尺八 SHAKUHACHI flute - Rodrigo Rodriguez - contemporary Japanese music

[@thomasdavis8722]

well shit, i just wanted to know what a shakuhachi was. Didnt expect to find music that reached the depths of my soul.

[@dannyasatourian4346]

I got something else that will reach the depths of your feminized soul

[@theoneonyoutube4925]

Danny Boy I...think you’ve got issues.

[@Evangelionism]

xDDD

[@slywitit7482]

Thomas Davis lmao fr the first two seconds I had to sit up in bed like ,”Hol’up wait a minute”😂😂🤭

[@pugsandcoffeeplease]

Girl, same! I came here because of this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bICVeIJveLisjc0

[@tayleign]

Imagine playing that in far away in some mountain and the sound is just advenduring all around the other mountains

[@typo1345]

Somewhere in deep Asia, a monestary on one mountain top, incense fuming out of it, those spinning metal paper wheels lining the path, decorated with Chinese writing...

[@escaramujo]

You will suddenly be attracting every sort of predator around...

[@khaledrahman6263]

@@escaramujo what would be the funniest one you'd imagine?

[@slywitit7482]

That would be heavenly

[@yanellc8611]

Imagining that made me tremble..

[@quaffie]

imagine walking through the woods and hearing this

[@senaprasena168]

Either one will go and try to find the source... or run like shit :D

[@tmessina6019]

I'd cry from the beauty😂

[@ericbrown1774]

You're about to transform into animal. RUN!

[@cupin7957]

Eric Brown no shit furry.

[@kjell159]

I play shakuhachi in public pretty often. Usually practicing some honkyoku. (traditional solo, sound color and breath focused pieces, not really 'songs' in a western sense) ** I guess I'm a bit too shy to toot some western melodies. Some people show interest, some even ask or talk for a short while. But over 9/10 don't give a sh*t. :) Almost every time I play there is some clique laughing while passing by. Like teens do to tease or bully each other. Playing outside has no acoustics and the wind that makes it harder. Playing with a nice reverb wooshes your sound. It gives less clarity but it certainly covers up less able playing. So if you ever want to sound better. Add reverberation. I used to play in a concrete tunnel underneath a highway that sounded massive. But when playing plain outside it tends to sound silly and forced. Hence why they probably are laughing their ass of when passing by. But the worst when playing outside is usually people walking by with their dogs. (which is not a nice thing anyway) It ruins the vibe and flow, to use hippie terms. :) By that I primarily mean the focus I guess. Rodrigo here clearly has either a great mic setup with a great natural reverb, or possibly reverb added digitally afterwards. Producers, studios, recording artists use something called a DAW for that. Just a fancy term for advanced audio software that has all the functionalities of a studio in your laptop. I'm not taking his playing in vain though! Definitely not. That's not my point. All great artists used reverb, in the 60's they used actual echo chambers and spring reverb (actual springs in which sound is send through), 80's are famous for its 'overuse' (I love it though!) of massive stadium like digital reverbs, and so on. ** Rodrigo Rodriguez is playing a 7 hole - I'm pretty sure jiari - shakuhachi here. I've never honestly seen or heard a 7 hole in real life. Almost all shakuhachi are 5 hole. You use meri/Kari (head movements) and partial holings (half, third and for tsu dai meri even less of the hole covered) to get all 12 western + microtones. 7 hole is not used for the traditional pieces. 7 hole is used for modern or ensemble pieces. To ease playing scales and melodies. While 5 hole gives you the timbral richness. Just like jiari (more brassy, loud, clear and western tuned tone) vs jinashi (more bamboo, natural rich sound) is arbitrary. It depends on what you use it for and how. In general jinashi are best for honkyoku, and jiari for playing with other instruments or for playing western music. And 7 hole is very specific, only used by a minute few, to ease the playing of western or western inspired pieces even more. I'm guessing you lose some of the typical Japanese and natural timbres with a 7 hole. Like a jiari is louder (neiro I belive its called, but don't take my word for it), more powerful and clear, usually brighter. But loses richness in the process. Jinashi is softer, but richer. But I'm not against 7 hole. I do believe starting on a 5 hole is best. To learn proper traditional technique. And then there are the older Edo style flutes used by the original komuso and also the ronin (samurai with no daimyo, in other words 'unemployed' samurai back in the day), with different utaguchi (mouthpiece) indentations, etc. Also the diameter of the bore, size of the holes, etc. make a huge impact Modern jinashi tend to be more jiari like in style with wider bores and holes then most Edo flutes. If you want to see some of the craziest sh*t, look up Watazumi Doso. He played what he called 'hotchiku', long, wide bored flutes. Like a meter in length and double as thick. Yamaguchi Goro, Aoki Reibo were also famous shakuhachi players. Of course there are many more. Of course I had to be the party pooper here. People hate it when I talk facts or when I talk about my own experiences or opinions. Now I understand it a little better. :) But it's just a fact that shakuhachi doesn't sound like this when played in the woods. And depending on who heard it, they couldn't give any poop about the instrument. You can't imagine how many times people called it a recorder. Not even taking into consideration the embouchure needed. The people who actually play it, say that if you can play shakuhachi, all other flutes are pretty doable, but not the other way around.

