Cy Ghul - and other macabre stories » Instruments http://blog.ghul.org Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:14:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Shakuhachi – Ro http://blog.ghul.org/2009/04/shakuhachi-ro.html http://blog.ghul.org/2009/04/shakuhachi-ro.html#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:31:38 +0000 Cy http://blog.ghul.org/?p=124 I was busy, but then, while the fullmoon grew, I managed it to return to study my Shakuhachi again. After hours (!) of hard work I actually heard tunes – small, shy fellows, but they were there! Suddenly I felt the magic from that instrument. For me Shakuhachi is very important from that hour on. I breath through it. I get silence through it. How will it be when the Shakuhachi offers me more?

It’s just a matter of time when I will tell some old and weird japanese Stories with my new friend.

Till then, sleep well!

]]> http://blog.ghul.org/2009/04/shakuhachi-ro.html/feed 0 Shakuhachi Music http://blog.ghul.org/2009/01/shakuhachi-music.html http://blog.ghul.org/2009/01/shakuhachi-music.html#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:34:32 +0000 Cy http://blog.ghul.org/?p=80 Yesterday evening I could open a package i waited for more then 10 days. It was my Shakuhachi I ordered before a while. A Shakuhachi is bamboo flute, a traditional japanese/chinese instrument. Mine is very bright, original bamboo colours. Of course I opened the package and expected to play some tunes before the night is over. Well, no. No chance. There were no tunes coming from it, just a very unspectacular pffffffft.

I guess I have to sit down and practice for a while before I can bring this instrument into my music. It such a difficult beast cause you don’t have such a thing like a flute header. You have to form the header with your mouth and well, thats quite unusual for western guys like me.

But as frustrating as it was in the beginning, I think it will be good some day. A Shakuhachi is a wonderful instrument (generally speaking). I will never surrender!!! :-)

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