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>From: "Stav Tapuch" <tapuch@hotmail.com>
Subject: Makin' Music
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 22:25:45 +0000
While listening to my shakuhachi teacher play music, I am repeatedly
surprised by how much of his playing, which is consistently moving and
highly emotional, goes way beyond anything articulated by the musical
notation on the notes before him. The notes can dictate the pitch and
duration - but there is an indescribable texture in each of my teacher's
notes that possess a vast range of tone and color. In his words, this is the
quality that transforms a bunch of sounds into music.
I am interested in how much of this 'music making' can be taught - and how
much of it is a unique spirit that each one brings to the music him or
herself. Furthermore, does instruction possibly work against a creative
individual's unique voice - or do great players build on top of their
teacher's original tonal palate? Or is the development of an individual
voice something discouraged in the traditional shakuhachi world?
I know this is a very abstract topic - but it seems to be one central to
shakuhachi music in particular.
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