Re: [Shaku] Suisen and Shakuhachi

From: I.M. BULB (imbulb@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 16:37:36 PST


ummm.. dude... the words I've listed came from the
Iwanami Shoten, which is written entirely in....
forget it. :)

-I
--- Karl Signell <signell@cpcug.org> wrote:
> Although my absent-minded translation of "suizen"
> was literally wrong, it
> may be right in practical terms. Our local
> shakuhachi circle has been
> working on "Kokuu" recently including Kurahashi's
> version, which carries
> the instruction "kyosui" (Kyo = empty, sui =
> blowing). Correct me if I'm
> wrong, but the practical result of both kyosui or
> suizen is a non-musical
> sound more appropriate to mediation than a concert
> hall performance.
>
> Karl
>
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