Udemy
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
    •  
Subscribe
Turn what you know into an opportunity and reach millions around the world.
Learn More
Your cart is empty.
Keep shopping
Learn to Play the Shakuhachi: Honkyoku 2- Daha
19 students

Learn to Play the Shakuhachi: Honkyoku 2- Daha

Learn to play Daha
Created byMarco Lienhard
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Students will learn to play some Honkyoku and learn the basic and new techniques 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
  • Students will learn to read Shakuhachi music more easily through the study of these Honkyoku songs

Course content

2 sections • 9 lectures • 1h 38m total length

  • Warm up exercice for Honkyoku with Robuki practice5:23

    Warm-up exercises to be done daily for stronger tone and better Shakuhachi sound

  • Learning the Honkyoku: Daha part 126:13

    This course will introduce you to a newHonkyoku piece. I recommend checking out the Robuki video and using that as a warm-up to your practice.

    Daha is a piece that introduces some new techniques: Komibuki and Korokoro. These techniques are introduced as simpler versions of them. So try to master them so that you will be able to use them later in other songs.

    Hi Chi Ru combination is also something you will need to practice in line 9. so don't rush things and try to get the basics of each technical element.

    Here we have line 1-9 of the song Daha

    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 if 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.

  • Playing line 1-9 of Daha8:26

    This course will introduce you to Daha: Honkyoku piece. I recommend checking out the Robuki video and using that as a warm-up to your practice.

    Daha is a piece that introduces some new techniques: Komibuki and Korokoro. These techniques are introduced as simpler versions of them. So try to master them so that you will be able to use them later in other songs.

    Hi Chi Ru combination is also something you will need to practice in line 9. so don't rush things and try to get the basics of each technical element.

    Here we will be playing lines 1-9 of the song Daha. Play along and repeat as many times as needed.

    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 if 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.

  • Daha: part 214:33

    This course will introduce you to Daha: Honkyoku piece. I recommend checking out the Robuki video and using that as a warm-up to your practice.

    Daha is a piece that introduces some new techniques: Komibuki and Korokoro. These techniques are introduced as simpler versions of them. So try to master them so that you will be able to use them later in other songs.

    Hi Chi Ru combination is also something you will need to practice in line 9. so don't rush things and try to get the basics of each technical element.

    Here, we will be playing the second part of the song Daha.

    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 if 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.

  • Daha: Part 2 Line 10-17 played6:08

    Part 2 of Daha. We will study here Line 10-17 in more details.

    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 if 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.

  • Playing Daha8:30

    Here we will play the whole song of Daha. Make sure to practice each of the segments several times before trying to play the whole song.  We have some markers to help you practice the song midway again. This is played in normal speed.

    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 if 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.

  • Lesson on writing and reading Shakuhachi music12:55

    Special lesson to learn to read and write Shakuhachi notations

  • Lesson on how to repair a crack on a bamboo flute12:59

    Here we have a video that will help you repair any cracks on any types of bamboo flutes. Here we havea Shinobue but it works for the shakuhachi. you will need to let the crack close up overnight by letting the wet paper help close the crack overnight

Requirements

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

Description

You will learn to play a Honkyoku on the Shakuhachi. Here we are focusing on Daha in this course. Daha is a Honkyoku that has some level of difficulty as it introduces some new techniques such as Kokoro, Komi buki, and other techniques. This song is a great way to get used to these new techniques that will get more intricate in other Honkyoku. A Honkyoku is one of the harder music to play on the Shakuhachi. We recommend that you first take the easier lessons to develop some playing skills before moving to this harder song.

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.

We have several videos as a bonus to learn to read and write the music and also a video to help you warm up before playing. We also included a short warm-up video in each of the lessons. Let us know if you encounter any difficulties and we will try our best to help you.

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.

I recommend learning to write music as well. Try to rewrite the score yourself. It is a great exercise to memorize the notation and later be able to write your 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
  • Shakuhachi player whop want to learn this style and song

Report abuse