| ABSOLUTE BEGINNER SHAKUHACHI PACKAGE | ||
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A complete package for absolute beginners of shakuhachi. The manual is comprehensive, showing how to hold and the correct embouchure. The scores are graded, starting from the very beginning and the accompanying CD allows you to hear and play along with the music. |
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| AU$175 (with standard 5-hole shakuhachi) AU$ 225 (with 7-hole shakuhachi) AU$15 postage anywhere in the world! |
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| Absolute Beginners Pack (5-hole shakuhachi) AU$ 175 |
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| Absolute Beginners Pack (7-hole shakuhachi) AU$ 225 |
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| Optional: Surcharge for Express POST International (EMS) AUD$30 | ||
| POSTAGE WITHIN AUSTRALIA: Australia Post "Guaranteed Next Day Delivery" | ||
| INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE: "First Class Air Mail" | ||
| EXPRESS POSTAGE INTERNATIONAL: If you would like your goods sent "Express Postage International (EMS)", please choose this option in addition to your order. Note this is a 'surcharge' and the additional cost will be added to normal postage fee of AU$15 | ||
| 5-hole or 7-hole shakuhachi? The recommended flute for beginners, the five-hole shakuhachi is the "standard" form used by the vast majority of players and schools. All notes on the chromatic scale can be achieved with the exception being the high (dai kan) F (F6) which is not achievable. Seven-hole shakuhachi is a modern form allowing easy playing of the commonly used notes E-flat and B-flat. It is mostly used for contemporary compositions althought some preeminent shakuhachi players use this configuration even to play the honkyoku (Zen repertoire) and other traditional music. More often players will use the 5-hole shakuhachi for traditional music (the 2 extra holes may be covered with either fingers or tape) reserving the use of the extra holes for contemporary works. The 7-hole shakuhachi can achieve the note F6. It is becoming quite common for contemporary music to be written especially for the 7-hole shakuhachi. |
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