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Is there a way to determine the size of the shaku (1.8 1.9 2.0)? because I have no idea how to do that.
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KibaXIII wrote:
Is there a way to determine the size of the shaku (1.8 1.9 2.0)? because I have no idea how to do that.
1/10 of a shaku equals 3.03 centimeters.
To find the length of a 2.0 in centimeters:
3.03 x 20 = 60.6 centimeters.
Or the length of a 1.8:
3.03 x 18 = 54.54 centimeters.
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Here's the whole story thanks to Mujitsu:
http://mujitsu.com/howtomakeshakuhachi.pdf
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Domou arigatou gouzaimasu, Mujitsu-sama and Moran-san!
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Please note:
Just to confuse things a tad (hey, it's shakuhachi!), there is a convention in shakuhachi nomenclature whereby a flute pitched in C is called a 2.0, even
though it's not 60.6cm long.
So, often, pitch is more important in naming a flute than its actual length in shaku.
Also, the system breaks down quite a bit after you get above 2.4. See here: http://reibo.org/shaklengths.html
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edosan wrote:
Also, the system breaks down quite a bit after you get above 2.4. See here: http://reibo.org/shaklengths.html
After dealing with many different nomenclatures and concepts I think of length as length and pitch as pitch. So I'll say 2.0 for a flute that's 2.0 in length. I have some that are C and some that are B. Or in-between. Those are 2.0's. If I want a C flute I'll say "C flute" because that could be anywhere from 1.85-2.1 depending on bore width.
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