Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

rpelton wrote:

Hello to everyone,

I am new to the shakuhachi. After building an Anasazi flute and actually getting sound and notes from it, I have become very interested in all end or rim blown flutes. The shakuhachi is a logical progression. I have a Yuu that I visually enhanced (not confident enough yet to try and aurally enhance it)  .  Love the sound of the Shakuhachi, Xiao, Quenacho and Anasazi/Hopi. All are different - yet somehow the same.

I live half of the year in France and the other half in California (in 3 month increments) - truly a blessed existence. I have read most of the posts over the last month and decided to join today. Looking forward to learning more.

Be well

Ron

Welcome to the forum, Ron. I notice you're missing one from your list of rim blown flutes, ney. And you can break that down into Turkish, Iranian, and Egyptian ney. I've never even seen an Anasazi or Xiao, but I'm spreading myself too thin already, you can spend a lifetime just trying to get a good Ro out of shakuhachi so I always feel like I'm not putting enough concentration on it. I hope you find the forum enjoyable, you certainly can learn a lot here too.

Hi Charles, yeah I forgot the ney. Funny too, because I just ordered a Turkish ney last week.

Phil, I live in Southern California, suburb of L.A. to be more exact. Doesn't quite compare to France, but...

Thanks for the welcome!

Hi Kiku

Thanks for all the information. I will check into it and see what unfolds. You have a very beautiful and informative website!

Be well

Ron