Root Ended Black Bamboo Shakuhachi #01

What is it mean when Molado says "Jinashikan" or "Jinash?"

It means, "Nothing added, Natural Bore Shakuhachi."

There are two different approaches used in making shakuhachi. The most common incorporates a highly-articulated bore that is fabricated inside the bamboo, meticulously shaped and carefully fine tuned by hand. This approach is exemplified by Tai Hei Shakuhachi's precision cast bore technology.

The other way to make shakuhachi leaves the interior of the instrument as natural as possible while still working the resonance points in order to have the instrument play as well as possible. This style of shakuhachi is called called Jinashikan. ("Ji" refers to the filler used in the precision bore flutes. "Nashi" translates as "absence of". "Kan" means "tube" or "flute".)

Jinashikan are very difficult to produce and crafted in Japan by only a few makers. The natural hand-shaped bore of these instruments gives the maker much more control over tonal quality and other acoustical aspects of the sound produced.

Many players like the aesthetic of the more natural jinashikan because they have a unique tone color for each bamboo, reflecting the true spirit of bamboo and mood of shakuhachi honkyoku. The tone of jinashikan is somewhat darker and more mellow than the brighter precision bore flutes. If made properly, however, these flutes exhibit a very open and remarkably resonant, and as a result, they are strictly solo instruments most appropriate for playing honkyoku, the "original" zen music for shakuhachi.

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[ThiagoGaltran]

Nice Shakuhachi u got there! It had a awesome sound...