Hi,
Well, I definitely fall into "2-Folks who want a better traditional
flute, but have serious financial constraints" and for me it works fine
to learn on.
I'd love to get a hand made bamboo, but that will have to wait a while
till financial things turn around I'm afraid.
>>He mentioned that he thought it was good for what it was , albeit too
harsh and bright for HONKYOKU.
Interestingly I had a lesson the other week and both Riley and Carl had
a quick test of my Yuu. Having only heard myself play (and the odd PC
recording of my bad technique) I have to say that it did sound a little
brighter than the bamboo ones I heard during the lesson periods, which
perhaps sounded a little more rounded and darker.
I don't want to start that whole tired materials debate, but are there
any other Yuu players out there with an opinion on it's merits for
Honkyoko?
Are these some key tonal qualities for Honkyoko?
On a more general musical note, how do these tonal qualaties differ for
different styles and are there particular makes of shakuhachi that are
more preferred for these styles because of it? (gee..I hope that's not a
can of worms I just opened up:-)
Cheers,
pc
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:01:19 -0400
From: Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin <Nyogetsu@nyc.rr.com>
To: Bruce Jones <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [Shaku] question concerning pvc
Message-ID: <BCAE99EF.2D85%Nyogetsu@nyc.rr.com>
Hi all,
I just spent a day with AOKI REIBO (II) last week and we did discuss the
Yu plastic flute. He mentioned that he thought it was good for what it
was , albeit too harsh and bright for HONKYOKU.
But there is no way that he would stack it up against a traditionally
made root-end Shakuhachi.
Plastic flutes and Monty's beginner flutes (my personal favorite) are
fine
for:
1- Beginners who aren't sure if they will continue
2-Folks who want a better traditional flute, but have serious financial
constraints 3-Those who want a spare "knock-around" flute for camping
and such
See you all in NYC in July!,
Ronnie
> Hi Karl (and everyone else),
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>> He uses special techniques for making his PVC shakuhachi, especially
>> at =
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>> bottom end. He's not a professional maker, just a damned serious,
>> patie=
nt
>> amateur.
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> I've been told be a few teachers that he's better than some of the
>pros - one of his work (a bamboo flute, not a PVC) was well regarded
>by Aoki Rei=
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> (the II?) at the 1st intl festival in boulder.
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