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> I can't believe the earliest flutes or Hochiku were capable of=20
> playing with the balance of todays instruments or that those who first=20=
> played them had the same standards we have today. At what point was=20
> there this separation of "rawness" where a piece of bamboo was simply=20=
> cut, hollowed, holes drilled and played=A0 to the refinements of =
shaped=20
> designed bores favored today?
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> Tony Miller
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I think I can tell you exactly at what point there was the separation=20
you mentioned.
It came when the guy's bamboo split and he had to make another flute.=20
He burned in the holes and when he played he discovered that it sounded=20=
different than the old flute. Some notes sounded better, some worse. It=20=
was then that he thought to himself, " Hmmm, I wonder what would happen=20=
if I...
- Al=
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believe the earliest flutes or Hochiku were capable of playing with
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what point was there this separation of "rawness" where a piece of
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Tony Miller</x-tad-smaller></fontfamily>
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I think I can tell you exactly at what point there was the separation
you mentioned.=20
It came when the guy's bamboo split and he had to make another flute.
He burned in the holes and when he played he discovered that it
sounded different than the old flute. Some notes sounded better, some
worse. It was then that he thought to himself, " Hmmm, I wonder what
would happen if I...
- Al</color>=
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