Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

purehappiness · 2009-06-21 16:28:47

I am looking at these lovely flutes and was wondering if anyone has had experience with these and if they can play good 3rd octave notes.

edosan · 2009-06-21 17:03:18

purehappiness wrote:
I am looking at these lovely flutes and was wondering if anyone has had experience with these and if they can play good 3rd octave notes.

They can play anything you can play.

Priapus Le Zen M☮nk · 2009-06-21 18:39:36

What Ed said on this one.

I do own a couple of 1.8 and some 1.3 and they are pretty good and can compare to many flutes made of bamboo on the market.

purehappiness · 2009-06-21 18:48:18

Thats nice to hear. They are quite beautiful. I would imagine different woods would give different tones too.

Priapus Le Zen M☮nk · 2009-06-21 19:04:45

To some extent the woods make a difference but the work/price on the flute have to be taken in consideration

purehappiness · 2009-06-22 09:13:28

I may have to add one of these to my collection.

Taldaran · 2009-06-22 11:55:56

I have a 1.8 tiger myrtle, and a 2.1 silky oak.

Yes they do reach the 3rd octave. I also agree with edosan...whether they are good 3rd octave notes are up to you!

purehappiness · 2009-06-22 16:45:47

Not that I can hit the 3rd octave that well now but it would be nice to know the flute can do it.There is something about exotic wood though. How are they at honking RO?

Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-22 17:15:45

purehappiness wrote:
. How are they at honking RO?

It's usually the player who is good (if that's the term) at honking ro, not the flute.

purehappiness · 2009-06-22 17:17:50

Good point.

Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-22 18:19:46

purehappiness wrote:
Good point.

However that didn't stop certain knobs from trying to attract geese from Canada ad infinitum at the flute sale stand at the Sydney festival.

purehappiness · 2009-06-22 18:51:39

Another use for shakuhachi. Although, I could never hunt.
It is too cruel and I don't need to to survive.

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Priapus Le Zen M☮nk · 2009-06-22 19:51:50

Tairaku wrote:
purehappiness wrote:
Good point.
However that didn't stop certain knobs from trying to attract geese from Canada ad infinitum at the flute sale stand at the Sydney festival.

Who are you referring to???

Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-22 20:08:51

Gishin wrote:
Who are you referring to???

You know!

Priapus Le Zen M☮nk · 2009-06-22 20:14:44

Tairaku wrote:
Gishin wrote:
Who are you referring to???
You know!

Ha yes the listen to this one HONKKKK! guy. Now I remember.

nyokai · 2009-06-22 21:01:54

Macho ro-honking has been a big part of the shakuhachi festival sidelines for as long as I have been going to any. Unrelated to music, it is like the plumage displays of male birds, but in this case there are rarely any females around and certainly none who give a fuck.

That said, David Brown makes consistently excellent flutes that can play any of the notes a good bamboo shakuhachi can play. His are the only wooden flutes I've ever really liked. He's a very impressive craftsperson.

Priapus Le Zen M☮nk · 2009-06-22 21:59:02

nyokai wrote:
That said, David Brown makes consistently excellent flutes that can play any of the notes a good bamboo shakuhachi can play. His are the only wooden flutes I've ever really liked. He's a very impressive craftsperson.

Yes David is the best stuff when it comes to wood and his flutes usually can compare to many bamboo ones. Tjere is also this amker that has great flutes made of wood or laminated bamboo in Japan but nobody sells them. Mejiro should sell their stuff or they should have an english side to their website. I owned some of their laminated bamboo ones and they are great. Here is the link of this maker http://www.kochyo.co.jp/products/kochyo.html

Here is a nice one I saw on their site http://www.kochyo.co.jp/products/0134.html

Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-22 23:05:58

Gishin wrote:
Tairaku wrote:
Gishin wrote:
Who are you referring to???
You know!
Ha yes the listen to this one HONKKKK! guy. Now I remember.

I was worried I offended you. But I didn't say "knobs from Canada" I said knobs attracting geese from Canada.

But there were several knobs, unfortunately.

rpowers · 2009-06-23 01:02:29

Tairaku wrote:
purehappiness wrote:
Good point.
However that didn't stop certain knobs from trying to attract geese from Canada ad infinitum at the flute sale stand at the Sydney festival.

The Bay Area has more than enough Canadian Geese, if anyone wants to call them away.

Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-23 01:30:40

nyokai wrote:
but in this case there are rarely any females around and certainly none who give a fuck.

Indeed my wife observed "Sensei X" honking away and asked me if there was something wrong with his technique that made his face grimace like he was having digestive problems. She did not think it was very attractive.

Taldaran · 2009-06-23 02:14:43

Okay, I am a beginner, I do not have a sensei, nor do I have anyone to play with that can demonstrate it, so can anyone send me a clip or link of someone honking RO? I'm not sure exactly what it is, but so far, it sounds like the equivalent of the popular competitive pastime of who can pee up a wall the highest.

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Tairaku 太楽 · 2009-06-23 03:42:39

Not really Talderan.

It's just the guys who think that's the only thing to test when trying a flute or who are doing it excessively and regardless of musical context that are problematic.

If you use Ed's "Search" function this topic has been covered before and someone posted a clip of Aoki Reibo or somebody doing it.

Edit: I just did that and amazingly enough it came up under a topic called.................drum roll........................."Honking Ro." And it was Ed who posted the Reibo link, which will make him even more angry and hurt that you did not use his "Search" function.

http://www.shakuhachiforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=3591

purehappiness · 2009-06-23 06:03:17

Wow. This looks like it has become a honking RO thread now Maybe if I follow some geese I can learn.
But first I need to get a david brown flute(in the near future), hopefully.

Jim Thompson · 2009-06-23 09:56:43

Sometimes Yamaha comes to L.A. and sets up a room to let players try their newest saxes. You could not imagine the sound of 25 L.A. sax players in one room at one time each one trying to play faster, louder and higher than the other. Holy Mother of God! Truly an unholy din.

edosan · 2009-06-23 10:59:07

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I am so very angry....

...and hurt.

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[Also, Bas Nijenhuis has that Aoki clip beautifully presented on his blog, here: http://shakuhachibas.blogspot.com/2009/ … nking.html

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Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

#1 2009-06-21 16:28:47

David brown flutes good for 3rd octave?

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