>From: ALEdwa@AOL.com
>Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 05:53:48 -0400 (EDT)
>Subject: Different Schools
>
>In the UK there are very few teachers so I am taught in whatever
>school my teacher is trained in. I would not refuse instruction
>from a new teacher of a different school and would view it as a
>continuation of my learning.
In some ways this gets back to my earlier comment about being
interested in Honkyoku (original music) but studying Sankyoku
(3-music or music for shakuhachi, koto, and shamisen(sp?)
and Shinkyoku (new music) because of the ways that the second and
third inform my playing of the first. My teachers are rigorous
Kinko players who also understand Tozan, so I agree that studying
more than one Ryu or school is an important part of becoming a
modern shakuhachi player.
>For example what are the differences between Tozan and Kinko schools?
>I know they use different notation and that the mouth section of
>the shakuhachi are cut differently, why is this?
As I understand from discussions with the folks at Moonbridge, the
inside of the Tozan instrument is shaped differently than a
shakuhachi made for Kinko players. What I do not know, and would
like to understand, is how the differences in the two instruments
contribute to differences in sound and style.
Monty, has your study of the shakuhachi turned up anything on this
topic?
bj
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