Re: [Shaku] Ichi Jo......................

From: edBeaty (edosano@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Jul 31 2005 - 17:30:50 PDT


>Hi everyone,
>
>Just a quick email with a funny story for the weekend.
>I've been playing 'Ichi Jo' recently - struggling to
>improve my poor rendition of the hard, fast passages.
>I was telling my poor, long-suffering
>'shakuhachi-widower' about the piece the other day,
>saying how my fingers get tied in knots, some of the
>passages are just so fast and he said:
>
>"That's probably when he's scratching".
>
>"!?What?!, Who?"
>
>"Itchy Joe", he replied!

Ah, the poor boyo's just a benighted lout, more to be pitied than
censured (damned funny, though...).

Thanks for 'sharing',
Ed
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