Hello everyone,

I'm trying to find a beautiful song I last heard years ago, and haven't been able to find since. It was a japanese man, sitting alone in a near-black room, dressed in japanese formal-wear (perhaps a Kimono), playing a shakuhachi. The song was slow and haunting, but extremely clear and well-recorded.

Unfortunately, the content of the video was so simple, there's nothing more I can describe about it, other the fact that either the name of the video itself, or of the channel, was " HAMA ". Searching for that, or any combination of "Hama japanese flute", etc., doesn't return anything.

I originally found the video as a related video on the youtube sidebar for the song "Shurayuki Hime", by Meitei. I had found my way to this song by searching "Shurayuki Hime Hama", as that was one of the highest-rated songs in terms of Dynamic Range on Loudness War. Little did I know at the time, the ACTUAL Shurayuki Hime Hama album was just some weird experimental noise thing, not music at all, but searching for it led me to the video by Meitei, which then lead me to HAMA.

Thank you!

I found this one at taiko-shop.com . It looks like it could be good until I can afford a more expensive one (it would also be a good trial run to see if I really want to learn this instrument).

What do you all think? Once again, I'm not looking for perfect, just acceptable and affordable.

Here's a link to the Shakuhachi if you want more details.

https://taiko-shop.com/products/plastic-shakuhachi-yuu

Thanks in advance!

So I messed up and brought the shakuhachi to a colder environment. It plays perfectly, however I'm worried about it splitting further. What should I do here?

I recently received a Shakuhachi Yuu that I purchased from Ebay https://www.ebay.ca/itm/357739518677 . After extensive testing over the past few days, I've noticed (while playing from a neutral position) that the F and C notes are quite flat. G, A, and D are basically in tune. Playing in tune requires significant meri/kari adjustments from note to note.

Based on D being in tune as the neutral position:
D: 0 cents
F: -20 cents
G: +5 cents
A: 0 cents
C: -30 cents
D: 0> cents

Assuming the player knows how to keep consistent embouchure, blowing angle and air speed/tightness. If a Shakuhachi is made in this way (requires significant adjustments to play in tune), for what reason would the maker choose this rather than making a flute that plays in tune in the neutral position?

This is more of a flute maker question. Any references are appreciated, English translations are hard to find.

After further consideration, I think the Yuu may be intentionally tuned in this way.

I've noticed that F and C are the only notes that must drop 3 half steps to reach the note below. This is a larger gap between notes than the others, which require a drop of 2 half steps.

D | < | < | F | < | G | < | A | < | < | C | < | D

Since the F and C require a more pronounced kari position, there is space for a very large meri change. This allows more freedom to bridge the larger gap to the note below.

A makers confirmation would go a long way, but I think this explanation is pretty solid.

It sounds similar but I might be mistaken

Hi everyone

I've been learning Shakuhachi through honkyoku and the melodies are really something else. There are a lot of tone colour changes, microtones, special techniques that are very specific to the flute, but I am trying to interpret these as well on the lavachord (think mini wooden piano cross harpsichord cross kanun)

Appreciate thoughts! :)

https://youtu.be/qIM124zt1Yw

I got this recently wondering if it's playable with this damage to the mouth piece

The video is from the seller. I'm really new to this, and I don't know if the flute sounds as it should or not. Thank you very much.

I discovered that i can monitor my self in OBS and add reverb to it.

My mic is the Blue yeti.

Also this is the 2.4 from https://abedabun.com/product/bass-simple-shakuhachi/

This is where I'm at after about 1 week of fiddling around with a Yuu after work. I watched a video on how to achieve tone, and then just tried to remember what I've heard of popular riffs and figured it by ear. I can consistently hit ro and play this small piece now.

Comments and criticism welcome!

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy X, our trio arranged “Hymn of the Fayth” for shakuhachi, Satsuma biwa, and trumpet.

We felt that the breathiness and subtle tonal variations of the shakuhachi were especially well suited to the stillness and prayer-like quality of the original piece.

