My names Josen (Jon Kypros), I'm a shakuhachi Dai Shihan 'Grandmaster' , full-time shakuhachi teacher and craftsperson, and a practitioner of Zen Buddhism. Here on my channel, I've been teaching people how to play the shakuhachi since 2007. I also demo my shakuhachi for sale and create some other content for you to enjoy.
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I'm struggling to understand where to place my lower lips (how much of the hole they should "cover"). It seems to me I produce the notes in the same manner whether I place my lower lips fairly low (covering less of the hole, so to speak) or not. Where it seems to make a greater difference is when I try to produce the kan register. But the placement of the lower lips remain a mystery to me...
Thank you for your tutorial. I am new to Shakuhachi, but I finally get sound out of it. It appears to me that I need to be careful not to press the Shakuhachi too strong against my mouth. If I do, it seems to have an impact on my lips, and I get broken sound. But if I try to place my Shakuhachi more gently against my lips, it appears that I have more control maintaining an even sound. Does the tongue do something in 'normal' tone production? Or, does it keep away from lips? Happy creating!
Where I can find one??
Got the cheap PVC version in Japan last month but can't get any sound despite all these tips...
Oh thank you so much for this video! I have been learning for more than a year and apparently I have used all the things beginners do to get a sound that keep me from improving. So now I guess I’ll just have to start over again and try to stop all my bad habits 😅 Anyway at least I understand why the sound isn’t improving and why I can’t play long notes. Thank you again and I hope I’ll get it better this time.
Best teacher ❤ your méthods and tips help me in fews days practice to be able to get Kan sound 😮 , now I will practise more and more to be able to do KAN range with Otzu naturaly on each demand … Many thanks for help you give 🎉
That is the great advices vidéo i needed to understand how to kan …❤❤❤ thanks 🙏
Great tips ❤
I ordered the Yuu Flute a few months ago and am very new to the shakuhachi, and for the last week or two I finally started to understand the air pressure-principle where the notes (especially Kan\higher octave notes) have so much more quality and clarity if you squeeze the lips together and basically make them fight the air that's trying to push through a very thin hole. Before discovering this I could only play Kan very loudly, brute-forcing it, so this might be the most important element of playing the shakuhachi. The only problem was, I couldn't always find the exact angle from which to blow into the flute until watching this. I think I always held the flute at a lower angle ,so that paired with my inexperience made me sometimes miss notes and have less clarity, until now. I followed your instructions step by step, raised the flute so my lips can make contact with the blowing edge, and then lowered it just slightly, and it made hitting notes like 10x easier! Thanks for the video!
Very best tutorial
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will this work for side blown(transverse) flutes too?
Kakariko Village theme! Lovely
I bought a shakuhachi 23 years ago and could never make a sound. I knew it played, the man that sold it to me played it when I bought it, but I was too shy to ask for a lesson. I would come back and try it every few years and could never get a sound until now. After 9 minutes of this video I am making sounds every try now! Thank you so much!
This is extremely useful and helps to understand alot of what should be going on
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Inrecently bought a shakuchai and its so hard to even make a sound
Same! No sound, just a bit of lightheadedness from blowing and hyperventilating.
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Thanks so much for this. I've long had a couple of straight lightweight "starter" shakuhachis which I managed to get tones out of, and recently acquired a used ca 1950s shakuhachi from a Japanese antiques dealer on Etsy. I was having a lot of trouble playing this new instrument which was heavier and considerably thicker than what I was used to, but after watching your video things improved very quickly. Excellent and very clear instructions regarding playing position and embouchure.
My shakuhachi has a bad song, how do ?
Hi, thank you ❤
So hard my sound is very bad !
good job and good luck
I love it. ❤
There's nothing that comes close to this flute in terms of sound, timbre and expression, it really does sound (coincidentally & conveniently) spiritual.
simply amazing and wonderful!! I've been learning Shakuhachi, and your videos inspire and teach me a lot! Thank you and a hug!
Hownice !
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beautiful
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I made a sound for a split second and had a mini dance party lmao 🎉🎉
No matter what, I literally can't make ANY noise on it. Could be the instrument itself, thought, since it's 3D printed.
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Nice playing
i cant seem to make a sound from the shakuhachi :( how do you do this
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This is gorgeous. I stumbled upon it while watching your various (excellent) shakuhachi guides and immediately went to Apple Music to see if you have anything similar.
Thank you! I hope to find the time to make more beginning later this year. All free here most likely
Very meditative 🙏☯️
It. works! today I was able to hold the sound more sustained and clear, I hope that tomorrow I will not return to the old habit!🙏😢
Still cant make a sound.... just got my first shakuhachi.....
Marvelous; delicate and expressive. Can anyone really hear a difference between a well made Murei and a root end shakuhachi made with comparable skill?
Great video and thoughtful teaching ... however, I have been trying for a month now on my own - me and my mirror - and not a sound. Not a peep. Not a smidgen. Not a .... I mean, how hard does this have to be??? I can play the Maori flute - Kōauau, which is by no means easy and requires careful positioning and approach but this ...?
Sounds great...
So mellow.
I've been trying to sound regular for 13 years, but I still can't do it, I must keep your advice in mind...😔🙏🏼
Fantastic video, very informative and useful, thank you.
Thank you for this. I'm sure it will benefit many people. It gives me some definite ideas both as a player and as a teacher.
Thank you i will peactice correct embrochure, my sound with shakuhachi is unstable!😞🙏
This is wonderful, thank you.