Shakuhachi Introduction 21 - Muraiki (Special Techniques 3)

[@damonrawnsley9736]

Thank youMarkus , so informative

[@MarkusGuhe]

Thanks Damon, I'm glad to hear that! 🙏

[@CHIMENADIR]

Exactly 🙏🏻 what i need now to know 🙏🏻

[@MarkusGuhe]

I knew it! 😂 (And now you do too! 😉) I hope it's useful!

[@origamist757]

Спасибо ещё одно интересное и полезное видео ❤

[@MarkusGuhe]

Thanks you very much for all your kind comments! 🙏

[@noephoto85]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@MarkusGuhe]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@mayamunoz8693]

ty markus❤

[@MarkusGuhe]

Thanks for watching! 🙏

[@clarabrunetivila5071]

Helpful and funny, as always. Thank you, Markus!

[@MarkusGuhe]

Thank you! 🙏 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@justplayflute]

Hi Markus! Thank you so much for your clear explanation of muraiki. It is very helpful and I look forward to try and improve on it; my muraiki is very uncontrolled and I´m out of breath after a second or so, like you described (I am also pretty much a beginner, to make things even worse!). You also made Hon Shirabe more insightful for me, much appreciated. Now I can´t call myself a pro, but from what I know of mixing/mastering audio, saturation/distortion adds odd or even harmonics (or a blend of the two). So that does made a sound more dense, but always in relationship to the original tone. To me, muraiki sounds more random. A bit like blending in noise (as in the noise generator on a synth). Your graph also shows that, I think. Anyway, those are just my thoughts. Thanks again! Best, Charles

[@MarkusGuhe]

Thanks, I'm glad the video is helpful! 🙏 I think you make a very good point on the saturation question. It makes a lot of sense to see it more as noise. I guess I was thinking of saturation first, because it's still possible to identify the pitch (fundamental frequency) of the note. But it's true that the more you add muraiki, the more noisy it becomes and it get more difficult to make out the pitch. So probably it's again more a gradual effect, not an absolute ...

[@joeg3950]

I cracked up when I saw the Black Betty clip

[@MarkusGuhe]

Such a great song, right? 😉

[@MarcoGiolo]

Hello Markus-san! Is muraiki the same technique used in the Mike Oldfield's song "The Wind Chimes, pt. 1"?

[@MarkusGuhe]

Hm, I don't really hear that. You're probably referring to the synthesized sounds, which I think sound much cleaner and are also produced with a very different instrument/technique. Interesting idea though! 👍