Re: Beginning shakuhachi

From: kap (kapoffeli@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 12:46:20 PDT


Thanks for your answers. I live in Norway. Never heard of any other
Norwegian shak players but does anyone know if there's any teachers in
Sweden or Denmark?

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Sawyer" <shin-on@mindspring.com>
To: <kapoffeli@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: Beginning shakuhachi

> Hi Audun,
> Since I travelled a similar path to you years ago, here's my 5 cents worth
> of advice: Do what you can to get into the presence of a Master player
even
> for a couple of lessons. It is an eye-opener and can give you a good
> grounding in all the basics, and also expose you to wonderful tone-color
> that will stay in your memory forever. I don't know where you live so I
> can't make suggestions. Here in Boulder we have David Wheeler. Summer Camp
> in Loveland, Colorado would also be perfect exposure to some of the best
> players from Japan. (They are also gentle teachers).
> Best,
> David Sawyer
>
>



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