Learn to play The Shinobue: Studio Ghibli music 1
What you'll learn
- Get better at your Fue playing
- Learn new songs
- Learn new techniques
- Learn pieces that you can play along with other instruments
- Learn to play in tune
Requirements
- To be able to play basic Fue melodies
- Play the low and high notes
- Own a Fue that is tuned, preferably # 8- we offer great tuned Fues for sale
- Be able to harmonize with another instrument
Description
This course will help you get even better at the Fue playing some of your favorite melodies from studio Ghibli. We will teach you how to better your sound. You will learn new songs with more elaborate melodies that will bring more challenges with each lesson. Learning to play the lower and higher register notes as you go through the course and learn new songs, third-octave notes, and trills. This course is an excellent way to discover new solos and duets and work on your sound. This course has a duet Daichi no Saiten, a fun piece that can be played as a duet or solo, and you can add Taiko to it - for a very fun and engaging Taiko song. Check the recording on Spotify un Taikoza for a track on its own.
Learn more complicated songs and learn about alternate notes and trills.
Working on your embouchure is crucial to improving at playing and getting clear and sustained notes.
The course can be used by people who are intermediate or advanced-level students.
In the course, you will learn to play: Daichi no Saiten, Takeda no Lullaby, Shima no Kaze, and Beginnings.
You will improve your playing on the Fue before going on to our other courses where you will better your playing.
We also have some great Tune bamboo Fue. We also have the Book available and other Fue items.
The music can be found on Taikoza or Marco Lienhard's CD
Note:
A special lesson about Notation teaches you about notations, and we encourage you to watch it earlier on and go back to it on several occasions to master writing and reading the music. It can be studied even after lesson 1 or at several points in your study.
Who this course is for:
- beginner-Intermediate level students
- advanced who want tolerant new songs
- People who want to play Fue with accompaniment
- People into more challenging Fue pieces
Instructor
Marco Lienhard is the director of East Winds, Inc. and the musical director and lead performer for Taikoza and East Winds Ensemble (1995-Present). Marco Lienhard lived and performed in Japan for 18 years (1981-1998) as a member of the legendary Taiko group Ondekoza under director Tagayasu Den (who instigated the renaissance of Taiko). In Ondekoza, he mastered the Taiko, the Shinobue, the Noh flute and he mastered the Shakuhachi under Katsuya Yokoyama. He ran over 9000 miles around the perimeter of the US from 1990-to 1993 while performing over 700 shows along the way.
Since 1981, Marco had toured and taught internationally. He has performed as a soloist with Taikoza and Ondekoza numerous times at Carnegie Hall, Suntory Hall, Osaka Festival Hall, Madison Square Garden, Tchaikovsky Hall, and International Performing Center in Moscow among others. He has been on the roster of 10 Young Audiences Chapters for the past 20 years. He has worked as well with Lincoln Institute, Symphony Space educational CAP program since 1995. With his knowledge of 7 languages, he has presented educational programs in several languages through South America, Europe, and Japan. He has presented school programs in Birmingham, AL thanks to an NEA grant. He has performed for the Wolftrap Institute as many other educational organizations nationally.
In 1995, Marco Lienhard was the critically acclaimed Shakuhachi soloist for the NYC Opera’s premiere of the Opera ''Kinkakuji'' and “Voyage X” with the Juilliard New Music Ensemble. He recorded music for the award-winning Nintendo Wii games: Red Steel 1 and 2. He has produced over ten award-nominated CDs for East Winds Ensemble and Taikoza (with over 10 million streams on Spotify).
He has published a bestseller book about learning the Shinobue and is working on other books and CDs.