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As per Dan Gutwein's notion of a categorized glossary, I submit the
following, using Ronnie Seldin's website glossary as a point of
departure (with some additions of my own reckoning).
I think the FAQ idea is also worthy of considering, but whence the
QUESTIONS? Perhaps list members could submit some, either from the
depths of their own ignorance, OR they might submit what they THINK
might be frequently asked questions.
To avoid belaboring the list with a glut of the above, I suggest
submitting such questions directly to ME; I will consider, edit, and
compile them, hopefully come up with some reasonable answers and,
after I have a reasonable pile, either give them to Dan/Bruce for web
posting or just submit them to the list:
Ed Beaty
edosan@indra.com
Subject: Shakuhachi FAQ <---Please use this format.
So, the embryonic glossary categories (my guess is that this should
generate some frequently asked questions...(I am also submitting this
Cc to knowledgeable parties for further scrutiny and comment.):
SHAKUHACHI ANATOMY
I Shaku Ha Sun A 1.8 shaku shakuhachi (usually 54.54 cm)
Shaku 30.30 cm
Sun 3.03 cm
Tsuyutoshi Cloth for wiping the bore
Urushi Traditional derivative of the sumac plant used for making
lacquer for shakuhachi bores Utaguchi The sharp blowing edge of the
shakuhachi
PLAYING TECHNIQUES
Atari To strike a finger hole
Furi A rapid meri/kari head dip
Kari Blow by putting the chin up, to raise the tone in pitch
Komi Buki Big breath
Meri Blow by putting the chin down, to lower the tone in pitch
Muraiki Blowing so as to create a windy, roaring, effect
Suri Glissando
Suri age A slide upwards
Tamane Flutter tongue technique
Nayashi To begin pitch meri and rise to standard pitch
Otsu Low register
Yuri Vibrato
MUSICAL REFERENTS
Ai-no-te Music performed between vocal sections
Ato-Uta Ending vocal section
Chirashi Climax of section
Danmono Scored in Dans without vocal sections
Shirabe To check the sounds and move into the proper frame of mind
before performing Honkyoku (also means "study" as in "etude";
"investigate" or "examine")
Gakufu Musical notation
Honte The main body of a piece
Kaede Secondary arrangment of a piece; i.e. the second part in a duet.
Kan Upper register
Miyakobushi scale D, Ef, F, G, Af, C, D
Nagashi Playing in the street
Naka-uta Middle vocal section (Jiuta)
Sugagaki The term Sugagaki, when used in Shakuhachi music, simply
means pieces which are unrelated to the Fuke legend. The term
Sugagaki also refers to a technique used in solo Koto music without
voice.
Tegoto Musical Interlude
Tegotomono Musical form with Tegoto
TYPES OF MUSIC
Dojikyoku Children's song. Actually called "Dokyoku"
Gaikyoku Outside Music, that is, exclusive of Honkyoku
Honkyoku "Original pieces"; shakuhachi music transmitted for use as a
meditative tool
Jiuta Music originally composed for Shamisen
Sankyoku Music with three instruments
Sokyoku Music originally composed for Koto
SANKYOKU TERMS
Kumiuta Pieces for Koto license
HONKYOKU TERMS
Hate A light kind of honkyoku. Played in the afternoon when free from
strict discipline of religion.
Takane Section of a honkyoku piece usually played in the upper
octave, often containing the climax of the piece
Takuhatsu Pieces played by Komuso when begging.
GAIKYOKU TERMS
We avoid thinking of such things...
NOTABLE APHORISMS
Chikuzen inchinyo The bamboo and Zen are as one
Hachigaeshi Returning the bowl.
Ichi Ji Ichi Ritsu One temple, one piece
Ichi On Jo Buttsu To reach enlightenment by the use of only one sound
Reibo Yearning for the Bell
>I'm willing to periodically (once every couple of weeks) cut and
>paste text-content into some sort of categorized FAX html page, and
>post it on my William and Mary site or on Bruce's site -- either
>way. I'm reluctant to come up with the organization of the topics
>alone and I'm also reluctant to contribute content -- still being a
>beginner in the way of wind and holes. But I think it would be
>worth it to all of us to centralize shakuhachi terms and concepts
>information and come up with some sort of categorical glossary.
