Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Kraig · 2008-01-31 19:25:09

Good Evening. I just stumbled accross this site and I am quite pleased but what I found.

I live in Boston, Massachusetts- U.S.A. I am in need of help playing! I was fortunate enough to have a teacher but only for five months while living in Japan. The lessons were from a local player in the country side where I was living- so I have limited playing experinece but my love for the instrument is large.
I have seen many study books with CDs on the internet and would like some recommendations, if possible, which one(s) to purchase. Any help would be great. If any one knows some affordable teachers in the Boston area please feel free to contact me. My back ground is in percussion and drums - but I seem to have become addicted to practicing the Shakuhahci more than my other instruments. Is this normal?

Thank you for allowing me into your network.
Best to all who read and respond to this posting.

-Kraig

Mujitsu · 2008-01-31 19:35:05

Welcome Kraig,

Here is one link to some past discussion on playing manuals.

http://shakuhachiforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=174

For more, try a search for: playing manual, instructional manual, etc.

Good luck!

Ken

edosan · 2008-01-31 20:25:31

Kraig wrote:
... I seem to have become addicted to practicing the Shakuhahci more than my other instruments. Is this normal?

Decidely NOT normal.

Just good...

Welcome to the fray!

eB

nyokai · 2008-01-31 20:53:15

Hi Kraig --

I teach in Boston...

Kraig · 2008-01-31 22:34:02

Thank you all for reading, posting and e-mailing me. It's great be welcomed into a new community so fast. Mr. Nyoki, I wil contact you soon, if it's ok. Thank you for introducing yourself.

I can't help but ignore my other instruments. I try to find a good balance but the Shakuhachi is so addictive, I can't help myself! You're right, it's not normal - but it feels so right!!

Tairaku 太楽 · 2008-01-31 23:49:39

Kraig wrote:
My back ground is in percussion and drums - but I seem to have become addicted to practicing the Shakuhahci more than my other instruments. Is this normal?

Hi Kraig,

Welcome to the forum. Moving from drums to shakuhachi is called "evolution". Pretty soon you'll lose your tail!

(P.S. this is coming from a bass player, we can only count to four.)

By all means get in on the ground floor with Nyokai, he is a very knowledgeable dude. About shakuhachi as well!

nomaD43 · 2008-02-01 17:51:31

Kraig,
As a former Bostonian I welcome you.
In addition to Nyokai, you may also look up Robert Jonas at The Empty Bell in Watertown (http://www.emptybell.org/). I don't believe he is member of this forum and I haven't spoken to him since the last time I was in Boston (3-4 years ago). He is/was a student of David Duncavage and Kurahashi Sensei.
Damon

nyokai · 2008-02-01 17:55:36

Jonas is in Northampton now (for the past few years).

nomaD43 · 2008-02-03 09:40:45

Ah! Well I guess I have been away for a while. He did have a very beautiful home and dojo in Watertown though.

Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

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Hello From Boston

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