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SHAKUHACHI..and..CREATION
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....With the complexity of the sound,
....one single sound of the shakuhachi can include from 1 to 30 harmonics, getting close
....to a reed instrument, giving the possibility of various sound qualities and dynamics.
....With its construction made of 5 holes,
....it proposes motives out of very specific digital combinations.
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.... Here some texts online, in French and in English:
....- Composing for shakuhachi, Thoughts about metre, fingering, muraiki and glissando
..... by Ramon Humet (composer, Spain), in the European Shakuhachi Journal, vol. 1,
..... 2007 (En)
....- Toru Takemitsu, November Steps - Oppositions et complémentarités des traditions
......by Jean-Yves Bosseur (composer, France), 2005 (Fr)
....- Sound Japan (En)
......by Christopher Yohmei Blasdel (shakuhachi master, Jp),
......in the Japan Foundation Newsletter, 2000
.... Specific writtings in English:
....- Flute and Shakuhachi, différent articles,
......including from Yoshikazu Iwamoto, Frank Denyer, Pierre-Yves Artaud, etc.
......édited by Kondô Jô and Joaquim Benitez
......Contemporary Music Review, volume 8, Part 2, 1993
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