At 09:04 AM 3/24/2004 -0800, I.M. BULB wrote:
>Kyosui could also mean "blowing with pride".
>
>or, " blowing big ", big sound? Big Breath?
>
>To me, these both seem applicable to shakuhachi
>playing.
The kanji (Sino-Japanese characters) cannot be read with the meanings you
suggest.
The instruction refers to a specific style of playing, not shakuhachi
playing in general.
Karl
>--- Karl Signell <signell@cpcug.org> wrote:
> > Although my absent-minded translation of "suizen"
> > was literally wrong, it
> > may be right in practical terms. Our local
> > shakuhachi circle has been
> > working on "Kokuu" recently including Kurahashi's
> > version, which carries
> > the instruction "kyosui" (Kyo = empty, sui =
> > blowing). Correct me if I'm
> > wrong, but the practical result of both kyosui or
> > suizen is a non-musical
> > sound more appropriate to mediation than a concert
> > hall performance.
> >
> > Karl
> >
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