[@nd1654]

The last time I climbed Fujimi-Inari Taisha, someone was playing a Shakuhachi at one of the shrines. It was straight-up otherworldly walking around that mountain at sunset with those sounds drifting through the trees.

[@malthus101]

Nice.

[@imam5385]

好美的情境

[@SYNDRONE]

It's impossible not to find this instrument absolutely beautiful.

[@mr.p5446]

It is actually possible. Not everyone plays like Rodrigo does. If you don’t know how to play it , it will sound far, very far from what you hear in this video

[@soslothful]

@@mr.p5446 Playing one? Yikes! It difficult enough to get a sustained sound from one.

[@benitoloco899]

Gotta have a decent set of lungs to play like this guy does....

[@SYNDRONE]

​@@mr.p5446The instrument itself and someones playing ability is something different IMO so it has nothing to do with each other :)

[@kjell159]

I was once playing in public and an old woman passed by and told me (not in English but something along the lines): "Stop with that cat whining." :) Also had several occasions were people made fun of me (or my playing I don't know).

[@Virtuasamsara]

I wonder...when was the first time our ancestors thought to take a hollowed-out bamboo, and blow their breath into the opening? What would it have been like, hearing that for the first time? This music touches that.

[@simonk4891ing]

Music comes naturally to humans. The flute represents the unity of emptiness and fullness, both of which are essential to existence.

[@brianlove6953]

Virtuasamsara ... Sri Rama Krishna with his eternal flute.

[@escaramujo]

They first played a straw. It was a lot less 'solemn' and a lot more 'lively'. After learning how to empty wood they decided to try other sounds...

[@delstanley1349]

Like many discoveries I suspect it was an accident. Age and time may have hollowed out bamboo as well as produced some holes along it. Then one day there was a strong breeze or a gentle wind. As a traveler was passing by he/she may heard unusual sounds and as they passed by as the wind blew. There may have been several bamboo stalks hollowed out naturally which created numerous sounds and pitches as the winds that proceeds the monsoon grew stronger. I suspect some listeners were freaked out. What were these sounds? Ghosts of the ancient ones singing, or was it the souls of the Banshee crying out, or what it the whispering wind of nature they may have thought. Then one day some curious soul picked one up, gathered his breath and produced his own wind blowing through the hollow stalk and behold! He would have noticed various pitch changes depending on the placement of the natural hole(s)---if any, but that would come later after many more were plucked and "tested." Thus, I believe it is very conceivable that the first "flute" was made by nature. Our ancestors didn't think to hollow out the bamboo to make sound (in my opinion) they simply heard existing ones already on the ground or caught in bushes and just picked them up! They would later copy this design and make modifications (desired pitches), but the first was based on the example of nature. This perhaps set the precedent for creating sounds by blowing through an object. Of course this is all speculation, but I don't think it is far-fetched.

[@escaramujo]

@@delstanley1349 Just read some books about instrument history. ❄

[@Invisible_Hermit]

This is absolutely sublime. Several months ago, I purchased a shakuhachi yuu, because even if it takes me the rest of my life, I want to be able to play music that even approaches the beauty of this. I am 56 years old, and have been playing the Native American flute for about a year and a half now. These instruments just reach the heart and soul of me, and as a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, it resonates down to the marrow of my bones. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this beautiful song. I am now so much more inspired, even though now I am only getting rudimentary sounds out of it. Step by step, day by day.....

