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Dear Radiognome and all
Thanks so much for the above information. I pretty much lost my work day to investigatating what James Galway has to say. Great stuff, not only concerning embouchure, but videos, mp3 interviews and lectures about breath, scales and musicality in general etc. Sir James has a very powerful sound.
Galway's very straight forward advice about the embouchure is very similiar to Kaoru Kakizakai's explanation at the New York World Festival in 2004. Kakizakai's advice was to start to form the embouchure by bringing up the bottom lip over the top lip and blowing towards the nose much like children do when playing. Then direct the air out by pressing the upper lip on to a relaxed lower lip. I remember this experience from childhood. This method has helped me to produce sounds and gives some amplitude to the coordinations necessary to play the wide nature of sounds that are part of shakuhachi playing. Still so much to learn and coordinate though.
This interview with Renee Flemming is great.
http://www.thegalwaynetwork.com/interviews/flemming.mp3
Seems that singing is very important to James Galway.
Thanks again.
Last edited by indigo (2009-05-15 22:59:50)
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indigo wrote:
Dear Radiognome and all
Thanks so much for the above information. I pretty much lost my work day to investigatating what James Galway has to say. Great stuff, not only concerning embouchure, but videos, mp3 interviews and lectures about breath, scales and musicality in general etc. Sir James has a very powerful sound.
Thank you Indigo for the information regarding Kaoru Kakizakai's talk. I really wasn't sure if I was entirely off-base and that the "non-smiley" embouchure was just a silver flute thing or not.
For anybody that may be wondering, you can find links to Galway's masterclass videos and mp3's (the Mp3's aren't direct links) on Jennifer Cluff's website here: http://www.jennifercluff.com/blog/2007/ … video.html
that's where I found them. It's not about shakuhachi, but there's a good deal of information there that could be applied to shakuhachi. You're right, it's a lot of material, probably best to explore on your own private time rather than at work
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