Here is a complete guide for both the aspiring shakuhachi maker and player. It includes basic information and historical background on the instrument, a discussion of playing techniques and instruction for playing the following pieces:

Honkyoku (Solo Music) & Sankyoku (Ensemble Music) Kuro Kami Sode Koro Sho Dan Tsuru No Koe Kon Go Seki Hi Fu Mi Roku Dan Chi Dori

Minyo (Folk Tunes) Hi No Maru No Hata Haru No Ko Gawa Yu Yuke Ko Yake Himingaeyo Kazoe Uta Ko Ju No Tsuyki Sakura Haru Ga Kita Hotaru No Hikari

Comes with a fingering chart and several examples of musical notation which can be heard on a 72-minute instructional CD covering all 17 pieces listed above.

This book features the most comprehensive review of shakuhachi construction techniques available in English, including detailed information and photographs on bore design and fabrication.

93 pages. PG-7.

Carl Abbott is founder of the Center for Taoist Thought and Fellowship in Santa Cruz, California. While in Japan he studied shakuhachi with two of the country's most respected teachers, Kansake Kawase and Goro Yamaguchi

Learn more about Carl Abbott Blowing Zen II and Blowing West Learn more about making shakuhachi flutes Elmer Takeo Kudo, KINKO SHAKUHACHI: One Maker's Approach Monty H. Levenson, The Japanese Shakuhachi: Notes on the Craft & Construction Monty H. Levenson, Stalking the Wild Bore: A Trek Into Shakuhachi Darkness

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