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Learn to play Shakuhachi Honkyoku
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(8 ratings)
120 students

Learn to play Shakuhachi Honkyoku

Honshirabe and Tamuke
Created byMarco Lienhard
Last updated 10/2023
English

What you'll learn

  • Students will learn to play some simpler Honkyoku and learn the basic to play Honkyoku
  • Students will learn to play with more confidence and creating better sound
  • Students will learn to read and write Shakuhachi music
  • Students will learn to breathe correctly to be able to hold notes longer

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Course content

3 sections • 7 lectures • 1h 28m total length

  • Introduction to Honkyoku with Honshirabe part 113:30

    This course will introduce you to the Honkyoku pieces. I recommend checking out the Ro buki video  and use that as a warm-up to your practice.

    These are simpler ones though as difficult as any other Honkyoku. Your breath and "Ma" becomes very important in the playing of the repertoire. Be patient and try to memorize the song during the study of each song. This will help you concentrate better on your tone and phrasing. Question any added notes that might be tempted to add and see if it has their place here or it is superfluous. The songs through many hours of practice will slowly open up and reveal their secrets. I feel that at times will come a time when you have reached your ceiling and you should come to the song sometime later. I am sure that you will discover it. new things then and it will change your approach to the song. Again it is important not to rush things and just take your time with the songs.

  • Shakuhachi Honkyoku. Part 2 of Honshirabe13:35

    This course will introduce you to the Honkyoku pieces. These are simpler ones though as difficult as any other Honkyoku. Your breath and "Ma" becomes very important in the playing of the repertoire. Be patient and try to memorize the song during the study of each song. This will help you concentrate better on your tone and phrasing. Question any added notes that might be tempted to add and see if it has its place here or it is superfluous. The songs through many hours of practice will slowly open up and reveal their secrets. I feel that at times will come time when you have reached your ceiling and you should come to the song some time later. I am sure that you will discover. new things then and it will change your approach to the song. Again it is important not to rush things and just take your time with the songs.

Requirements

  • Be able to read the music and get sounds out of the Shakuhachi. you should preferably have a 1.8 Shakuhachi to be able to play along
  • Should be able to play Ro buki and play Meri sounds

Description

You will learn the basics of Honkyoku music through two easier Honkyoku. It is very important to start with the simpler phrases to master the more difficult pieces that you will study later on. Some of the basics appear in the song Honshirabe and it is very important to practice each phrase. Robuki practice is also a great warm up before going into the song.

Honshirabe is a simpler and shorter Honkyoku. It is the understanding of oneself. A song that goes deep into onself. It is one of the simpler  Honkyoku, but Honkyokus are not easy pieces to play. So I recommend you start with the simpler songs from our first lectures before moving on to these pieces. Some sections with meri and Oumeri are difficult, you might not be able to get it right away, but try through practice to get closest to it as possible. It will take some time, it is also a good idea to come back to it through your practice as the song will make more and more sense each time you go back to it. The same for Tamuke.

Through Honshirabe, you will slowly grasp the Honkyoku phrasing and music. A piece of music that does not have any set tempo. Tamuke is also a simpler Honkyoku with easier lines that will help you to slowly understand this style. These songs should be played hundreds of times if not thousands of times to really grasp the song. Each player will make the song his/her own. After all, Honshirabe is the song of oneself and becomes very personal.

Tamuke has its own difficulty that you will try to master little by little. I recommned  learning to write the music as well yourself. Try to rewrite the score yourself. It is a great exercice to memorize the notation and later be able to write you own music in Shakuhachi notation.

Don't expect sudden results, this is a slow process and needs patience and lots of practice. So have fun with it and discover  a new world of music through these two songs.


Who this course is for:

  • Intermediate to advanced students

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