[@kjell159]

I've been playing for +5 years, and +3 of these are on the yuu. It's a great jiari like instrument. Nicely tuned, responsive, even dai kan (3rd octave) which is rare even for expensive bamboo shakuhachi. I've met masters in real life at a shakuhachi festival and they do endorse it. They even sold them there at the festival itself. It's actually molded from an actual shakuhachi, but you probably know that already. :) Great choice, just keep playing!

[@Jerrongamereview]

How hard is it to learn compared to other instruments?

[@Invisible_Hermit]

@@Jerrongamereview Well, it has taken me almost a year to get a decent sound out of it at the lower octave. I've been training myself to read the Japanese musical characters, which thankfully is pretty straightforward. The real trick is finding the right embouchure and being able to repeat it once you find it! Look up Jon Kypros, he has some great instructional videos and a book, and also is the creator of the Shakuhachi Bell. I bought one (they are relatively inexpensive) and play about as "easily" as the Yuu. Like the crazy person that I am, I am studying several instruments simultaneously right now. This one gives rewards very grudgingly, and it takes a lot of patience both with yourself and the instrument. Check out the book "Blowing Zen" for a great autobiography of an accomplished western shakuhachi player. If ever I need encouragement, all I have to do is listen to this song. 🙏

[@henrygarciga]

Let me know when you come across a N.A. duct flute in other than a pentatonic scale. I find this aspect of the traditional craft limiting. I play many world flutes but when I learned how to make them , it wasn't much longer before I developed a formula adjusted from the major scale to minor, half diminished, whole tone . The whole tone is a challenge to play given there is never a resolution between clusters, whether 2,3 or 4 note chords . Our ears never hear music composed that way. I now have made a flute in every possible 7 note scale in Western pitch .

[@dolledupyoongi]

I'm curious how this is going. How is your progress so far? Do you have any other inspiration that helped you decide that you wanted to learn to play? I hope all is well :)

[@christianfernandez4920]

I’m here after playing Ghost of Tsushima. That game had such a great soundtrack and this sounds so beautiful. 😍

[@jonathantillman252]

Same

[@Louganda]

Amognus

[@freerights6695]

Same, I had to find out what type of flute it was

[@senkets3209]

Same

[@doom-mantia]

It's amazing how video games can be a window into exploring culture. I started obsessively researching Greek mythology after playing 'Age of Mythology' back in 2004

[@shakuntalalivneh8742]

The sound of the shakuhachi takes you to the most beautiful places on earth in your imagination. So meditative, austere and beautiful. Celestial music..

[@yazmin3990]

Es cierto!!

[@h0rcrux774]

leaning against a cherry blosson tree, and warm sunlight breaking through the leaves... unlike where i live... snow 24/7 365 days a year kappa

[@somethingbeats9470]

Just wait for the remix

[@Mephisto28890]

thats a pro playing on a $10.000 custom made flute. with post-editing in the studio. nothing you'd ever get out of a Shakuhachi.

[@petulaharvey8654]

So very relaxing to hear such a beautiful sound

[@HananoKobeya]

I feel something sublime and mysterious. I feel the beauty. I feel wonderful. I'm Japanese, so I was familiar with the shakuhachi. However, the performance in this video was a completely different world from what I was used to hearing. And for some reason, tears flowed.

[@derektrudelle4182]

It's a cry for love, redemption, peace...

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

❤❤

[@twoowls5570]

Listen every morning to this, to get started with a positive attitude, and it works! Regards Jimp

[@klinesmith5415]

Movement into the bliss of beyond self ...❤️❤️❤️🐈

[@stevepayne5965]

One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

[@EternalKing_Unrivaled]

This is beautiful and ohcrap I'm about to cry

[@oshi990]

I can think of only one word while I listen to this: haunting. It’s hauntingly beautiful.

[@RachleRahRah]

those high notes on these flutes really hit something inside me

[@bethhicks4413]

WOW. As a decades-long professional flutist, this blows me away. His tone, expression, intonation, subtlety, just impeccable. I'm inspired. Now - where to buy one???

[@unevisualfilms]

Thanks Beth Hicks, in the video description you can find information about where to buy a flute, classes, etc.

[@SlobodanSchumacher]

Divine music

[@tramng4362]

man..I feel like I'm in another century

[@magmasloth3619]

Right!

