Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Well the didgeridu and shakuhachi do have more than a few things in common, but I reckon the sound isn't particularly one of them! Except for maybe one of those bigger ones, which is what you were referring to (sorry my shakuhachi lingo isn't fully developed yet). But even then the tonal qualities aren't too similar, to me anyway. I guess however that the cultural reasoning for the two instruments does have similarities - both were/are used as a tool to express an intrinsic association between the human spirit and the religious belief of that particular culture, and to lessen the gap between the player/audience and that particular 'divine' aspect being sought after. But then that can be said of many instruments, particularly voice. Maybe the better one gets at it the more similarities will be perceived! (Sorry gone off track a tad here). But also there's the whole 'familiarity' perspective thing happening. The 'un-trained' ear can have less of an ability to distinguish between sounds that are somewhat similar. Most musicians tend not to have this problem (if it could be termed as a problem) as they are forever consciously listening to sound and subtleties of sound.

(For interest only - Didjeridu fact no. 1, the didjeridu is not intrinsic to all of Indigenous Australia and its origin is not from within central Australia despite common belief)

A friend of mine, the only other person I know locally who plays shakuhachi, had the police called on him for playing in the park. Apparently someone saw him from the distance and didn't know what he was doing.

The police arrived and, on examining his shakuhachi, said "What's this, some kind of BONG?"

Fortunately the responding officer had just enough IQ to understand, after explanation, that it was a musical instrument and not drug paraphernalia.

Their only excuse is that 2 out of 3 people you encounter in Daytona, especially in a park, are drug addicts or alcoholics.

yep, metal forum gone wrong

Tairaku wrote:

Only one kid raised his hand and said, "Australia."

Maybe the kid's getting the word Shakuhachi confused with Kadatchi!