Re: [Shaku] weird length shakuhachi question

Hi Karl,

1.5 in F is not an extremely common length but they definitely exist.
I had a very nice one but I sold it to Peter Ross.

If you are also looking for an F# 1.4 I have several of those.

Regards,

BR

>
> I've been doing some playing with a minyo group lately and as it
> turns out the best key for the singer would have me playing a flute
> such that ro would be an F concert, i.e. a half step higher than a
> 1.6 (a 1.5 I guess). We've been doing pieces in a key appropriate
> to the 1.6 but that's not optimal for the singer (i.e. the lowest
> notes aren't quite as strong as they could be). Interestingly,
> while I've learned to play some jazz pieces in pretty weird keys,
> transposition doesn't work so well with minyo as a lot of the time
> the flute plays the melody (or close embellishments) with the
> singer. So the phrasing and dynamics are often dictated by what the
> singer is doing and this is hard to do when one has to play a lot
> of meri notes. So my question is, has anyone ever seen such a beast
> (i.e. a 1.5 or a flute with ro at F concert) ? It seems like it
> wouldn't be hard to make but probably no one makes them because
> there is no demand. I suppose if anyone would know it would be
> someone who focuses on minyo playing but I don't know any such
> players. Anyway, thanks for any thoughts on this. Cheers,
>
> Karl Young
> Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCSF
> VA Medical Center, MRS Unit (114M)
> Phone: (415) 221-4810 x3114
> FAX: (415) 668-2864
> Email: karl young at ucsf edu
>
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