OK, here is the scoop about the lengths of flutes used on the Zen recording
someone mentioned.
Yokoyama does not have a copy of the CD in question and does not remember
the songs recorded or the lengths of flutes used.
He laughed at my question, saying that any shakuhachi player worth his
breath would know the lengths of the flutes used simply by listening. It is
also very important to be able to hear intervals which makes knowing the
flute length a snap. This means you know the musical distance between two
different tones such as an octave, etc.
Good Luck! Also know that the rank examinations in Tozan sect contain a
test called "kaki tori". For this, one must listen to a section of some
song and write down the shakuhachi score as it is being played three times,
first time to write the fingering position symbols, second time to write the
time marks, third time to check and revise. Good Luck!
Tom
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