An instructional book for complete beginners. More than 50 basic shakuhachi pieces in 120 pages, including children's songs, enka, screen music, etc.,. Step-by-step techniques from no-meri to medium meri and large meri (semitone). More than 50 practice songs and exercises are also included. The accompanying CD/DVD allow you to play the songs with guitar accompaniment.
Chapter 1: Before Playing the Shakuhachi
Chapter 2: How to Produce Sounds
Chapter 3: Basic Scale
Chapter 4: How to Read Music
Chapter 5: Semitone Melody Chapter
Length: 106 min. Narrated in 6 languages, Non-subtitled.
Region: NTSC, Region-Free
This DVD is for people starting to learn to play the Shakuhachi (KINKO-school) as well as for people with some experience, who want to deepen their understanding of the technical foundations of playing the instrument.