TY - JOUR
AU1 - MAYERS, DAN E.
AB - Since the dawn of history, man has created a wide variety of compulsory'. Yet the shakuhachi dweloped, in this milieu, as musical instruments; ethnomusicologists may find them the instrument of improvisation par excellence. The most tra- ditional Honkyoku permit an individuality of interpretation fascinating, but the primitive instruments' appeal to the Westerner is strictly limited, apart from the personality cults quite astonishing. This tradition of individual interpre- which surround a few such instruments-the Indian sitar tation continues to characterize modem shakuhachi perfor- and Gheorche Zadr and his pan-pipes come readily to mances to a far greater degree than exists, for example, mind. among virtuoso flute or violin players. in this context that the shakuhachi forms so notable The increasing popularity of shakuhachi Honkyoku It is recordings, and the derqand for competently-made an exception. Among its unique qualities are the following: shakuhachi and expert teachers in America and Europe, 1. The beauty and ethereal nature of the sound of the reflects its universal appeal. Lacking the numerous keys and shakuhachi is such as to strike an immediately responsive mechanical sophistication which characterize western wood- note in the ear of the western listener. wind instruments (viz. Boehm), it possesses a rare 
TI - THE UNIQUE SHAKUHACHI
JF - Early Music
DO - 10.1093/earlyj/4.4.467
DA - 1976-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-unique-shakuhachi-gGc9W0Z3GD
SP - 467
EP - 468
VL - 4
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -