Learn to play Shakuhachi Honkyoku techniques

Name: Learn to play Shakuhachi Honkyoku techniques
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Learn the technical elements used in Honkyou

Created byMarco Lienhard

Last updated 9/2023

English

What you'll learn

Students who study Honkyoku will understand the technique more easily
Shakuhachi students who want to learn about Honkyoku will get to learn the technical elements
Advanced and intermediate students who want to master Honkyoku will get a better understanding of technical elements
Learn to play complicated Honkyoku elements

Course content

2 sections • 5 lectures • 59m total length

Repair a bamboo flute12:59
We are showing here how cracked bamboo can be easily repaired. We demonstrate with a Fue, but it is the same for the Shakuhachi; you will need to wait overnight for the crack to close up after placing a slightly wet tissue on the opposite side of the crack. This will allow the bamboo to soak in some water and close the gap of the crack at which time you can start putting the nylon string around very tightly. We recommend a slightly stronger fishing line for the Shakuhachi. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Ro Buki practice5:23
This refers to the daily practice of playing the note Ro for about 5- 10 minutes.
Just try to play it and get the strongest sound. The end has to be a soft finish while maintaining the pitch.
You can try different notes as well. If you have difficulty withte RO, you can try first Re or Chi as they are easier notes to play.
The RO is the most difficult note to play.
The expression " One note to reach Buddhahood" is from the Komuso Tradition and trying to get that note that will take you to another level. So your practice is that of playing that note and trying to attain this state.

First part of the Technical elements to study to play Honkyoku music13:36
Learn some techniques that you will encounter in Honkyoku. This will give you help for the difficult elements found in a Honkyoku. It will also refresh you on the parts you had difficulty playing in the Honkyoku.
The 15 elements are. The basic technical elements found. There are many variations of them, but once you understand them, it will be much easier to play the variations.
Second part of the technical elements14:40
We are going into more technical aspects of the Honkyoku and things you will use for other songs and modern songs as well.
Learn some techniques that you will encounter in Honkyoku. This will give you help for the difficult elements found in a Honkyoku. It will also refresh you on the parts you had difficulty playing in the Honkyoku.
The 15 elements are. The basic technical elements found. There are many variations, but once you understand them, it will be much easier to play the variations.
learn to write Shakuhachi music12:55
This lesson will help you read and write some of the notations you will find in the Shakuhachi notation.
There is an order in writing the music, so this will come in handy and you will learn how to properly write the Japanese notations.
A great and simple way to learn the notes.

Requirements

Know how to get some sounds from the Shakuhachi
Be able to play some simple Honkyoku or. shakuhachi songs

Description

This will help you study Honkyoku music. Some of the techniques appear in the Honkyoku from our courses. This video will help you go deeper in the basics of each technical element and help you play them correctly. Just be careful and follow the instructions and play the notes with the correct posture and fingering.

We will explain the different elements found in Honkyoku, such as mura iki and other technical terms and explain how to play them.

We have added. PDF with the course that will help you with a visual of the segments. Some explanations are also written on the pdf so that you can practice without having the video playing along.

You might want to do only one or two technical elements per study. We don't recommend going through all the videos in one time. So be sure to master each element or at least understand the key elements of it before moving on to the next part.

Some elements, such as Chiru are more found in the Do Kyoku as played by Katsuya Yokoyama and Watazumi-do.

Mura-iki, yuri, nayashi, kamuri, etc. are found in many schools. Technical elements are also used in modern music for special effects.

We also added the video on Repairing cracked bamboo flutes and also how to read and write Shakuhachi music

Who this course is for:

Beginners to advanced

Learn to play Shakuhachi Honkyoku techniques

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Course content

Emergency repair of a bamboo flute2 lectures • 18min

Honkoyku technical elements3 lectures • 41min

Requirements

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