
This is a warm-up you can do every day. Repeat for 5- 10 minutes daily. You will find it also at the beginning of the lessons for a shorter period. We hope you keep on practicing this Ro Buki daily.
We are studying the first part of the song Sanya- Three Valleys.
Try not to rush through the song. Work on each phrase carefully. Some phrases will be similar to the first part, but again, carefully play them. Use a tuner to check on your sound once in a while.
Start with some warm-ups and build up your Ro buki little by little.
Feel free to rewind the video and repeat the same phrase over and over again
We are playing line 1-11 in this lesson. After you work on each of the 11 lines, it is time to play the first part of the song. Keep the "Ma" between phrases and the pace and the song's dynamics.
Please revise this section and play it over and over and over again.
We are studying the second part of the song. Try not to rush through the song. Work on each phrase carefully. Some phrases will be similar to the first part, but again, carefully play them. Use a tuner to check on your sound once in a while.
Start with some warm-ups and build up your Ro buki little by little.
In this lesson, we will play together the second part of the song. Focus on following and try to hold the notes and keep the pitch. Please revise this video several times before playing the whole song in the next lesson
We are going to play the whole song, and you will try to play along as much as you can. You can just use this to play along until you feel you understand the Ma and the phrasing of the song.
Try not to rush through the song. Work on each phrase carefully. Some phrases will be similar to the first part, but again, carefully play them. Use a tuner to check on your sound once in a while.
Start with some warm-ups and build up your Ro buki little by little.
We will work on a more advanced piece for this course. Sanya-三谷 three valleys.
This song has many versions found in different schools. This is the one I learned from Katsuya Yokoyama in the DOkyoku repertoire from Watazumi-do.
It's a more melodic but very intricate piece.
Please also check our course that focuses on Honkyoku techniques. It is a shorter course but has a lot of information on the different technical passages found in Honkyoku.
This will be split into two lessons as it might get overwhelming. Make sure to work on one technique at a time and try not to do everything simultaneously, as it will quickly become overwhelming.
This course will help you get better at playing Honkoyku. Make sure to use a tuner available as an app to keep the flow of the Honkyoku. These songs need to be played for months until you memorize them and feel that they become part of you. It will get easier to understand the more you play each song. Phrasing, etc., will become clearer.
Sanya - means three valleys. The song has several peaks and valleys as a structure, so it will help you visualize the song and feel a story as you play it. It's important to keep the song's tension as you play it. Don't let that tension drop in the middle. It takes a lot of focus and concentration to play. Again, those songs were meant to be played to meditate, so use them the same way. Just get into the song and go deep into yourself to find your truth through the song.