Shakuhachi (D) - Beech Wood + Bag + Playing instructions - 1.8 Shaku - Traditional Japanese Flute
The Shakuhachi is an ancient Japansee bamboo flute. The tone is deep and of a mysterious nature. It allows you to improvise in the pentatonic scales, and express your soul in sound.
This Shakuhachi has a length of 1.8 Shaku, which means the Shakuhachi is tuned to D. It is roughly 54 centimeters long and it's is made out of beech wood.
Playing instructions and bag included.
How to play this flute?
- Aim your airflow against the edge of the embouchure hole
- This requires some practice and patience
- The flute is held vertically
- There's 4 fingerholes on top, and a thumbhole on the back
- Cover the holes with the pad of the fingers, not the fingertips
The musical possibilities
- Play in the minor pentatonic scale, or the major pentatonic scale.
- The flute has a reach of 2 octaves.
