Shakuhachi Guides

How to Play the Shakuhachi

• Note charts
• How to play shakuhachi – A free beginner’s shakuhachi course

Musician’s Health

• Musician’s Injuries – Stories of Recovery
• How to hold shakuhachi of various lengths (video and pictures)
• RSI, injuries, posture, and physical exercises for shakuhachi players and musicians (video)

Zen, Meditation, and Mindfulness Practices

• What is shakuhachi Zen, Suizen, mindfulness, or meditation?
• Honkyoku Zen pieces

The Art of Crafting Shakuhachi

• Harvesting Madaké Japanese bamboo for making shakuhachi

Care and Construction

• Types of shakuhachi – jiari, jimori, and jinashi
• Caring for shakuhachi, cracks, binding repairs, utaguchi inlays, and lacquer/urushi
• Shaku Japanese measurement

History

• History of the Shakuhachi and the Komuso monks
• Glossary of frequently used terms