On another note:
Does anyone know anything about a maker who would have used the following
hanko on his shakuhachi? Any information would be appreciated, even the
translation of the Gyoku or Kyo Sui. Thanks all, and Happy Thanksgiving.
Wayne
The hanko near the back hole has three
characters. The top kanji is very old Japanese
and cannot be read. The middle kanji is "Gyoku"
and the bottom character reads "Kyo Sui". I am
not familiar with this maker, however, the
instrument appears to be quite old.
Monty gave me this information and I am most interested in learning more.
Thanks again, everyone.
-----Original Message-----
From: Karl Signell [mailto:signell@cpcug.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:41 AM
To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
Subject: Re: Tuners
At 11:39 PM 11/26/03 +0800, you wrote:
>Equal temperament is a western invention.
All pitch systems, including western just intonation, western violin
intonation, Javanese court gamelan,
and Turkish classical makam, are arbitrary human inventions. Our brains
are imprinted with the pitch system of the culture we are born into when we
are young, somewhat in the same way as is language. That's why it's hard
work to break out of that imprinting. Concentration and immersion seem to
work.
Karl
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