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Hi List,
I did 10 min. of Ro for every 1 hour of practice for about 10 months, and
then for a couple of months, I think out of my own eagerness to fix my
problem areas and learn new music in a "time efficient" manner, I started
using scales and other interval patterns with the same sort of attention to
breathing, lips, and sound quality. I have recently returned to using only
Ro. After 10 min. of Ro I return to using scales via
interval-patterns. The whole warmup takes about 20 min. (No longer than
the warmup I used to do when I used to race bicycles.) I've rediscovered
that using only Ro for 10 min. produces a more focused meditative
concentration, but that the other otsu pitches (esp. TSU and RE) seem to
get better as a result. There might not be a difference in the minds of
someone listening to me -- but there is a difference in my mind, and
ultimately that's what matters to me.
Dan
Shakuhachi Links by Category -
http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/links.htm
Zen Flute for Beginners -
http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/WMshakuhachi.htm
My home page - http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/Gutwein/
Family page - http://pages.prodigy.net/dfgutw/family/
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Hi List,<br><br>
I did 10 min. of Ro for every 1 hour of practice for about 10 months, and
then for a couple of months, I think out of my own eagerness to fix my
problem areas and learn new music in a "time efficient" manner,
I started using scales and other interval patterns with the same sort of
attention to breathing, lips, and sound quality. I have recently
returned to using only Ro. After 10 min. of Ro I return to
using scales via interval-patterns. The whole warmup takes about 20
min. (No longer than the warmup I used to do when I used to race
bicycles.) I've rediscovered that using only Ro for 10 min.
produces a more focused meditative concentration, but that the other otsu
pitches (esp. TSU and RE) seem to get better as a result. There
might not be a difference in the minds of someone listening to me -- but
there is a difference in my mind, and ultimately that's what matters to
me.<br><br>
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<i>Dan <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Shakuhachi Links by Category</i> -
<a href="http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/links.htm" eudora="autourl">http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/links.htm></font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2><b><i>
<br>
Zen Flute for Beginners</b> - </i></font><a href="http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/WMshakuhachi.htm" eudora="autourl"><font face="Times New Roman, Times">http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/gutwein/Shakuhachi/WMshakuhachi.htm><br>
<i>My home page </i>- <a href="http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/Gutwein/" eudora="autourl">http://www.wm.edu/CAS/music/Gutwein/></font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>Family page - <a href="http://pages.prodigy.net/dfgutw/family/" eudora="autourl">http://pages.prodigy.net/dfgutw/family/></i></font> <br><br>
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