Re: Scales and Intervals

From: Philip Gelb (phil@philipgelb.com)
Date: Mon Apr 22 2002 - 05:25:52 PDT


>To all,
>
>The shakuhachi plays the pentatonic scale--right? But that's the Minor
>Pentatonic scale--there's another one. Actually, many other scales.

the shakuhachi can play any scale that the player is able to
technically develop. It is certainly not simply a pentatonic
instrument though many people treat it as such.

phil

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