>From shakuhachi-request@communication.ucsd.edu Tue Feb 10 11:40:33 2004
>
>One good way to practice getting that low note is to focus and
>concentrate on your Ro, and slowly lower your head (meri) striving
>to keep tone.
>
>Meri can be achieved by either lowering of the head or turning head
>to the side. In either case, it is a function of narrowing the
>relationship between the lips and the blowing edge.
One can also assist the process by bringing the root end of the
flute close to an object (like a music stand or a crossed leg) and
shading the hole in the end of the flute.
While not always the most practical or graceful of moves, it will
lower the pitch while preserving quite a bit of the volume.
bj
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