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The bamboo end-blown flute now known as the shakuhachi was developed in Japan in the 16th century and is called the fuke shakuhachi (普化尺八). [1] [2] A bamboo flute known as the kodai shakuhachi (古代尺八, ancient shakuhachi) or gagaku shakuhachi (雅楽尺八) was derived from the Chinese xiao in the Nara period and died out in the ...
Another division is between side-blown (or transverse) flutes, such as the Western concert flute, piccolo, fife, dizi and bansuri; and end-blown flutes, such as the ney, xiao, kaval, danso, shakuhachi, Anasazi flute and quena. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instead of blowing on an end of ...
Masakazu Yoshizawa (吉沢 政和, September 10, 1950 – October 24, 2007) was a Japanese American flutist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes, in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments. [1]
The oldest written sources reveal the Chinese were using the kuan (a reed instrument) and hsio (or xiao, an end-blown flute, often of bamboo) in the 12th-11th centuries b.c., followed by the chi (or ch'ih) in the 9th century b.c. and the yüeh in the 8th century b.c. [3] Of these, the chi is the oldest documented cross flute or transverse flute ...
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Shakuhachi – vertical bamboo flute used for Zen meditation; Shinobue – transverse folk bamboo flute; Tsuchibue (土笛 (つちぶえ), lit. ' earthen flute ') – globular flute made from clay; Bow flute (弓笛) – a flute developed by Ishida Nehito with bow hair on it to accompany the kokyū [1]
A flute used in the Noh theatre and hayashi ensembles. Shinobue: Transverse Also called the bamboo flute, it is used for nagauta, the background music used in kabuki theatre. Kagurabue: Transverse This fue is used in a type of Japanese music called mikagura. At 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in) long, it is the longest fue. Minteki (also known as the ...
The shakuhachi flute derives its name from its size. Shaku is an old unit of measure close to 1 foot (30 cm). Hachi means eight, which in this case represents a measure of eight-tenths of a shaku. True shakuhachi are made of bamboo and can be very expensive.