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#1 2008-06-28 12:02:15
- jeff jones
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Table close to the ground
I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a purpose (I assume there probably is) that the Japanese lessons are done with a table close to the ground. My teacher does this, and I've seen many pictures of it done the same way. So I started to wonder is it for posture etc.,or because that's the type of tables they have? Sometimes after practicing with a music stand, it throws me off. Any ideas?
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#2 2008-06-28 12:26:55
- mrosenlof
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Re: Table close to the ground
This is standard living room furniture in Japan.
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#3 2008-06-29 00:44:53
- Jeff Cairns
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Re: Table close to the ground
The table takes the place of floorspace when the room is small for putting music on. I learned shakuhachi largely by placing the music on the floor in front of me. Now when I visit my teacher, we'll often do keiko or practice in a smaller room where as Mike suggests, a low table is the standard room furnishing, and that table will be used to lay the music on.
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