>Maybe we should first think of the categories that would be most
>useful to new devotees and when people contribute content, they can
>list the most appropriate category for it at the top of their email
>attachment. (I prefer a categorized glossary since doing an
>alphabetical list won't be helpful to beginners since they would
>have to read the entire FAX before coming across the term that most
>interests them.) Contributers could simply send category-targeted
>content via email or an attachment to me, I'll paste it into my html
>editor (Macromedia's Dreamweaver) and format it appropriately for
>the FAX page. As the categories grow, I can create links from the
>index to separate pages. Of course, by that time, maybe different
>people can maintain different pages -- but that's down the road.
>Why don't we start brainstorm the categories?
>
>Dan
>
>At 03:32 PM 03/12/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>A few weeks ago Ron Nelson suggested, half in jest, that it was
>>time for a Shakuhachi FAQ. I don't have time to write one up or
>>maintain one, but if someone or a group of someones, out there is
>>interested in the project, I'll give them a login and access to my
>>server so they can put up a page and maintain it.
>>
>>Any interested takers?
>>
>>bj
>>
>>-
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<div>As per Dan Gutwein's notion of a categorized glossary, I submit
the following, using Ronnie Seldin's website glossary as a point of
departure (with some additions of my own reckoning).</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>I think the FAQ idea is also worthy of considering, but whence
the QUESTIONS? Perhaps list members could submit some, either from the
depths of their own ignorance, OR they might submit what they THINK
might be frequently asked questions.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>To avoid belaboring the list with a glut of the above, I suggest
submitting such questions directly to ME; I will consider, edit, and
compile them, hopefully come up with some reasonable answers and,
after I have a reasonable pile, either give them to Dan/Bruce for web
posting or just submit them to the list:</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Ed Beaty</div>
<div>edosan@indra.com</div>
<div>Subject: Shakuhachi FAQ<x-tab>
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<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>So, the embryonic glossary categories (my guess is that this
should generate some frequently asked questions...(I am also
submitting this Cc to knowledgeable parties for further scrutiny and
comment.):</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>SHAKUHACHI ANATOMY</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>I Shaku Ha
Sun</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"> A 1.8
shaku shakuhachi (usually 54.54 cm)</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Shaku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> 30.30 cm</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Sun</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> 3.03 cm</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Tsuyutoshi</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#000000"> Cloth for wiping the bore</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Urushi</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Traditional derivative of the sumac plant used for
making lacquer for shakuhachi bores</font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#995F43"><b> Utaguchi</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#000000"> The sharp blowing edge of the
shakuhachi </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>PLAYING TECHNIQUES</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Atari</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> To strike a finger hole</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Furi</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> A rapid meri/kari head dip</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Kari</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Blow by putting the chin up, to raise the tone in
pitch</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>Komi
Buki</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"> Big
breath </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Meri</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Blow by putting the chin down, to lower the
tone in pitch</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Muraiki</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Blowing so as to create a windy, roaring,
effect</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Suri</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Glissando</font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"> <br>
<b>Suri age</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000">
A slide upwards</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Tamane</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Flutter tongue technique</font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Nayashi</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> To begin pitch meri and rise to standard
pitch </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Otsu</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Low register</font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Yuri</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Vibrato</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><b>MUSICAL REFERENTS</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Ai-no-te</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Music performed between vocal
sections </font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><br>
<b>Ato-Uta</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000">
Ending vocal section </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Chirashi</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Climax of section </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Danmono</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Scored in Dans without vocal
sections </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Shirabe</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> To check the sounds and move into the proper frame of
mind before performing Hon</font><font face="Andale Mono" size="-3"
color="#000000">kyoku (also means "study" as in
"etude"; "investigate" or
"examine")</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Gakufu</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Musical notation </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Honte</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> The main body of a piece</font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Kaede</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Secondary arrangment of a piece; i.e. the second part
