Thank you for that, Theo and for taking the time to consider. Thank you.
Wayne
-----Original Message-----
From: Theo Joyal [mailto:joyal@spyral.net]
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 1:55 PM
To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: A clear and present kan
I am not 100% sure, but one has too be totally relaxed, and your troat
open.. we all have a mountain too climb. tj
> From: bjones@weber.ucsd.edu (Bruce Jones)
> Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:39:57 -0800 (PST)
> To: shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu
> Subject: A clear and present kan
>
>> From: "weaton15" <weaton15@cox.net>
>>
>> Can someone help me out with exercises that will allow me to get
>> a clear and clean kan on a 2.8? I continue to work and work and
>> work the embrouchure but, alas, cannot sustain it or keep anything
>> clean and clear.
>
> But you *can* get notes in Kan? Just getting a note is 90% of
> the work (sustaining a clean, clear note being the other 90%).
>
> In a hundred-mile march,
> ninety miles is about halfway."
> - Chinese proverb.
>
> Once you can get a note in Kan, any note, start working with that
> one note in long tone practice. As time goes by, and that note
> begins to be something you can find reliably (maybe not hold
> reliably, but find and hit for a moment) then you can work one note
> up and one note down. It takes a while, a long while.
>
> And unlike Otsu, where you can just open your mouth a little and
> blow, Kan requires a more focussed embrouchure. One way to cheat a
> bit is to close down the inside of your mouth a bit when going up to
> Kan. Not an effective strategy for the long term - you'll find you
> can't move your mouth around fast enough for playing rapidly between
> octaves - it will help you develop the lip strategy for proper
> playing.
>
> For me, this is the real zen work of the shakuhachi. I *want* a
> professional sounding sound. I *have* something less. Patience and
> persistence have taught me that I will never attain my goal. But I
> can learn to accept and enjoy what I have.
>
> Difficulties along the way are opportunities
> in disguise; they reflect your expectations.
> Facing them with surrender helps you follow
> a more peaceful and perceptive life.
> - Carl Abbott
>
> bj
>
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