If you are not a traditionalist, and you play around you can get almost a
full three octaves. The third octave is not as amenable as the first two to
meri and kari, so there are a few semitones that I have not been able to
figure out in the third octave, but it's almost complete. Many flutes are
missing some of these notes however, or are weak on one or another, but with
a good flute you can go all the way up the 3rd octave.
Toby
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nelson Zink" <zink@newmex.com>
To: <shakuhachi@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 12:08 PM
Subject: How many octaves?
> How many octaves should a good shakuhachi be able to play?
>
> thanks,
> Nelson
>
>
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