in a duet. </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Kan</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Upper register</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Miyakobushi</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#000000"> scale D, Ef, F, G, Af, C, D</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Nagashi</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Playing in the street </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Naka-uta</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Middle vocal section</font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font>(Jiuta)</div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Sugagaki</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> The term Sugagaki, when used in Shakuhachi music,
simply means pieces which are unrelated to the Fuke legend. The term
Sugagaki also refers to a technique used in solo Koto music without
voice.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Tegoto</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Musical Interlude </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Tegotomono</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#000000"> Musical form with Tegoto</font><font
face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font><br>
<font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"></font></div>
<div><b>TYPES OF MUSIC</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Dojikyoku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Children's song. Actually called
"Dokyoku" </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Gaikyoku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Outside Music, that is, exclusive of
Honkyoku </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Honkyoku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> "Original pieces"; shakuhachi music
transmitted for use as a meditative tool</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Jiuta</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Music originally composed for
Shamisen </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Sankyoku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Music with three instruments</font><font
face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Sokyoku</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Music originally composed for Koto</font><font
face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>SANKYOKU TERMS</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Kumiuta</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Pieces for Koto license</font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#995F43"> </font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>HONKYOKU TERMS</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Hate</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> A light kind of honkyoku. Played in the afternoon
when free from strict discipline of religion. </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Takane</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Section of a honkyoku piece usually played in the
upper octave, often containing the climax of the
piece </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Takuhatsu</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Pieces played by Komuso when
begging. </font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>GAIKYOKU TERMS</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>We avoid
thinking of such things...</b></font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>NOTABLE APHORISMS</b></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>Chikuzen
inchinyo</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"> The
bamboo and Zen are as one</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Hachigaeshi</b></font><font face="Verdana"
size="-3" color="#000000"> Returning the bowl.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>Ichi Ji Ichi
Ritsu</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"> One
temple, one piece </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#995F43"><b>Ichi On Jo
Buttsu</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3" color="#000000"> To
reach enlightenment by the use of only one sound</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#995F43"><b>Reibo</b></font><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> Yearning for the Bell </font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-3"
color="#000000"> </font></div>
<div><br></div>
<div> </div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I'm willing to periodically (once every
couple of weeks) cut and paste text-content into some sort of
categorized FAX html page, and post it on my William and Mary site or
on Bruce's site -- either way. I'm reluctant to come up with the
organization of the topics alone and I'm also reluctant to contribute
content -- still being a beginner in the way of wind and holes.
But I think it would be worth it to all of us to centralize shakuhachi
terms and concepts information and come up with some sort of
categorical glossary. Maybe we should first think of the
categories that would be most useful to new devotees and when people
contribute content, they can list the most appropriate category for it
at the top of their email attachment. (I prefer a categorized
glossary since doing an alphabetical list won't be helpful to
beginners since they would have to read the entire FAX before coming
across the term that most interests them.) Contributers could
simply send category-targeted content via email or an attachment to
me, I'll paste it into my html editor (Macromedia's Dreamweaver) and
format it appropriately for the FAX page. As the categories
grow, I can create links from the index to separate pages. Of
course, by that time, maybe different people can maintain different
pages -- but that's down the road. Why don't we start brainstorm
the categories?</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><br>
Dan<br>
<br>
At 03:32 PM 03/12/2002 -0800, you wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" cite>A few weeks ago Ron Nelson suggested,
half in jest, that it was<br>
time for a Shakuhachi FAQ. I don't have time to write one up
or<br>
maintain one, but if someone or a group of someones, out there is<br>
interested in the project, I'll give them a login and access to my<br>
server so they can put up a page and maintain it.<br>
<br>
Any interested takers?<br>
<br>
bj<br>
<br>
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</blockquote>
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