I started at the tender age of 53, have no competence (that is my
self-critique), but I enjoy the shakuhachi immensely. My sole audience, the
birds that I play to, seems to at least tolerate me... I feel right at home
with the screeching blue jays especially... ;*)
Brett "Bud" Breitwieser (bud@rajah.com)
check out my zen site at http://rajah.com
or my tech support site at http://rajah.net
walking, greens, and my recumbent trike at http://rajah.ws
the dragon is at http://rajah.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zachary Braverman [mailto:zachary@kotodama.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 11:42 PM
> To: weber shaq
> Subject: Re: Age & Shakuhachi Study
>
>
>
> I started at the ripe age of 20, but my teacher didn't start
> until he was in
> his 30's, and he's one of the best players I've heard. It's more
> about how
> you approach it, I think.
>
> Best of luck.
>
>
> On 01.11.3 4:30 PM, "Stav Tapuch" <tapuch@hotmail.com> opined:
>
> > I am a 38 year old who would like to study the Shakuhachi.
> >
> > Is this a realistic idea for someone my age or do you need to
> start studying
> > this instrument at a very young age to achieve any level of
> competence? My
> > hope is not to be a master musician - but to play well enough
> to entertain
> > family, friends and, of course, myself.
> >
> > Are there musicians on this list who found the shakuhachi in
> mid-life and
> > who accomplished a degree of competence? How long did it take you? How
> > many years of study does it realisticly take to play solo
> honkoyoko (sp?)
> > music well enough to be pleasing to the ears?
> >
> >
> >
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