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Japan to be more specific. 🇯🇵

[@obeyme1329]

Marvin the Maniac I think he meant a different time period lol

[@alienolvera]

Hahahahahahahaha that's a good one

[@wisdom-fairy3550]

Mw too. Im loving it not McDonald's tho.

[@henrygarciga]

Realize this instrument he holds has a tonic close to middle C , the lowest note on a typical orchestra flute. To hit the upper register in the opening notes is a phenomenal aspect of precision control through open breathing . Clearly the most expressive , lilting and colorful sway of notes come from this instrument. Nothing else comes close. Tone is the most important part of this organic root stem.

[@helenetrstrup4817]

Such a beautiful piece of music. I was pulled back from a trance by an ad with Queen music at the end, it was really like being pulled back to reality from a fantasy land.

[@steph2882]

His music is bootiful

[@kinhin9913]

So calm,..... Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@unevisualfilms]

Thank you for your words

[@Butterdog7]

I just woke up from the worst sleep but the best dream i was at my grandmas house she was trying to take out some bad bamboo that she was growing i took one out and for some reason it was a flute and for some reason it sounded just like this video i have never heard of this flute but i want to learn to play it now

[@almariera9751]

This is one of my favorites by Rodrigo!...the acustics... the hands up close!

[@jorisArt]

Wow! So deep, sensitive…

[@Camphreneas]

I feel like I’m at peace,on the very top of the most sacred mountains,feeling wholesome in meditation.

[@comedymental5262]

simply amazing.

[@Storm-sn3uj]

I've never been so enchanted. This could stop even the mightiest warriors in their tracks. It brings my mind back to ancient times. The space it makes you feel is remarkable.

[@miathapapaya]

Shakuhachi always sounds to me like the voice of the ancient forest from beyond the veil.

[@realmic2011]

just !!!! WOOW i was hypnotizing at each note :) i want one flute like

[@FesliyanStudios]

Great music!

[@J-RBM]

Would love to own a instrument so magical and Celestial like this

[@tortysoft]

Wow, yes, that's what I wanted to hear... Thanks.

[@edwardlacorte991]

Incredible playing! One of the best players I have ever heard!

[@izaktheanti-vaxxer9289]

I can not explain how beautiful this instrument truly is!

[@adamskandar9048]

Such a beautiful song

[@ultimate09ozultimate09oz]

I’m simply moved by the sound ❤️

[@kzookid2051]

Thank you. I fell in love with the sound of a shakuhachi flute while watching the movie, Mr. Holmes. It is a beautiful instrument.

[@jwpjr]

I love how so many notes start flat and then slowly work their way up to pitch. It’s so beautiful and it fits with the music so so well

[@SuperKamiRose]

Anyone else have a strong urge to cry listening to this?

[@SuperKamiRose]

Yeah (Cough cough) me neither.

[@OscarCampoMusic]

NO.

[@derektrudelle4182]

Yes indeed. It evokes the cry for love within us all.

[@bahramusic]

In Peru I fell in lave with Quena and I can't stop playing it. Now as a zen practitioner myself, I must learn this other worldly flute too. It stole my heart within 2 seconds.

[@vidaletienne3258]

Je suis français joueur de Quena passione depuis fort longtemps, je joue aussi un peu de Sakuhachi. Ce morceau est sublime. Je suis aussi pratiquant du zen et de la méditation. Heureux de croiser quelqu'un dont le parcours est voisin du mien. Gasho! ❤

[@josephbraveheart937]

This always calms me and gives my mind some positive things it helps my meditation as a Buddhist Monk. Very nice to listen to.

[@asisadit]

Truly celestial. I am hearing it for first time. Don't know why but tears are coming to the eyes.

[@tparker8946]

Very soothing music after a long day...awesome

[@woodlands52]

I have just today discovered the Shakuhachi flute, and its music. I'm enthralled. I picked up a native american flute less than a year ago, and now THIS?? A whole new world is opening up for me.

[@davidmdyer838]

Incredible playing.

[@phongsathorn69]

It sounds really calm, yet awaken all the responsive nerves to be ready to react.

[@mercy2702]

I feel like i’m back to my previous life... where this kind of song and music became my daily theme song... amazing, beautiful... 💜

[@lbanks1soldier]

So much emotion in this style of music. Always makes me tear and cry for no reason i can understand

[@andreapfister453]

Beautifully played.....touching the Soul of a shakuhachi.....

