Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

geni · 2006-04-27 23:30:34

hey guys,
I jus watched the DVD#2 of the festival (the big apple)
It was great to see the live performance of great players.
I wish the quality of recording was better.

Anyway,
I would like to know more about traditional singing,
any CD recommendations? Is there any song of shakuhachi repertuar that they sing?

I had a headache of 2 min listening,
but Jazz players try ti sing with their instrument like jazz vocals,
So, i figurate, if I want to have a great traditional sound I have to do the some.

Thanks in Advance
Geni

Daniel Ryudo · 2006-04-28 02:00:24

Hi Geni,

Yokoyama Katsuya recommends singing the dokyoku pieces (which are more melodic, and therefore easier to sing, in my opinion, than some of the koten honkyoku) as a prelude to playing them and as an aid to internalizing them, as he says you don't really know a honkyoku unless you can play it from memory. At a recent workshop in the village of Bisei in Okayama prefecture, we sang both San'an and Yamagoe before playing them.

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Yungflutes · 2006-04-28 08:41:07

Daniel Ryudo wrote:
Hi Geni,

Yokoyama Katsuya recommends singing the dokyoku pieces (which are more melodic, and therefore easier to sing, in my opinion, than some of the koten honkyoku) as a prelude to playing them and as an aid to internalizing them, as he says you don't really know a honkyoku unless you can play it from memory.

Hi Daniel and Geni, Yes, every teacher I've studied with, regardless of style, actually sang the piece before we played it. Either the whole piece first or line by line with the shakuhachi. It's really amazing what happens to the playing of a piece when you can sing it note for note while in the shower or on the morning train commute.

I remember the first time I actually internalized Tsu Re...Ou ou ou RI...Tsu Re....it was an amazing feeling. I had been just playing the notes for months but when I began to sing ity in my head, my shakuhachi began to sound like my voice.

As a starter excercise, find the shakuhachi music notation to Sakura and sing the melody with the names of the shakuhachi notes. Since you know the melody, you will be able to hear how it sounds with the names of the notes. This will also give the piece of music a different meaning for you.

If you can not find the music, I can send you my version.
All the best, Perry

shaman141 · 2006-04-28 13:52:30

Hi Perry,

Could you send me the notation for Sakura? Not quite the same topic, but I find that when i hear a shakuhachi duo with a traditional japanese singer it's very moving as well.

Sean

Yungflutes · 2006-05-01 21:36:36

shaman141 wrote:
Hi Perry,

Could you send me the notation for Sakura? Not quite the same topic, but I find that when i hear a shakuhachi duo with a traditional japanese singer it's very moving as well.

Sean

Hi Sean, sorry for the delay. I was on the road.

When I got home, I couldn't find any of my notation to Sakura so I wrote it down as I remembered it (there are plenty of versions). This way, there is no infringement on publishers.

SAKURA.pdf

Let me know if you can open the file or read the notation (sorry for the chicken scratch. I wasn't writing for publishing ) It's in standard Dokyoku.

All the best, Perry

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shaman141 · 2006-05-01 23:04:19

Hi Perry,

Thanks!! I really appreciate it! Not so chickenscratchy at all, it's nice and legible:) Thanks for taking the time to write it out by hand! No worries for the delay. Hope you and yours are doing well,

All the very Best,

Sean

geni · 2006-05-02 10:19:38

hey Perry,
Thanks for your help man,
Do you have any projecs in Boston?
Geni

Yungflutes · 2006-05-03 00:17:53

geni wrote:
hey Perry,
Thanks for your help man,
Do you have any projecs in Boston?
Geni

Hi Geni, Thanks for your interest.

I have a few shakuhachi things happening around here in NYC in May and June but my theater group SLANT is headling a festival at Dartmouth College on July 19, 2006 as part of Beyond the Rim: Asian American Arts Today

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~lhc/events/20 … -arts.html

There will be lots of shakuhachi used traditionally and non traditionally.

Look of it in the events section in July.

Peace, Perry

Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

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