Your Shakuhachi Journey: How to play the shakuhachi Japanese bamboo flute (Paperback)
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Description
Your Shakuhachi Journey is a focused guide on how to play the shakuhachi, by Jon Kypros, Dai-Shihan 'Grandmaster'. Jon covers the basics of the shakuhachi, including how to make one's first sounds and 'form' or posture, all with with the aid of photographs. There are shakuhachi 'fingering' note charts, detailed explanations of how to read shakuhachi Katakana based notation, exercises for development, and 28 folk songs in traditional Japanese Katakana shakuhachi notation (mp3's are available for each song and Jon Kypros has an extensive free video tutorial series on his website at jonkypros.com).
About the Author
Jon Kypros began studying and making shakuhachi at age nineteen. He now teaches the traditional repertoires of shakuhach music to his students worldwide via live video chat. He also handcrafts shakuhachi instruments for the playing of this music.
