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#1 2010-03-18 08:17:22
Shakuhachi - A linear history?
As I try to read threads, there is a lot of terminology I am unfamiliar with. Then a name or two are thrown in the gambit & I am completely lost. Is there something to the effect of a comprehensive Shakuhachi guide? A linear compilation of names, dates, schools & etc? It's hard enough to learn how to play it, I'd like to learn more about why it is played. (Aside from the brutally obvious; it's an instrument & it makes noise when you blow into it)
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#2 2010-03-18 08:47:39
- madoherty
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Re: Shakuhachi - A linear history?
A lot of the information it sounds like you are looking for is contained here: komuso.com
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#4 2010-03-18 11:19:52
- edosan
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Re: Shakuhachi - A linear history?
Also see:
http://www.komuso.com/glossary.html
http://www.shakuhachiforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=1038
http://www.shakuhachiforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=1327
http://www.shakuhachiforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=678
Finally, if your fingers aren't broken, you could try typing 'glossary' into the Forum Search Function...
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#6 2010-03-18 12:11:00
- edosan
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Re: Shakuhachi - A linear history?
Vevolis wrote:
Thank you. I'm aware of the glossary which i refer to often, it was more the historical component I've been having difficulty stringing together.
Don't feel alone there...everyone has trouble with that part, and probably always will, as it's often impossible to tell the apocryphal from the actual.
Komuso.com is about as good as it gets online. I'd also recommend Riley Lee's thesis, available here (free): http://www.rileylee.net/thesis.html
Also: Thesis by Andreas Gutzwiller, available here (for money): http://www.shakuhachi.com/PG-Gutzwiller.html
And then, of course, there's always the last-ditch Google: "history of shakuhachi" in case those are insufficient...
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#7 2010-03-18 12:45:18
- radi0gnome
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Re: Shakuhachi - A linear history?
edosan wrote:
And then, of course, there's always the last-ditch Google: "history of shakuhachi" in case those are insufficient...
I tried that one just for kicks, the first hit is a pointer to Christopher Blasdel's book "The Shakuhachi"
Thanks for those links...
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#8 2010-03-18 14:18:27
- Austin Shadduck
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Re: Shakuhachi - A linear history?
The chapter on shakuhachi history in Blasdel's book is excellent. I second Riley Lee's thesis.
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