Re: spirituality and music

From: graham ranft (ranftg@webone.com.au)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 23:17:58 PST


Mark said -

| Can playing the silver flute be a spiritual practice? If not, how is playing Bach less
| "spiritual" than playing honkyoku? (Is the A minor solo sonata not spiritual?
| Would it be more spiritual if played on a bamboo flute?)

As a player of both and of Bach I would say that both are equally spiritual.

However I think that because the shakuhachi is more difficult to play the the
flute I experience a greater level of concentration or one-pointedness.

graham in oz



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