RE: Kyo Rei notation and a question about kyotaku...

From: Brett Breitwieser (brett@bigskyranch.us)
Date: Thu Nov 13 2003 - 22:20:49 PST


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I can see what he means when he says this, I have listened to this piece =
at
least hundreds of times, often putting it on at night and putting the CD =
on
repeat...and with various artists... the one I liked best was the one on
Kyoto Spirit by Yoshio Kurahashi, so of course it was that CD that got lo=
st
in the move from California to Arizona ("In attraction, blossoms fall....=
"
fortunately I still have an mp3 of that version... While the notes are qu=
ite
good and "unvarnished", I really appreciate being able to hear the wind i=
n
the bamboo in this master=92s playing, and all the little incidental tril=
ls
and whistles remind me of the crackle in the glaze on a teacup=85

Someone (who shall remain nameless out of respect for privacy) was kind
enough to put together a packet with the notation and a CD with detailed
instructions for Kyorei for me... for an old slow learner like myself it =
is
a lifetime project, but the piece really seems to penetrate to the core...
speaking strictly as a listener, of course... as a player I have hardly
gotten past the first few notes... (Somehow after TSU-RE-RI-I-TSU_MERI-RO=
 I
lose it... and just keep playing RO-RO-RO.... ah well, silly old goat...
braying in the wind...)

Does anyone know about Nishimura Koku-sensei and the long shakuhachi he
called kyotaku? I have never heard a recording of his music and wonder ab=
out
him...

Rev. Brett Breitwieser (zen@arizuma.us)
Arizuma Zen Fellowship (An American Fellowship Church)
http://arizuma.us

"The clouds evaporate in the cold sky.
The autumn has departed and the mountain is barren.
This is where we originally dwell." -Hongzhi

 "Crazy Cloud likes his own mind
its wish for flutesongs rainy nights,
drinking muttering beside his women..." (Ikkyu)

-----Original Message-----
From: Gene [mailto:oldmanriver@alltel.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 10:12 PM
To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Kyo Rei notation

 It's a great place to begin studying Kinko
> shakuhachi. It's also the last piece you'll study, because you'll
> never plumb its depths.

Were you drinking, Bruce, when you wrote this?

Gene

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D054063205-14112003><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>I can see=20
what he means when he says this, I have listened to this piece at least =
hundreds=20
of times, often putting it on at night and putting the CD on =
repeat...and with=20
various artists... the one I liked best was the one on Kyoto Spirit by =
Yoshio=20
Kurahashi, so of course it was that CD that got lost in the move from =
California=20
to Arizona ("In attraction, blossoms fall...." fortunately I still have =
an mp3=20
of that version... While the notes are quite good and "unvarnished", I =
really=20
appreciate being able to hear the wind in the bamboo in this master=92s =
playing,=20
and all the little incidental trills and whistles remind me of the =
crackle in=20
the glaze on a teacup=85</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003></SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D054063205-14112003><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>Someone (who=20
shall remain nameless out of respect for privacy)&nbsp;was kind enough =
to put=20
together a packet with the notation and a CD with detailed instructions =
for=20
Kyorei for me... for an old slow learner like myself it is a lifetime =
project,=20
but the piece&nbsp;really seems to penetrate to the core... speaking =
strictly as=20
a listener, of course... as a player I have hardly gotten past the first =
few=20
notes... </FONT></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial><FONT =
size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003>(Somehow after TSU-RE-RI-I-TSU_MERI-RO I lose =
it... and=20
just keep playing RO-RO-RO.... ah well, silly old goat... braying in the =

wind...)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003>&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial><FONT><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003>Does anyone know about Nishimura Koku-sensei =
and the=20
</SPAN></FONT><FONT><SPAN class=3D054063205-14112003>long shakuhachi he =
called=20
kyotaku? I have never heard a recording of his music and wonder about=20
him...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DBatang size=3D2><STRONG>Rev. Brett =
Breitwieser (<A=20
href=3D"mailto:zen@arizuma.us">zen@arizuma.us</A>)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DBatang><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>Arizuma =
Zen&nbsp;<SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003>Fellowship (An American Fellowship=20
Church)</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DBatang><FONT size=3D2><STRONG><SPAN=20
class=3D054063205-14112003></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><FONT =
color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://arizuma.us/">http://arizuma.us></FONT></STRONG></FONT><=
/FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>"The clouds evaporate in the cold sky.=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>The autumn has departed and the mountain is =
barren.=20
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>This is where we originally dwell."=20
-Hongzhi</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2></FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT =
size=3D2><FONT=20
size=3D2><STRONG>"Crazy Cloud likes his own mind </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><STRONG><FONT size=3D2>its wish for flutesongs =
</FONT><FONT=20
size=3D2>rainy nights, </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=3Dleft><FONT size=3D2><STRONG>drinking muttering beside his =
women..."=20
(Ikkyu)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gene=20
[mailto:
oldmanriver@alltel.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 13, =
2003=20
10:12 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=20
Kyo Rei notation<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;It's a great place to begin studying Kinko<BR>&gt; =
shakuhachi.&nbsp;=20
It's also the last piece you'll study, because you'll<BR>&gt; never =
plumb its=20
depths.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Were you drinking, Bruce, when you wrote=20
this?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff>Gene</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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