Sunday, February 27, 2011

The Bamboo in the Garden

Beautiful Bamboo Plants in The Botanical Garden of Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno.
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Nádherné bambusy v Botanické zahradě Fakulty MU v Brně.



Thursday, January 13, 2011

New 1.9 jinashi nobekan shakuhachi / C-sharp

Rare speckled madake bamboo. Dark red urushi lacquer inside. Generally: Quick attack, responsive. Full sound, lyrical and loud. Traditional honkyoku players, modern musicians and jazz players will have the benefits.

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Vzácná skvrnitá forma bambusu. Uvnitř jsou nátěry tmavočerveného laku uruši. Vyvážená a snadno hratelná (připomíná jiari flétny). Ke hře stačí jen málo vzduchu. Lehce odpovídá, hraje s rychlým nástupem zvuku. Má vyzrálý, plný a lyrický tón, je poměrně  hlasitá. Jde o nástroj vhodný pro honkjoku, prospěšný bude též moderním muzikantům a jazzovým hráčům.







Thursday, November 4, 2010

New 2.33 jinashi shakuhachi / A

For a Myôan student from Taiwan I have made this custom jinashi shakuhachi  with an interesting sound: Full, rich, a bit like an upper tones of basoon. Made from matured hard dense Madake bamboo.  Black Urushi lacquer.  Well balanced, easy playability in both octaves.  Quick attack.  Nice full RO. This flute can easy hold one with medium hands. 
I will sand the root closer to the bamboo body on request.
Buyer wrote about this flute:
I appresiate your work  and thank you, I like the shakuhachi you made. As I play the flute more, I handle the flute well and blow sounds good. Finger holes is ok, I feel comfotable after days of practice.
The sounds of first octave are good, harmony, penetrative... from pure tone to complexive overtone,the sounds are rich.
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Jinashi shakuhachi se zajímavým zvukem, který je plný, vzdáleně připomínající zvuk horních tónů fagotu.  Vyrobena z tvrdého hustého kusu vyzrálého Madake bambusu. Dobře vyvážená hratelnost, snadná pro obě oktávy. Rychlý nástup tónu. Pěkný plný zvuk tónu RO. Tuto flétnu může snadno držet člověk se střední (též i menší) velikostí rukou.




Saturday, October 2, 2010

New 2.59 Jinashi #1 Shakuhachi / G

Jinashi flute without an utaguchi inlay

Nice hard dense bamboo
Red Urushi
lacquer
Well tuned - G (A at 440)
Shakuhachi has a quite big complex sound, nice full RO and delicate high octave notes.
Loud and vibrant.
Recommended to play the Myôan style, also can easy play the Dokyoku style & Dokyoku second octave patterns as well

Hanko
(photos taken before finish the flute)

classification with rating from 1 to 5  
(holding the flute, intonation, balance,
p
layability, aesthetic, tuning)

  • H + + + + +
  • I  + + + +
  • B + + ++
  • P + + + +
  • A + + + +
  • T + + + +

New 2.59 Jinashi #2 Shakuhachi

Jinashi flute without an utaguchi inlay.

  • Nice medium dense bamboo, 7 years cured
  • Red Urushi
  • Well tuned - G (A at 446 HZ)
  • Shakuhachi has a mellow sound, nice RO.
    Play easy second octave notes. 
  • Suitable for the Myôan.
  • Can play the Dokyoku style include special patterns of this School.

classification with rating from 1 to 5  
(holding the flute, intonation, balance,
p
layability, aesthetic, tuning)

  • H + + + +
  • I  + + +
  • B + + ++
  • P + + + +
  • A + + +
  • T + + + +




Tuesday, June 1, 2010

1.8 Myôan Jinashi Shakuhachi

  • 1.8 jinashi s širším vývrtem
  • vyrobena ze staršího japonského madake
  • červený urushi lak
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  • 1.8 wide-bore jinashi
  • aged japanese madake bamboo
  • red urushi lacquer

Friday, May 28, 2010

3.0 Jinashi Shakuhachi left-handed / E (A=440)

Vyrobil jsem tuto speciální shakuhachi pro Rajendru Teredesaie, výborného  hráče na indickou flétnu bansuri.
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I made this special shakuhachi on request for great bansuri player Rajendra Teredesai.

 

Monday, May 10, 2010

Jam Session Shakuhachi


Setkání s flétnou shakuhachi proběhlo
ve čtvrtek v Brně 13. 5. v 16:00.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Friday, April 23, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Thunder / Hrom

1.7 jinashi flute


Thursday, April 15, 2010

Shakuhachi classification

SIMPLE  classification
  • Usable / Usable++ (meditation flutes)
  • Fair / Fair++ (can play some honkyoku pieces)
  • Good / Good++ (can play most of honkyoku pieces)
  • Great / Great++ (can play most of honkyoku pieces with teacher)
  • Excellent / Excellent++ (can play most or all of honkyoku pieces, performing balanced flute)
 My opinion: Playing the honkyoku is no need to have the great or excellent balanced flute.  Personaly I like play the honkyoku with unbalanced flutes ( fair or good). It is like play the KOAN

HIBPAT,  more complex classification with rating from
1 to 5
  (holding the flute, intonation, balance, playability, aesthetic, tuning)

So there is a Mount Everest Shakuhachi:
  • H + + + + +
  • I  + + + + +
  • B + + + + +
  • P + + + + +
  • A + + + + +
  • T + + + + +

    Friday, April 2, 2010

    Zvláštní poděkování / Especially thanks

    Zvláštní poděkování  patří Dean Del Benemu (hráč na shakuhachi), Dan Shinkuovi (japonský výrobce meian jinashi-kan shakuhachi) a Kees de Fouwovi (hráč na shakuhachi).
    Dean mě velice podpořil mnoha radami a zdroji pro studium hry.
    Dan Shinkuova práce je mi velkou inspirací.  
    Kees mě věnoval vzácný materiál pro výrobu shakuhachi.
    Díky, velkorysí přátelé!
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    Especially thanks to Dean Del Bene (shakuhachi player),
    to Dan Shinku (japanese jinashi-kan shakuhachi maker)
    and to Kees de Fouw (shakuhachi player).
    Dean very helped me trough advices and plenty of
    sources for study.
    Dan Shinku's work much inspired my own way.
    Kees gave me a rare material to making the shakuhachi.
    Thank you to all,  generous friends!