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>Hi everyone,
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>I have been asked to participate to a special issue of the German
>ethnomusicological journal =C7 The World of Music =C8 on the following
>topic: the interest of Westerners in regard to non Western music. As
>you are surely guessing, my paper will be on Japanese music, and
>especially on the shakuhachi, since it is the most popular Japanese
>instrument. I will also be including something on koto, taiko,
>shamisen, biwa, gagaku and shigin.
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>I would like to be able to give an indication of the number of
>people learning the shakuhachi world wide, including the number of
>people having their shihan, etc. I would sincerely appreciate if
>everyone could fill up the survey below. I made it very short. It
>should take you less than 5 minutes to fill up. But the validity of
>the results will obviously depend on everyone=D5s willingness and
>kindness to participate. I think that the results should be of
>interest to all of you. Please fill it up. Later, I will publish the
>results on the list.
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>I sincerely hope everyone on the list will participate, though a
>good number of people unfortunately left the list in the past few
>years. I will have to contact them directly. I would also sincerely
>appreciate, if you know of shakuhachi players who are not on the
>list, that you relay this survey to them. I am aware that I will not
>be able to get an accurate number. The larger the number of people
>answering, the most pertinent the estimate will be.
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>Also, this survey is strictly confidential. No name will appear
>unless otherwise agreed, except possibly at the end of the article
>as thanks (though I might not put everyone's name since I will be
>contacting more than 300 people). You do not have to answer the
>first question by putting your name. I will possibly contact some of
>you for a more private interview.
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>My most sincere thanks for your participation. It is for a good cause.
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>Bruno Desch?nes, Montr=CEal
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>Survey
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>1. What is your name? Peter Ross
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>2. What is your country of origin? U.S.A.
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>3. In which city (and state or province) are you living now? Costa Rica
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>4. Which year did you start learning shakuhachi? 1972
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>5. Did or do you study shakuhachi in Japan or in your country of
>origin, or in both countries? Or did you learn on your own? I
>studied first in Hilo, Hawaii, then in San Fransisco. I also took
>lessons on 2 visits to Japan.
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>6. Who is or are your teachers (sensei)? (Please beside their
>name, indicate if in Japan or in your country of origin.) Nagao
>senei, Hilo, Hawaii. Deceased. Masayuki Koga, CA Ray Brooks,
>Canada
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>7. Which style? Tozan =AE=A2 Kinko? Both plus Yokoyama Dokyoku
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>8. Do you teach? If so, how many students do you have (or do you
>have so far, since there are surely some who are not taking lessons
>anymore)? Until I moved to Costa Rica 6 months ago I taught for over
>20 years in Hawaii, CA, Minneapolis and Seattle
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>9. Do you have your shihan? No. I have a private teaching
>certificate from Masayuki Koga.
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>10. When did you receive it? around 1980
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>11. Do you perform? Yes. Often.
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>12. If so, do you perform in solo, with non Japanese instruments or
>with Japanese instruments, or all of these? Usually solo, but
>occassionally with others on western instruments and Japanese
>instruments.
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>13. If you perform with Japanese instruments, which ones?
>Occassionally with koto.
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>14. If you perform with non Japanese instruments, which ones are
>they? African drums, tabla, dumbek.
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>15. Did you produce records? If so, how many? I have 5 CD's of my music.
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>Bruno
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>Bruno Deschenes
>Tel.: (514) 277-4665
>E-mail: <mailto:bruno@musis.ca>bruno@musis.ca
>Web Site: http://pages.infinit.net/musis/
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-- Peter Ross http://www.cloudhandsmusic.com APDO 542-4100 Grecia, Costa Rica Central America 011 (506) 494-5170 _____________________________________________List subscription information is at: http://communication.ucsd.edu/shaku/listsub.html
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