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December 05, 2006
Wabi Sabi Hocchiku shakuhachi!
I love making these natural Hocchiku style shakuhachi. They certainly are not able to handle traditional shakuhachi music like Sankyoku or Minyo but the sounds are so voluptous, so fabulous...who cares! These are obviously made for Zen Dokyoku style playing but even then, it is a stretch, unless you happen to be Watazumi or someone who can handle that type of virtuosic playing. There are two octave but so far I can only ascend in Kan at Chi and Hi but can not hit Chi decending. Something for me to investigate! I love my work.
A nice Wabi Sabi Zen curve.
This is a really fat piece of bamboo so the utaguchi had to be cut more perpendicular to get it closer to the mouth.
The ikigaeshi breath return is left intact for comfort and functionality.
Fat finger holes. Notice the raised grain of Gome Bamboo. Gome translates as sesame pattern for bamboo that was harvested after having cured in the ground.
I am improvising with Honkyoku in mind.
Breath deeply through th eHolidays my friends,
amaste, Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at December 5, 2006 11:13 AM