>>Still, not a bad place to be!
For sure, and it's a worthy goal in itself to achieve...and who knows,
maybe in the end that's all there is to it:-)
On reflection, I'll retract my statement of "and personally I don't
think instrument type enters the argument at all" for the moment,
especially after re-reading
http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/Mail/0144.html and
http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/Mail/0087.html
http://www.navaching.com/shaku/timbre.html in some ways supports
Satosi-san's conclusions by also looking at the (psycho)acousatics of
the instruments.
"The shakuhachi as a 'musical' instrument is built to boost the higher
harmonics--thus it's particular bright timbre. The hochiku as a
'spiritual' instrument is designed to emphasis the lower harmonics and
so it sounds darker. Apparently in the shakuhachi world a skinny tube is
'musical' and a fat tube 'spiritual'--it's a simple matter of timbre,
which is largely a matter of aspect ratio. Play both and you've got it
covered."
Could be it's a little like playing deep blues...it's all in the tone( =
deep feeling). Perhaps you can only get this through a specific type of
instrument and/or combination of materials/technique. Or maybe it's just
a matter of taste, or whatever...
As an experimental digital "instrument" builder, I can also sort of
understand where Yokoyama is coming from: "Lastly, he mentioned that
everyone should make their own flute, thereby avoiding the trap of
mistaking one's own shortcomings and blaming the flute maker."
So it does and it doesn't matter...if that makes sense?
(Sort of like Musashi bonking Kojiro on the head with his oar)
";p
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Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 18:22:42 -0400
From: "Brian K. Miller" <millerbk@rconnect.com>
To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
Subject: RE: Spirituality in music, Qi, Flow...
Message-ID: <MCEIJLHNCGAMMNDNJGCJMEKICBAA.millerbk@rconnect.com>
Dear Paul,
Welcome to the world of shakuhachi. It can lead you wherever you want
to go. I have found it to be a demanding, but rewarding teacher.
To me, spirituality means conscious integration between man and
"spirit".
I agree that a "flow" state may not have anything to do with
spirituality. Personally, I believe that unless it leads to a higher
state of awareness of truth, the "flow" consciousness is simply then a
state of awareness somewhere between the conscious and subconscious.
It's kind of like driving down the road and realizing that the last mile
or so is a complete mental blank. The deeply concentrated mind may
enter a flow state, but unless it is focused upon spirit (i.e.,
expansive awareness, peace, love, bliss or some other transcendent
quality of being) its experiences and insights will, most likely, be
limited to the phenomenal world.
Still, not a bad place to be!
Cheers,
Brian
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