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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"shakuhachi"”.
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Artful encounters with nature: Ecological and spiritual dimensions of music learning
… of the traditional practice that approaches the shakuhachi (a type of bamboo flute) in a holistic, organic manner: Practitioners of this tradition personally harvest the bamboo and fashion their instruments directly out of nature, taking great care to preserve and appreciate the nature inherent …
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The use of traditional Japanese music as an inspiration for modern saxophone compositions: An interpretive guide to Joji Yuasa's Not I but the wind' and Masakazu Natsuda's West, or Evening Song in Autumn
… Yuasa’s Not I, but the wind…, which uses the shakuhachi flute as its stylistic inspiration. A history and description of the shakuhachi flute, as well as the techniques used to create its distinctive musical style are provided. This is followed by a detailed examination of the manner in which …
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Quaerere Sententias I
… material is inspired by Honshirabe, a staple of shakuhachi repertoire. Throughout the piece, the fixed part is derived from samples of taiko and shakuhachi, the metallic clash and scrape of swords, and a reading of the Fudō-myōō sutra, creating a soundscape to parallel Musashi’s blend of Zen …
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Alternative instrumentation : a study of selected instruments
… bagpipes, Irish flute, tin whistle, koto, shakuhachi, sitar, thermin, and uillean pipes. Entries contain information about each instrument’s timbre, dynamics, physical description, history and origins and limitations. Photographs and musical examples from well-known composers are included …