Old style honkyoku refers to shakuhachi pieces played by komuso in the Edo era. It can include some newer pieces, though, if they are played in the same style. The flutes used are different from modern flutes, with smaller holes, and meri tones are done primarily with the breath, not with the fingers. At most, the finger will hover above the hole a little bit.

@@hon-onold-styleshakuhachic8017Thank you for your explanation. This is all really interesting, can’t wait for the next video 😊.

Thanks so much for the kind words. God bless you -

Hi! Sorry for the late reply - I check the comments from time to time, but I was a little late on this one. Shakuhachi come in various sizes, shapes, and diameters, so maybe you can tell me a little more about what you'd like to know? If you can contact me here - www.hon-on.com/contactform.php - then I can give you a more detailed answer.

Thanks! I saw in an automated email from youtube that you had left a reply to one of my videos, but when I went to look for it, it had disappeared. Anyway, I do appreciate your encouragement. I'll have to add more to this series one of these days...

Hi Giovanni, good to hear from you. My family comes from Mattie, in the Piemonte. Can you tell me which videos you'd like to see? It will take some time to do all of them, but I'll try to get the subtitles activated.

返事は大変お待たせして申し訳ありません。私（ニック・べランド）も、山田先生も弘前で指導活動をしています。まずはウェブサイト経由で連絡いただければと思います。www.hon-on.com/contactform.php よろしくお願いします。

Like old-style shakuhachi, hitoyogiri doesn't use half-holing, nor do you need to shade. The construction allows for a range of nearly two full steps for each hole, so that the tones can be made using slight adjustments to your breath / blowing angle.

thanks :)

Rabbi Steve - thanks so much for the good words. That means a lot to me. Maybe one day we'll have a chance to meet...?

@@hon-onold-styleshakuhachic8017 Hey, brother. Rabbi Steve here sorry it took me so long to reply. I just hadn’t checked the comments very much, though I did watch this video multiple times and shared it with a bunch of friends, including two of my best Christian friends and my podcast cohost, who is a Hindu priest in India (for whom I gifted a PVC Shakuhachi to start him out, because he wants to play and meditate with it). Yeah, that would be cool to meet. I live in Northern California. But we can also meet via Zoom or some such. This video has really helped me a lot. As has my connection to Monty Levenson, who made my two best Shakuhachis. Thanks for the reply. Again, sorry it took me so long to even see it, let alone reply back.

@@hon-onold-styleshakuhachic8017 Hey, brother. Rabbi Steve here sorry it took me so long to reply. I just hadn’t checked the comments very much, though I did watch this video multiple times and shared it with a bunch of friends, including two of my best Christian friends and my podcast cohost, who is a Hindu priest in India (for whom I gifted a PVC Shakuhachi to start him out, because he wants to play and meditate with it). Yeah, that would be cool to meet. I live in Northern California. But we can also meet via Zoom or some such. This video has really helped me a lot. As has my connection to Monty Levenson, who made my two best Shakuhachis.

@@hon-onold-styleshakuhachic8017(sorry if this comment is repeated, but it’s not showing up after I posted it). Maybe you closed comments? Anyways, gonna try one more time): Hey, brother. Rabbi Steve here sorry it took me so long to reply. I just hadn’t checked the comments very much, though I did watch this video multiple times and shared it with a bunch of friends, including two of my best Christian friends and my podcast cohost, who is a Hindu priest in India (for whom I gifted a PVC Shakuhachi to start him out, because he wants to play and meditate with it). Yeah, that would be cool to meet. I live in Northern California. But we can also meet via Zoom or some such. This video has really helped me a lot. As has my connection to Monty Levenson, who made my two best Shakuhachis.

@@hon-onold-styleshakuhachic8017 This is another channel for me (aka Rabbi Steve). I am trying YT Premium on this one. I may try to merge them if I can. Anyways, here’s the response I wrote and have tried to post multiple times, on my other channel, but it didn’t seem to work. Or maybe there’s a latency before it shows up. Or as I said, maybe you closed comments? Anyways, one last time here: Hey, brother. Rabbi Steve here. Sorry it took me so long to reply. I just hadn’t checked the comments very much, though I did watch this video multiple times and shared it with a bunch of friends, including two of my best Christian friends and my podcast cohost, who is a Hindu priest in India (for whom I gifted a PVC Shakuhachi to start him out, because he wants to play and meditate with it). Yeah, that would be cool to meet. I live in Northern California. But we can also meet via Zoom or some such. This video has really helped me a lot. As has my connection to Monty Levenson, who made my two best Shakuhachis.