HOW TO MAKE A SIMPLE BAMBOO SHAKUHACHI PART 1

MAKE YOUR OWN SHAKUHACHI, PLAY IT AND EXPERIENCE A DEEPER ENJOYMENT.

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[sigwadaflutes]

I sent you personal message. re your first shakuhachis. congratulations.

[sigwadaflutes]

Hi Cristiflorin, Great Shakuhachis. Sounds soulful. You play well too. Congratulations. Most importantly you made them yourself

[1cleandude]

Thanks for the posting its very well done.. Can you tell me if it is harder to create tone with a 45 degree utaguchi compared to a 30 degree?

[sigwadaflutes]

@1cleandude

Thanks. To clarify, 30 degree is a more horizontal angle and 45 degree a more vertical one. I'd say it's easier to create tone with a 45 degree utaguchi since 1.the hole is bigger due to the deeper angle, 2. your breath and blowing can be stronger due to number 1; 3. easier to produce lower notes. On the other hand with a 30 degree angle your blowing has a narrower (literally) window. I notice too that a more horizontal utaguchi is created for long and big-bore flutes.

[ponsmusic]

thanks for this vid! learned a lot from it

[sigwadaflutes]

@ponsmusic

thanks too and very welcome. your composition using shakuhachi is great. keep up the good work. btw am in manila do drop by if you re around.

[mir0ki]

@sigwadaflutes hi, thanks for your nice instructions. Do you put any oil inside bamboo or does no-pastes-in-the-bore mean that you don't put anything? What is good ratio between length and diameter? Thanks for your help.

[sigwadaflutes]

Thanks. I practiced that for a long time.

[khyemamri]

nice intro.

mellow soundtrack.

peace.

[sigwadaflutes]

Not a dizi but a shakuhachi. Dizi is Chinese whereas shakuhachi is Japanese. Dizi is transversely blown while shakuhachi is endblown. Dizi blowing hole is on the topside whereas shakuhachi blowing hole is notched at the top edge.