For about a year I have played the Japanese bamboo-flute Shakuhachi, not made from bamboo but PVC. When I get above the high D I will consider a teacher and a real bamboo-flute.
Mine looks like this (and is bought here if anybody should like one)
While the real flute looks like this.
Normally the Shakuhachi is used as a solo instrument as you can see in the clip below, but is can be used in many connections. Only thing is that it is a 5 tone instrument tuned in what is called pentatonic minor. I can play the notes in between but you need only cover half or 1/3 of the holes, while moving your head back or forth while changing the air stream. But many tunes are actually more or less written in pentatonic minor most famously Gerswins Summertime
nice post. I played some wooden flutes years ago (normal internal duct flutes, but also the tenore and basso ones).
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I mostly play the piano, but I was longing for a blown instrument. I used to play the tenor-saxophone until I had to sell it because I was in need of the money.
The shakuhachi is very difficult. At first I could not get one sound out of it :) I like all kinds of flutes.
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I play classic guitar. I guess the shakuhachi it's an hard instrument, and in a different scale from the usual tempered one: that make harder for a western player to master it.
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The hardest part of playing the shakuhachi is making the sound. It is edge-blown and has a very big hole that has to be partly covered by the lower lip. You can see it here:
The scale does give some limitations, but I think that it comes intuitively when you are used to the 12-step scale. You can bend the tone by simply changing the angle of your head - as much as one whole in both directions, so it is surprisingly versatile.
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I've tried penny whistle, but not go far with it. Also tried blues harmonica. I got as far as bending notes, which is cool. Ought to try that some more
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