篠笛適当 improvisation with Shinobue

[DarkValkyrie0512]

He's cute.

[RNishida05]

Is that the flute that people use with taiko?

[trincaman]

Hello!

First at all I have to say that you're an excellent player. It sounds incredible.

I just bought a Shinobue and I was wondering if you could give me some advices about playing. I have problems with the blow. I can't gen any sound at all sometimes.

Thanks

[Rich7714]

Wow, that's excellent! I would be great if Eastern musical instruments were more accessable here in the West.

[ayanuhito]

@Rich7714 do you really think so? if so, i should launch some online-shop in the future. i can export Japanese flutes, also i can ask the Korean and Chinese friends to help me some. they've got fascinating flutes there, too. i used to live in your country(Ramsgate, Kent and Hendon, Middlesex) when i was small. and it's still a special place for me. it's already been 14 years since i last visited there though.

[YoungKoolness17]

@ayanuhito Do you know a a game called Samurai Warriors? Can you tell me what instruments they be using in their soundtrack

[DarkValkyrie0512]

@ayanuhito You'd probably make a killing. 

[EpicWingo]

@Rich7714 You dont have to go so far for good wind instruments.In Europe(or also in America) we have amazing irish flute and tin whistles,fifes,in entral Europe we have fujara,kocovka,dvojacka,many kinds bagpipes epic wind instruments on Balkan. etc. etc. I also like asian flutes,but why arent we proud of our own instruments?Beside that most of the flutes give the player similiar feeling in my opinion

nice whistling there by the way :)

[Rich7714]

@EpicWingo Thanks, I'll have to look into those instruments! Notice how I didn't say anything bad about Western instruments - in fact I love Western instruments - I just personally also like Eastern instruments, and in the same way, I'm sure that there are plenty of Easterners who play Western instruments. I didn't realise there were all those instruments you mentioned! I'm a synthesiser player primarily, so acoustic instruments are still fairly new to me!

[EpicWingo]

@Rich7714 Sure I dont mean it bad,it was just a little advice :) i play irish flute and whistles but I like the eatern instruments too of course,one day i am going the pick the bansuri flute :)

cheers!

[britters220]

@Rich7714

Agreed, Canadians are multicultural, im sure there'd be some sort of demand for such instruments.

[kanqus]

omg, that's amazing!

you're so awesome, i love your play : )

do you know where i can get a shinobue worldwide? i'm from poland i have no idea : (

[Naonoshuke]

変わった吹き方で素晴らしいと感じました。

なるほど、横笛の面白さと言うか･･･感性の現し方と言うか、素­敵です。

[TheEntrail]

Very Nice!

[UltraPagan]

Maginificent!

[annyonghaseyo90]

oohhh soo very very very very GOOD!!! Do you also play shamisen? my shinobue playing is fairly ok but not great i guess xD

[GinironoKarasu]

Hii !!!!!!

I finally succeeded in mastering the Meri Kari technique ^^ I can do it, I can do it!!!...even if for the moment, I can't keep on blowing while changing the angle of 'utaguchi'!!

Thanx a lot! :p How to say 'Meri Kari techniqhe' in nihongo?!

[ayanuhito]

you did it! congratulations! i thought you're so

passionate and so could learn it soon. you'll get used

to the breathing some weeks later. keep it up! thanks

for the good cheers^^ Meri-Kari is an old word, we

still use it today for meaning accents or spice.. like

the lights and shadows, sun and moon. when it shines,

we'd have shadows.. Meri-Khali or YingYang.

[leonlitori]

@GinironoKarasu Meri Keri jutsu

[Zatoichi444]

@GinironoKarasu If you think you've "mastered" it.....you've only hit a plateau......as soon as someone thinks they have "mastered" something......it should be the moment they realize that they have just reached another level with much, much more to learn....."mastery" is unattainable.......yet it should be pursued vigorously.....to the day of one's death. don't give up....come hell or high water....haha

[worldemperor85]

@Zatoichi444 lool i think your message is something to be followed, but let your message do that talking. dont try and sound 'epic' by putting a thousand '...'s lol

[GinironoKarasu]

Ooh, thank you for these advices!!!