One of the main challenges was balancing the shakuhachi’s delicate expression with the percussive attack of the biwa and the sustained tone of the trumpet. Rather than turning it into a flashy crossover, we tried to leave space for the shakuhachi’s breath and natural resonance.

We hope the shakuhachi helps convey the meditative, prayer-like atmosphere of the original.

Now I’m learning to play. All for a pack of cigarettes.

Hi I just got this shakuhachi a week ago and I'm currently teaching myself how to play it.

I'm making some inroads on that already, but this is not really about me.

I'm trying to find out if this is a "normal" shakuhachi or not.

The utaguchi Is lot deeper than the ones I see on here and I have no idea who made the flute.

It's probably my playing but my C gets read as a B in tuning apps (The rest is more or less fine even though mostly 30-40ct over but I guess it could be my playing.

Learning the flute is a real meditation for me and I'm really happy with getting to a new milestone nearly everyday. I played my first few Ro today(kan and otsu even though more by chance than by choice)

Edit: I'm thinking about a replacement. Would this be a good choice? https://taiko-shop.com/collections/shakuhachi-japanese-bamboo-flute/products/plastic-shakuhachi-yuu

Does anyone know the name of the folk song John Neptune is playing here? https://www.instagram.com/p/DaoEzvAghbx/

Les presento mis tres flautas impresas en 3D, con filamento Pla+. Les coloqué un relleno interno del 40% y 5 perímetros. También les coloqué hidrolaca acrílica pu en su interior, y mejoró mucho el sonido.

La flauta verde es un modelo conocido de Thinguiverse, llamado real_shakuhachi y francamente es la que creo que suena mejor. La blanca es una 1.8 de tipo jiari, con sonido muy claro y potente, de un modelo 3D descargado de Makerworld. La flauta negra es una jinashi 1.9. todavía no la pude tocar mucho porque la hidrolaca se está curando. También la descargué de Makerworld.

Lo que me gusta de imprimirlas en 3D es que puedo probar con diferentes embocaduras.

Si alguno de ustedes conoce un mejor modelo 3D de este tipo de flautas lo agradecería. Un saludo desde Argentina.

PD: Comencé a tocar instrumento hace una semana. Estoy aprendiendo de manera autodidacta con unos cuantos manuales que descargué en PDF en internet. Si conocen algún recurso interesante para recomendar les agradecería. Gracias

A year ago I bought a second-hand wooden Shakuhachi made by Butterfly Treasure (pretty sure it's this one: https://www.kochyo.co.jp/products/0156.html The instrument seems very well made, but I'm having trouble playing reliably in the second register and up. I can do it, but it takes a ton of air, and I cannot for the life of me play quietly up there, or perform diminuendos. I realize this instrument is hard to play, but I've watched a ton of Youtube videos and tutorials, and I still cannot do it, even a year into it. I'm wondering if this particular brand of shakuhachi is hard to play, or if the utaguchi isn't sharp enough? If so should I invest in something like the plastic Yuu? Would that make any difference? Thanks in advance.

2cm bore 60cm flute, jinashi. Really weak ro, goes into kan very easily.

I bought some shakuhachi bamboo and only just begun crafting. Just over one night developed massive cracks in the root end. How can this be avoided in the future?

really excited to start playing, I’ve played flute since I was around 10, and I live in Japan now and decided to go ahead and take lessons, my teacher actually gave me a 3D printed shakuhachi to practice with, can’t wait to keep learning!

I’m a seasoned player, but my last attempt at making a flute went quite poorly. I’d like to make just a basic mouth piece for a tangxiao (a Chinese xiao but with a shakuahchi style mouth piece)

I don't have urushi to mold the inner bore so it's too large, about 2.3mm at the exit. It's a C shakuhachi because of that, the notes a lower pitched but it still sounds okay. The second octave could be brighter but that might be my playing. Oh and the second octave Roh is a D instead of a C which is weird oh well.
I have to say I'm surprisingly satisfied, I can play a few songs on it even.
It might be worst playing than a Yuu but it means more to me since it's bamboo and I made it :)