Learn to play the Shakuhachi Beginners 3/ Intermediate

In this lesson, you will learn several ways of playing Sakura. You will learn to play the basic Shakuhachi notes and learn new notes: chu meri and meri notes. You will also learn to play the higher register notes and learn about Yuri (vibrato) used for Shakuhachi songs. Through folk songs, you will learn more about playing the Shakuhachi and getting better at it. We will go through simple exercises to help you better your sound.

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and  then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

In this lesson, you will learn several ways of playing Sakura. You will learn to play the basic Shakuhachi notes and learn new notes: chu meri and meri notes. You will also learn to play the higher register notes and learn about Yuri (vibrato) used for Shakuhachi songs. Through folk songs, you will learn more about playing the Shakuhachi and getting better at it. We will go through simple exercises to help you better your sound.

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and  then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

In this lesson, you will learn several ways of playing Sakura. this last version includes the more difficult notes of meri. You will learn to play the basic Shakuhachi notes and learn new notes: chu meri and meri notes. You will also learn to play the higher register notes and learn about Yuri (vibrato) used for Shakuhachi songs. Through folk songs, you will learn more about playing the Shakuhachi and getting better at it. We will go through simple exercises to help you better your sound.

At the end we will teach some new notes that will come in handy to play some higher notes in meri as an alternate note using this time Kari.

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and  then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

In this lesson, you will learn several ways of playing an original song as a duet. You will learn to play the basic Shakuhachi notes and learn new notes: chu meri and meri notes. You will also learn to play the higher register notes and learn about Yuri (vibrato) used for Shakuhachi songs. Through folk songs, you will learn more about playing the Shakuhachi and getting better at it. We will go through simple exercises to help you better your sound. Learn to stay in tempo to play along the 1st or 2nd part.

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and  then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

In this lesson, you will learn several ways of playing an original song as a duet. You will learn to play the basic Shakuhachi notes and learn new notes: chu meri and meri notes. You will also learn to play the higher register notes and learn about Yuri (vibrato) used for Shakuhachi songs. Through folk songs, you will learn more about playing the Shakuhachi and getting better at it. We will go through simple exercises to help you better your sound. Learn to stay in tempo to play along the 1st or 2nd part.

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

In this lesson, you will learn to write and read the notation. This is a repeat found in other lessons. with a new part to teach to new notations that. we will use later on

Make sure to practice Ro Buki (playing the note Ro for as long as you can play it) every day so that you are working fully on breath and embouchure to build up and strengthen your playing.

Start with a Strong Ro and then try to make it fuller and louder and then slowly do a fade out until the sound fades out without being able to tell when it ends and the pitch stays the same throughout

Warm-up playing the basic notes

A simple way to repair a crack on a bamboo flute.

It would be best if you got fishing nylon string, thin enough to not be intrusive for the Fue.

For the Shakuhachi, you can use something slightly thicker.