pretty straightforward to figure out if you know the pieces - just find
a ro (or any other tone) and find out what it corresponds to on your
1.8. Then the difference tells you what size flute he was using. E.g. if
a ro on the CD corresponds to a chi on your 1.8 he was playing a 2.4.
>
> Hi,
>
> I just got my hands on Yokoyama's first set of CD's, Zen, published way back
> in 1982. I've always loved this collection, and I finally got an original
> copy.
>
> The liner notes, however, contain no information about shakuhachi length.
> It's hard to tell from the recordings if he uses only 1.8 or longer flutes
> as well. Anyone wouldn't happen to have any information about this, by any
> chance?
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Zachary Braverman
> J-E Translations
> zachary@kotodama.net
> Oita, Japan
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