[@sudoku47]

Many thanks! Infinite gratitude!

[@alisonurquahart]

Truly incredible!

[@xaviern338]

Gorgeous absolutely breathtaking

[@felvenbernardo9929]

Goosebumps.

[@lucasfrykman5889]

Sounds completely out of this world.

[@kevcho8309]

I'm just here waiting for Ghost of Tsushima to be released

[@hellzfull8847]

same

[@BrownMInc]

It's why I'm here 😂

[@gramnailer5397]

Currently playing it as I type this just learned the heavenly technique and as I sat atop that mountain looking out over the ocean I thought to myself how profound and interesting the Japanese culture is. That’s what brought me here haha. Can’t wait to visit there one day and soak up all it has to offer

[@redhood8408]

Bro same!

[@aflippingwizard6410]

On my second playthrough of Ghost of Tsushima and now having to play a 3rd cause of new game + and multiplayer lol

[@x0Vinny0x]

I've only heard this instrument played very abrasively and as a solo. This performance sounds more like a story with an intricate rhythm. It goes to show that you need to listen to multiple people handling something before making a decision on an instrument. Very beautiful my dude. Keep up the craft.

[@RLDMez]

I listen to this more than twice a day ! I'm so in love with that flute. Would be a plessure learning how to play it.

[@Richard-jl8vd]

I have always loved music like this because theres no highs and lows just pure relaxing music thanks alot and well done

[@InsanityPrevails]

Literally gave me chills down my spine and made me tear up. This is such beautiful music.

[@EzriHielmiCheDaud]

Very Beautiful music = ))

[@tankgirl1749]

Absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you for such a wondrous Melody.

[@thierrybonnet1409]

Very very nice sound and melody 👍😊

[@ccasassus1]

I am chilean and budist and this artist and musician is extraordinary, deep and soulful performance. Many thanks for such gift

[@reginaward8092]

Extraordinarily beautiful.

[@johndavis6119]

This is just sublime. Thank you

[@turmat01]

I'm not quite sure why I am crying... But this is going directly into my soul...

[@matteogazzolo1]

How deep is the sound inside us... Thank you.

[@LarryShone]

Amazing sound, I must try one

[@veertas]

So beautiful sound .

[@jenyalitvinov5401]

Now i now how pure beauty and spirit sounds like ❤✨

[@rabeatamaranaether4206]

So beautifull.

[@jeny1312]

Beautiful. ❤️

[@williamtam8948]

Very perfect music

[@barbaraharrison3847]

The music reached into the depths of my soul and heart. Exquisite! Thanks Rodrigo for putting yourself into the music.

[@silaseeker]

I love the sound of it 💕

[@KermodeBear]

This is beautiful, thank you so much for sharing this with us all. Rodrigo is extremely talented.

[@thatGfromLBC]

Unreal. Sounds amazing

[@niztrip]

He’s a true master

[@jewblin5305]

Such a beautiful sound...

[@myrajoy1437]

Thanks for sharing your amazing music

[@sigekodaira8106]

素晴らしい。透き通るような美しい音色です。

[@PKshockwave]

Tis beautiful!

[@owenfitzgerald3219]

That is amazing. Thank you for playing and sharing it. It is a soulful and beautiful sound.

[@unevisualfilms]

Thank you Owen

[@magusarcanum6149]

I have GOT to get me one of THOSE flutes! Love and Peace.

[@rahilmehta2376]

Love to hear the lovely music

[@epicsteampunkmusic9977]

beautiful sound - wonderful player

[@DavidWilliams-ys5ui]

amazing artist!

[@axeofvioletsengravings3168]

I don’t know why, man, but this got all up in my feels.

[@NayveeMan]

holy moly. that sound!

[@Dr.Hoffman]

Beautiful handling of a Sublime instrument ❤

[@alirezamoghadamnia9712]

Thank uou so much. Its Perfect. You brought calmness to my soul. Thank you ❤

[@katieweiss07]

Just amazing!

[@yobrojoost]

Beautiful playing!

[@Azamatix]

Stunning piece of music!

[@joenetherland712]

Is it just me or did the rest of the world fall away as you listened and watched this amazing song?

[@jokabob1494]

What a pure sound

[@MahnoorQadri3825]

beautiful instrument and piece!

[@speeluh]

Beautiful!