrelated to the Fuke legend. The term Sugagaki also refers to a technique used in solo Koto music without voice.

Sun    3.03 cm

Suri    Glissando

Suri age    A slide upwards

Takane    Section of a honkyoku piece usually played in the upper octave, often containing the climax of the piece

Takuhatsu    Pieces played by Komuso when begging.

Tamane    Flutter tongue technique

Tegoto    Musical Interlude

Tegotomono    Musical form with Tegoto

Utaguchi    The sharp blowing edge of the shakuhahi

Yuri    Vibrato