I'll try for sure!

[GinironoKarasu]

Hello!!!

How did you get these low and high tone, did you use the Meri Kari technique or something???

[ayanuhito]

hehe you seem to know it better than me.;)

meri and kari aren't really difficult to make.

just sliding the angles, try it, try it. you can

master it in a day. ^^

i heard western flutes and other asian flutes

also use the similar techniques. only indians

don't use it, they prefer sliding it with fingers

than breath angles. thanks for the lovely comment!

cheers!

[TheMMOuniverse]

5 stars!! :)

[ayanuhito]

my friend gave me a 50, and you only give me 5 is so mean to me.. why? just kidding though.

[TheMMOuniverse]

XD If I could I'd give you 100 stars!!

[ayanuhito]

tatata thanks a lot for such a tenderness!

but i like to stay cool and humble.

so.. i should take only the half. 50 stars.

i'll take the other half a decade later.

have a happy new year on 14th feb.!

best regards from me. love.*~*

[foxabkani]

hello there, very passionate melody. i had a fue that was used by a taiko artist some years ago but im afraid it was damaged while moving and i got to be a decent user of it but i have no idea on where to get another again very beautiful music thank you so much for sharing.

[andwii]

私はあなたのサウンドが大好きです。私は、篠笛フルートを行なう­ためにしようとしていますので、これまでとてもうまくいっていな­い...あなたは英語での指示へのリンクを提供することができま­す。ありがとうございました...

[ayanuhito]

感覚を覚えるのが、最も近道だと言います。日本のリズム、日本人­の文化を知る事が、日本生まれの笛を理解する為の良い方法ですね­^^  とにかく多くの篠笛演奏を聴いて、見て、スタイルを真似る事をお­勧めします。笛の持ち方、指の動かし方、それは結局リズムにも関­係します。楽器と背景文化は分離不能なんです。

[ayanuhito]

i watched your videos and got impressed with your passion to play instruments. i love you to watch more videos of asian flutes and listen to the music. i think it's the best way to play by imitating. the way moving the fingers on flute, the angle putting breaths into it, are particularly important. i'm sure you'd see why i say so, if you tried it. each flute has its background culture, and it's called style. those physical styles and musical rhythms are so much related.

[seniorwisdom]

wow you play with such feeling!!!I l really like it haha

[rentonk2]

hey i am from colombia i wanna get a japanese flute and learn to play it!

but is like a new world for me maybe if you can recomend me wich japanese flute has the better sound or what key should i buy one i dont know to much about japanee flute but im readin about it!

please help

[ayanuhito]

thanks so much for your lovely passionate comments!! i like to help you as much as i can. i'm just now thinking of the best way. maybe i can order the manufacturer, and sell it to you, if you like. so far i'm only thinking of PVS Ryuteki flute which is without problem of sending overseas. but.. bamboo flutes will meet some problems.. they're breakable while shipping.. so i'm a bit nervous about them..

[ayanuhito]

it's a common japanese flute made with shino-bamboo. we call shino-bamboo as Medake which means "female bamboo". it's much thinner than Madake(male bamboo) which is used for shakuhachi. we play it in the folks and the folk-festives more often than any other flutes of here.

[mlavik1]

Oh are the wood shinobues worth buying? I'd like to try shinobue/shakuhachi, but I don't have very much money and wood shinobues seemed to be cheaper. And bamboo flutes can easily break in dry weather right?

[ayanuhito]

i think wooden ones are worth trying. they have their beautiful hollow sounds, another deepness from the bamboo ones. actually the Europeans used to play wooden made flutes till 19th century. and the lovely Irish still play their traditional wooden flutes. they say making a flute from a wood takes more time and cost than using a bamboo.

[mlavik1]

Ok thanks! I might try both someday.

(Yes I love the irish flutes)

[skooterkid]

Shinobue?