>To all,
>
>The shakuhachi plays the pentatonic scale--right? But that's the Minor
>Pentatonic scale--there's another one. Actually, many other scales.
the shakuhachi can play any scale that the player is able to
technically develop. It is certainly not simply a pentatonic
instrument though many people treat it as such.
phil
-- Philip Gelb phil@philipgelb.com http://www.philipgelb.com upcoming concerts: Saturday, April 13 Ashland Oregon, Southern Oregon U. Music School (The Space Between; w/ Pauline Oliveros and Dana Reason) Monday, April 15 Riverside, California. UC Riverside Music School (The Space Between; w/ Pauline Oliveros and Dana Reason) Thursday, April 18 Galoka in SanDiego (solo and with guests) Friday, April 19, Rocco in LosAngelos (4tet w/ Alex Cline, GE Stinson and Bill T. Roper) Saturday April 20 the folk music center in Claremont, CA (solo) ____________________________________________________
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